Bollywood’ s Shadowy Underbelly — Partha Chatterjee
Far away and long ago in 1959, Guru Dutt made Kagaz Ke Phool in Black and White and Cinemascope. In it an unhappily married director falls in love with his protégé. It was...
Category: Bollywood
On Seeing Padmaavat By Partha Chatterjee
Rating [ratings] Sanjay film Padmaavat based on Malik Mohammad Jaisi’s long narrative poem from the 16th century, has finally been released after much bloodshed and violence across northern and western India. Things got...
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Lipstick Under My Burkha–A Review by Raj Ayyar
I enjoyed watching Lipstick Under My Burkha this afternoon–the film is now in its once a day matinee phase, about to exit the big screen. The film is a great commentary on the suppression...
Singh is King – A review by Manohar Khushalani
No Jokinnng! Singh is Singinng All The Way to The Bank!! A review by Manohar Khushalani ...
Desire and Repetition: The miniaturisation of the Hindi film song (Shikha Jhingan)
Desire and Repetition: The miniaturisation of the Hindi film song Fourth Asian Women’s Film Festival 2008 “Insights and Aspirations” By Shikha Jhingan Scene from Shikha Jhingan’s ‘Born to Sing’ Let us examine the contemporary...
Jodha Akbar – The Film
Jodha Akbar – The Film Seema Bawa analyses this highly controversial film with a historical perspective Actors: Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan The historian in me could not resist having...
Stars Shine in Himalayan Kingdom | Manohar Khushalani
Along with Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala, Manohar Khushalani was invited, by the Indian Embassy, to Kathmandu to attend the celebrations of 50 years of Indian Cinema as a Columnist...
