Cinema

Birth of the Indian Undead

Devika Bakshi

What makes zombies interesting and why Go Goa Gone gets it right

Wearing Blinders

Annie Zaidi

Why do women filmmakers in India not want to talk of sexual violence?

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Ajit Duara

Mira Nair’s translation of Mohsin Hamid’s novel into cinema is riveting

The Poor Man’s Pop Star

Shaikh Ayaz

For years, Mithun Chakraborty has been a victim of elite prejudice—what multiplex goers call a ‘downmarket’ star. But the emergence of filmmakers from small-town India can change that

Star Trek Into Darkness

Ajit Duara

A super villain whose name is Khan, a confusing plot and some superb action

Bombay Talkies

Ajit Duara

These four shorts films are a beautiful tribute to Hindi cinema

Karan Johar’s Gay Revolution

Madhavankutty Pillai

The filmmaker may have taken a realistic turn with homosexuality in Bombay Talkies, but he deserves credit even for silly gay portrayals in commercial films like Dostana

The Invisible Legacy of ‘Art Films’

Shaikh Ayaz

Parallel cinema of the 1970s and 80s remains influential in Bollywood though chances are you will not notice it

In the Beginning There is an Opening Scene

Ruchi Sawardekar

After Aamir and No One Killed Jessica, Raj Kumar Gupta’s third film, Ghanchakkar, is going to hit the screens in June. While the earlier films were hard-hitting gritty fares, Ghanchakkar is a darkly humorous, quirky entertainer. Gupta speaks about realism, changing genres, working style, creative process and his evolution as a filmmaker