Cinema
Voice of Irreverence
Shaikh Ayaz
The young and restless music composer Sneha Khanwalkar has had a distaste for ‘honey sweet’ musical voices since her childhood. The results are on young Indian lips today
Surviving the Struggle
Neeta Shah is one of many aspirants to cine stardom. In her book, she gives us an insight into the horrific and wonderful world of the film industry
The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan takes a comic book action hero and tries to talk about politics. What you get is an accidental critique of unbridled capitalism
Who Said Heroines Need to be Pretty Young Things?
At 47, director-choreographer Farah Khan makes her debut as an actress this year. She speaks of throwing starry tantrums and the frustration of not being the one in control on the sets
Cocktail
A smart romcom with three beautiful people gets all confused once it drags Indian values in
“I love solitude but I don’t need it to write”
The poet, lyricist and adman says advertising has helped his poetry
The Biography of a Song
Spandan Banerjee’s National Award winning documentary traces the origins of a popular Bengali folk song and its strange journey across the world
Malegaon Magic
When director Faiza Ahmad Khan set out to capture this town’s passion for film spoofs, things just fell into place: the funding, a slew of awards, a theatre release. Almost like the way Malegaon’s films get made—miraculously
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