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Farewell, Our Chandni of Moonlit Romance

Rachel Dwyer

She could change expressions as quickly as clouds pass over the sun. In moments, it could change from sad, happy, adoring or scared to surprise. Her huge eyes with long lashes seem too exaggerated to be real, and when she rolls them in silliness, winks in naughtiness or fills them with tears, they are unmissable. She wrinkles her nose and pouts, bites her lip and smiles

Sanjay Mishra: ‘I am here to be an actor, not a hero’

Divya Unny

Sanjay Mishra and the raw intimacy of being rooted

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

For warmer ties with Australia and open minds on period cinema

A Critique of Artistic Decline

Madhavankutty Pillai

The inevitable tragedy of great filmmakers losing their mojo

Everyone Loves a Good Serial Killer

Shylashri Shankar

The dark heroes of popular culture

An Unlikely Hero

Omkar Khandekar

Kejriwal was not even their first choice. The documentary makers of the AAP moment tell Omkar Khandekar what made them zero in on the Insignificant Man