cinema

Kushboo and the Art of Acting

Kaveree Bamzai

The focus is on the craft of filmmaking, and not on the business of being a star

Bhumi Pednekar: Sex Appeal

Kaveree Bamzai

In her new movie, Bhumi Pednekar is a cosmopolitan singleton in search of pleasure. She tells Kaveree Bamzai why she wants to represent women in all their ambition

Adil Hussain’s Conditions

Kaveree Bamzai

When Adil Hussain agreed to do the role that eventually kickstarted what is now an international career, but had three preconditions

Vivek Agnihotri: Man on a Mission

Kaveree Bamzai

Vivek Agnihotri’s new film celebrates the science of vaccines. The filmmaker speaks to Kaveree Bamzai about the heroism of India’s fight against Covid

The Star Who Wore the Scarf of Eternity

MJ Akbar

Dev Anand wanted to live on the screen, sometimes with a switchblade in a hand, more happily with a song on his lips, and always with the certainty that life was worth every moment of existence. He knew the inevitability of death, but hated the cruelty of age. MJ Akbar remembers the evergreen hero on his centenary