A millennial’s take on the genius of Raj Kapoor
As a ‘90s kid growing up in a household of film buffs, conversations about movies were incomplete without the mention of Raj Kapoor. Back...
Phillip Noyce: How Satyajit Ray influenced my film-making
For Phillip Noyce, pioneering Australian filmmaker behind iconic works like The Quiet American (2002) and Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award...
Shyam Benegal : Indian ‘parallel cinema’ doyen dies at 90
Shyam Sunder S. Benegal, a multiple National Award winner and among the pioneers of ‘parallel cinema’ – with silver screen classics like “Junoon”, “Ankur”,...
James Knight on cricket books for cultural inclusivity
In a particularly poignant moment from James Knight’s Spirit of the Warriors, protagonists Jack Riordan and Ajeet Sharma pick up a cricket bat for...
Guneet Monga Kapoor to marvel at the Oscars for third time...
While Kiran Rao's film Laapataa Ladies is out of the Oscars race, India’s hopes are very much alive with the film Anuja produced by Guneet...