The Rusty Sword
Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Talvar’ is a mature, incisive and revealing look at our society at its ugliest….
Cinema
The Real Politics of ‘Drishyam’
Nishikant Kamat’s gripping thriller leaves difficult questions once the initial feel-good factor fades. Spoiler Alert:…
Be My Rail Gaadi
Films like Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Masaan’ give one hope for the future of the film industry. It…
Turning the Tables
Sujoy Ghosh’s much-hyped short film fails because he misses the cultural nuances of the myth of…
The Sound of Silence
‘Asha Jaoar Majhe’ isn’t a film about two individuals so much as it is one about…
Saare Jahaan Se Achchha
The deification of Salman is the only discernible objective for Kabir Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. Bajrangi…
Noisy Neighbours
The image of Pakistan in Indian popular cinema has changed with the state of our politics,…
Life is Elsewhere
The geniuses of IPTA conducted the first experiments with truth, catalysed the cultural discourse that shaped…
The Sons of B-Town
Bollywood’s reaction to the Salman verdict demonstrated how divorced it has become from the concerns of…
Hear Me Roar
Films like ‘Queen’, ‘English Vinglish’, ‘NH10’ and ‘Mary Kom’ are a part of the current upsurge…