Cinema

Surviving the Struggle

Aastha Atray Banan

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

Ajit Duara

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?

Shaikh Ayaz

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

Ajit Duara

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”

Sohini Chattopadhyay

The poet, lyricist and adman says advertising has helped his poetry

The Biography of a Song

Trisha Gupta

Spandan Banerjee’s National Award winning documentary traces the origins of a popular Bengali folk song and its strange journey across the world

Bol Bachchan

Ajit Duara

If you lower your taste several notches, you might find this slapstick film funny

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