Where's My Girl?
Kannada CallingRangi Taranga is the first Kannada film to figure in NYT's box office list, makes around Rs 3 cr in USIt's a multiplex hit despite having to take on medieval blockbuster Bahubali***Anup...
View ArticleIdealism, Professional Ethics And Corruption In Hindi Films
The post-independence decade was one of hope, of a young and modern India -- struggling to break free from the shackles of the past -- and this hope was reflected in the films of the 1950s. The films...
View ArticleDavid Goodale
This is your first stop outside the UK. Any thoughts?It’s really exciting. I first came here about 30-40 years ago and the first 12 hours were eventful.What are the challenges in adapting Wodehouse?It...
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Killing Veerappan
Starring: Sandeep Bharadwaj, Shiva Raj Kumar, Parul Yadav, Yagna Shetty. Dir by Ram Gopal Varma.Rating: ***It has been over 11 years since Veerappan, feared bandit and sandalwood smuggler, was killed....
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Blackstar
David BowieRating: ****A David Bowie album is always an event, and so it proved with Blackstar. Released on January 8, Bowie’s 69th birthday, it reached No. 1 the same day. And then came the...
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Streamers’ Avenue
Do you come bleary-eyed to work because you’ve been trying to download the latest episode of Narcos till 3 am? Does your net connection always snap at 86 per cent, as The Wolf of Wall Street is...
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The Playful Monologues
The Beginning: It all started when Lillete moved to Mumbai in the early 1990s to support her husband’s career.The Long Road: She worked with both Bollywood big names and honed her craft on the...
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Bastushaap
Starring: Raima Sen, Kaushik Ganguly, Churni, Abir Chatterjee, Parambrata.Dir by Kaushik Ganguly.Rating:Watching Bastushaap was like reading a delectable short story under warm blankets on a cold...
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Nannaku Prematho
Starring: NTR Jr, Jagapathi Babu, Rakul Preet. Dir by Sukumar.Rating: ***Be it Arya, Nenuokkadine or Nannaku Prematho, Sukumar enriches the narrative through psychological insight. NTR Jr (Abhi), with...
View ArticleAriane Mnouchkine
What connects you to India and its practice of theatre?In India, there is theatre on the streets. There is musicality in the gestures, in the way people walk and talk.Does Indian theatre have a global...
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Quirky Parsis And Drunk Christians
Hindi movies over the decades have offered many hoary old stereotypes of minority communities. There are the Parsis, who used to be offered as comic relief, arriving in a grand old car packed with kids...
View ArticlePandit Shankar Ghosh, Tabla Maestro
With the demise of Pandit Shankar Ghosh, one of the prominent remaining voices of the Farukhabad Gharana of Baaz falls silent. Born in 1935, he grew into one of the finest tabla players in India and...
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No Place For A Past
The rickety wooden door, fraying at the edges, is painted a pale yellow, the very colour of faded memory. Above it hangs an unassuming, unpolished wooden nameplate, almost like a forgotten souvenir,...
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Mumbai FilmMaster ClassAfter treating a select audience to Sriram Raghavan’s relatively unseen and maiden feature about serial killer Raman Raghav, indie production house Drishyam Films are screening...
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Charlie
Starring: Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy MenonDirected by Martin PrakkatRating: ***Overwhelmed by the ennui of her job, her life and a tiresome marriage proposal to a rich oaf, Tessa (Parvathy Menon) just...
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Crosseyed Heart
Keith RichardsRating:At a time when so many music legends, from David Bowie to Glenn Frey, have left us in quick succession for what must be a pretty big party up in the sky, one has to admire Keith...
View ArticleGeena Davis
An actor, writer, fashion model and an athlete. Is it easy juggling so many different hats?I broke into acting as a model in New York. I was never anything like a "supermodel", but I made a living at...
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And Also
Delhi art India Art FairRating: ***The few hundred metres between the inside and the outside of the India Art Fair are different time zones. Inside it’s art, outside it is still-life Govindpuri. A...
View ArticleRenu Modi
Tell us about the idea of an all-women’s art exhibition.I am trying to take a look at some of the works and readapting those that are dear to me. The approach to art by women has changed a lot in these...
View ArticleThat Jaffna Spook
FilmographyAirlift 2016 Hindi Belawadi’s George Kutty is exasperating yet endearing. He is the thorn at hero Akshay Kumar’s side, as he insists “paperwork is highly important”. As Belawadi puts it,...
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