cinema

Return to Kandahar

Kaveree Bamzai

A new series brings alive the events that led to the release of three most-wanted terrorists in exchange for a planeload of passengers. Open speaks to its creator Anubhav Sinha

The Boy from Rural Punjab

Kaveree Bamzai

Chosen at the first audition he ever gave, Yugam Sood from Ahmedgarh near Ludhiana, won immense appreciation for his role

Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar: Brand Of Brothers

Kaveree Bamzai

A new docuseries on the writers Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar shows how the duo changed Hindi cinema forever

INDIA Bloc Gloats Over JPC, BJP Focus on CAA, 12 New Rajya Sabha MPs

Short Post

The BJP strategically exhibited due alacrity in JPC formation, keen to fast track and re-introduce Bill before parliament

Going Big with Kusha Kapila

Kaveree Bamzai

Having moved to Mumbai last year, she is now comfortable being called a Mumbai girl

The Class Test

Aditya Mani Jha

When the UPSC examination is conducted onscreen

Srinagar and Laila Majnu

Kaveree Bamzai

Sajid Ali’s Laila Majnu is running full house at PVR INOX in Srinagar, a city where film-watching almost died out in the last three decades

Desire Is Destiny

Alka Pande

The erotic road to freedom

Manav Kaul Lives for Art

Kaveree Bamzai

He’s stayed away from the temptations of Bollywood by not getting typecast

Shekhar Kapur: At Home in the World

Kaveree Bamzai

The new director of the International Film Festival of India has been in the business for fifty years but Shekhar Kapur has his eyes set on the future