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Films & Writing #6: Rahul Desai & Pankaj Sachdeva

By |May 14th, 2022|Analysis, Podcasts|

Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva further their discussion about screenplay writing in Hindi cinema.

IIF Podcast: Sharmaji Namkeen, Kaun Pravin Tambe?

By |April 6th, 2022|Analysis, Podcasts|

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Sharmaji Namkeen and Kaun Pravin Tambe?.

JALSA: A giant leap for disability in Hindi cinema

By |March 26th, 2022|Analysis|

Rachit Raj writes about Jalsa and its path-breaking differently-abled actor.

Scenes from 2021

By |January 31st, 2022|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva writes about his favourite Hindi film scenes of 2021.

The insurmountable distance of Shiddat

By |October 25th, 2021|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva writes on the critically panned SHIDDAT.

Location as character in Shoojit Sircar films

By |September 9th, 2021|Analysis, EditorPicksSmall|

Pankaj Sachdeva examines the locations in the films of one of Hindi cinema's finest directors, Shoojit Sircar.

Throwback: Bombay Talkies

By |July 12th, 2021|Analysis|

With anthology films the flavour of the season, we flash back to Pankaj Sachdeva's BOMBAY TALKIES essay.

IIF Podcast: Manoj Bajpayee

By |June 7th, 2021|Analysis, Podcasts|

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the storied career of actor Manoj Bajpayee.

The Jaideep Sahni script: David v/s Goliath

By |August 11th, 2020|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva dissects the David v/s Goliath themes of screenwriter Jaideep Sahni's storied filmography.

IIF Podcast: The art of casting

By |July 13th, 2020|Analysis, Interviews, Podcasts|

In our new Artist Podcast, casting director Yash Nagarkoti speaks about his young career and the new-age casting ecosystem of Indian cinema.

Panga: Luck by second chance

By |July 11th, 2020|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva dissects the recurring motifs and themes of the Kangana Ranaut starrer, PANGA.

IIF Podcast: The art of cutting trailers

By |July 4th, 2020|frontslider, Interviews, Podcasts|

Our latest behind-the-scenes artist featured is Maulik Sharma, a specialist "trailer editor" in conversation with IIF contributor Aditya Khanna.

Kachra: A life of societal lockdown

By |June 22nd, 2020|Analysis, AnalysisDisplaySmall|

In these times of social isolation, Rachit Raj identifies a deeper significance of the character Kachra from Lagaan.

Puppetry & Ventriloquism in Hindi Cinema

By |June 14th, 2020|Analysis, AnalysisDisplayLarge|

Pankaj Sachdeva delves into the narrative device of puppetry and ventriloquism in Hindi cinema.

Thappad: A sky of my own

By |May 21st, 2020|Analysis, AnalysisDisplayLarge|

Pankaj Sachdeva delves deep into the subtext of Anubhav Sinha's THAPPAD.

Chhapaak: Don’t Be A Nirashavadi

By |April 28th, 2020|Analysis|

Pankaj Sachdeva delves deep into Meghna Gulzar's CHHAPAAK.

The loneliness of “Tanhayee”

By |April 9th, 2020|Analysis, AnalysisDisplayLarge|

In these times of social isolation, Pankaj Sachdeva writes on Tanhayee, the definitive song on loneliness from Dil Chahta Hai.

Memorable Hindi film scenes of 2019

By |January 10th, 2020|Analysis, movies we loved, reviews|

Pankaj Sachdeva writes about his favourite Hindi film scenes of 2019.


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