cinema

A Humanist Behind the Camera

Sumit Mitra

Ray chose his stories with the dexterity of a jeweller picking his diamonds. And he was far from naïve on politics

From Genius to Divinity

MJ Akbar

Satyajit Ray never touched alcohol, and listened to a sonata by Beethoven on his turntable gramophone at breakfast. What else could possibly be required for the biodata of a Calcutta god?

He Kept You at Arm’s Length

Shyam Benegal

But you could always trust Satyajit Ray to say what he meant. His opinions were sharp, to the point

One Hundred Years of Indian Cinema’s First Master

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

My encounters with Manikda

Anthony Hopkins: Silence of the Scene Stealer

Kaveree Bamzai

The Academy resists correctness and honours a genius

Ray, Forever

S Prasannarajan

Ray is forever because he validated higher culture

Demonetised Tsars

Kaveree Bamzai

The demonetisation of power symbols

Gillian Anderson: ‘With Thatcher it’s essential to be grounded in the voice’

Noel de Souza

Gillian Anderson in conversation with Noel de Souza

The Deep Dark Web

Aditya Mani Jha

The perpetrators, victims and warriors of cyber crimes make for compelling onscreen drama

Konkona Sen Sharma: Act of Fluidity

Kaveree Bamzai

Konkona Sen Sharma has played all kinds of working women characters. She speaks to Kaveree Bamzai about her recent role as a transsexual Dalit factory worker