Postmodern Family
‘Kapoor and Sons’ shatters the Bollywood myth of the perfect family to present us with some…
Cinema
Out of the Closet, Into the Spotlight
Hansal Mehta’s Aligarh is a touching human story told with great empathy and honesty, writes Sangeeta…
NRI vs NRI
Two films by and about NRIs cause nary a flutter in the Indian media. That is…
Confronting her Freudian Fate?
Asif Kapadia’s BAFTA-winning documentary on Amy Winehouse is an incisive examination of a tragic figure, writes…
Heaven and Hell
Abhishek Kapoor’s ‘Fitoor’ is little more than a series of pretty picture postcards obscuring reality. Fitoor…
‘I never set out to make a love story’
Imtiaz Ali tells Pratiti Ganatra that his scripts grow organically, and become love stories along the…
What Is Love?
Bollywood, don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me, no more. Dilwale Director: Rohit Shetty Starring: Shahrukh…
After Sunrise
‘Tamasha’ is a well-made film, but its Peter-Pan ideas of life make it hard to take…
‘Sholay is the biggest con ever pulled’
Naseeruddin Shah talks to Ajachi Chakrabarti about acting, his politics (or lack thereof) and Bollywood’s insistence…
Picking Manto’s Pocket
Despite occasional flashes of brilliance, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat’s biopic of the great writer is an ultimately…