Bollywood

Vasan Bala’s Weird Worlds

Kaveree Bamzai

The director’s latest film is an ode to the cinema of the 1980s and the misfits who loved it

Taking Nagaland to the World

Kaveree Bamzai

Theja Rio is now working on his first feature film, set in the 1960s, focusing on the last remnants of the Konyak tribe who are resisting Christianity

Priya Bapat’s Process

Kaveree Bamzai

Bapat also does Marathi theatre every weekend, even as she hopes to create her own space without being typecast

Anupam Tripathi’s Korea

Kaveree Bamzai

Tripathi, who is often recognised in Seoul, South Korea, where he is now based, is excited about his potential career in India

The Life and Sudden Death of Baba Siddique

Lhendup G Bhutia

In his world merged politics, entertainment and the underworld

Maisam Ali’s Ladakh

Kaveree Bamzai

In Retreat is a poetic exploration of Ladakhi identity at a politically volatile time

Majidi to Pa. Ranjith

Kaveree Bamzai

Malavika has been directed by the Iranian great Majid Majidi, in Beyond the Clouds in 2017; by Karthik Subbaraj in Petta in 2019; and most recently by Pa. Ranjith in Thangalaan

True Life Horror

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Based on the Nithari killings Sector 36 features Vikrant Massey as Prem Singh, a version of Surinder Koli, who supposedly aided Moninder Singh in the killings

The Year of Sharvari

Kaveree Bamzai

“It doesn’t matter how long it takes to get validation. There is a lot more coming my way,” says Sharvari

Ishaan Khatter Goes Global

Kaveree Bamzai

The role of Shooter, the groom’s enigmatic friend in Susanne Bier’s The Perfect Couple (the Netflix series adapted from the book) went to India’s very own Ishaan Khatter