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Actors’ Corner: Shivam Pradhan

By |August 23rd, 2016|Interviews|

An interview with Shivam Pradhan, an interesting young Delhi-based actor whose stage career and movie cameos are slowly beginning to add up.

Film Review: HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI

By |August 19th, 2016|reviews|

Our review of HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI, one of the few funny Hindi-language comedies this year.

The perils of privilege

By |August 17th, 2016|Analysis, Critics Speak, movies we loved|

A write-up on Zoya Akhtar's definitive and immensely re-watchable Patch-Addams family ensemble film, Dil Dhadakne Do.

Film Review: MOHENJO DARO

By |August 12th, 2016|reviews|

Rahul Desai's review of Ashutosh Gowarikar's MOHENJO DARO, another historical epic-fail.

Film Review: RUSTOM

By |August 11th, 2016|reviews|

Our review of Tinu Suresh Desai's absurdly tacky Akshay Kumar starrer, RUSTOM.

Pitching It Right

By |August 8th, 2016|Filmmakers POV|

Writer Navjot Gulati digs deep into his own life experiences to list down some very useful tips for aspiring Bollywood screenwriters.

Film Review: CHAUTHI KOOT

By |August 5th, 2016|reviews|

Our review of Gurvinder Singh's award-winning sophomore Punjabi film, CHAUTHI KOOT (The Fourth Direction).

My relationship with Anurag Kashyap

By |August 1st, 2016|Filmmakers POV|

Cinema enthusiast Bhaskar Tripathi writes about his relationship with the films of Anurag Kashyap, a landscape-altering director he has grown to love and understand over time.

Film Review: PLAYING PRIYA (short)

By |July 29th, 2016|reviews|

Our review of yet another potentially engaging web short, PLAYING PRIYA, playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan's acting debut.

The Eternal Moonlight of Spotted Minds.

By |July 26th, 2016|Critics Speak, movies we loved, reviews|

We look back on a beguiling American indie called Comet (2014), now known as the calling card of 'Mr. Robot' creator Sam Esmail.

Review, M Cream: A hazy, unambiguous look at self-discovery.

By |July 22nd, 2016|reviews|

Our review of the semi-psychedelic 'M Cream', a road movie about a group of Delhi kids in search of a mythical drug...and themselves.

Film Review: INTERIOR CAFE NIGHT (short)

By |July 18th, 2016|reviews|

Film critic Rahul Desai writes about a simple little short film starring stage veterans Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel.

Film Review: Leena Yadav’s ‘Parched’

By |July 17th, 2016|reviews|

Suchin Mehrotra reviews Leena Yadav's much-decorated rural drama, 'Parched', after managing to catch it at the London Indian Film Festival.

U Turn Review: audacious, engaging ride to a tepid finale

By |July 13th, 2016|reviews|

Review of 'Lucia' director Pawan Kumar's intriguing new Kannada-language thriller 'U Turn'.

India’s New Independent Cinema: Rise of the Hybrid

By |July 11th, 2016|Interviews, reviews|

A renowned Indian film academician introduces and writes about his new book -- Rise of the Hybrid -- the world's first full-fledged and researched book on new Indian indies.

A dawn of recurring darkness

By |July 1st, 2016|reviews|

Our review of 'Fireflies in the Abyss', an affecting and well-constructed documentary about the lives of immigrant Nepali miners in Meghalaya.

Brahman Naman makes ‘LOSER’ cool and ‘COOL’ looser.

By |June 29th, 2016|reviews|

A producer writes about her take on Q's latest film, a comedy (believe it) named 'Brahman Naman', which had its India Premiere this week.

Review, KRITI: The perils of writing too hard.

By |June 28th, 2016|reviews|

Our review of Shirish Kunder's psychological-thriller short film, Kriti, starring Manoj Bajpayee, Radhika Apte and Neha Sharma.


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