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Everything You Know about Tamil Films Is Probably Wrong

Nandini Krishnan

The Tamil film industry is an extraordinary place

Life of Pi Theory

Why average novels are fodder for good movies but great books fail on screen

Reading between the Lines

Nandita Das on acting, co-writing, directing, producing and acting along with her husband

Where Bollywood Gets Its Mojo

Why would anyone invest crores in an industry where most ventures bomb? Ask VCs gung-ho on Indian cinema projects

Prisoners of a Dream

Portraits of life imitating old Bollywood in the streets of India

Mahesh Bhatt’s Razzmatazz

From parallel cinema to a smutfest in 30 years, what happened to this one-time auteur?

“I love solitude but I don’t need it to write”

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

Get the (Dirty) Picture

Why the movie matters even though it is far from groundbreaking cinema

What Bollywood Thinks of You

…and why that should make you gnash your teeth

The Strange Silence of Mahesh Bhatt

One of the things we missed most after Radiagate was him announcing a film called Phone Call. Precious words on his recent reticence

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