There’s a Scramble for Screens Out There

A Student of Life

Mira Nair speaks of being a child of the street, her need for a talisman film while she is shooting, and of the perversity of item numbers

Making Celluloid from Cellulose

The difficult and often distortive experiment of making movies of books

Clothes Tell Their Stories

An exhibition of Hollywood costumes brings the movies we loved back to life

And the Oscar Doesn’t Go to…

Barfi! The debate over India’s official pick for the Academy Awards is not as clear cut as it seems

The Film Reporter’s Viewfinder

A brief history of Indian film journalism through the eyes of those who’ve lived it

The Survival Skills of Randeep Hooda

Finally enjoying some success, the actor had at one point decided to give it all up, even movies, for equestrian pursuits

‘I still don’t know how to make films’

…says the poster boy of Bollywood’s alternative cinema

Confessions of a Dance Choreographer

City of Irritable Ghosts

Anik Datta’s satire Bhooter Bhobishyot is a worthy cinematic tribute to Kolkata, far better textured than the Kahaani brand of nostalgic love