Why, after so many years, am I so in Bollywood’s thrall? It’s the stories, really. The ones you never see turned into films
There are some films that never leave you. Here is my selection of a few unforgettable ones
Abbas and Pakhi Tyrewala on working together… and the lies they tell each other
The astonishing story of three young men who got addicted to Hollywood in the late 1940s and could not give it up as they slowly became old men and the world around them changed.
In a film, you hear sounds other than dialogues and music: the hum of a lift, a sofa creak, a dog bark. These sounds come from improbable places. They are works of invisible artists called Foleys
Five films that will make you wish your rescue team doesn’t arrive too soon. Or, at all
The Hindi film industry, till recently, had so much cash that even alternate cinema was being funded. But now, recession has changed something