IIF Podcast: Sharmaji Namkeen, Kaun Pravin Tambe?
Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Sharmaji Namkeen and Kaun Pravin Tambe?.
Jalsa: The crisis of conscience
Pankaj Sachdeva writes about JALSA.
IIF Podcast: RRR
Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss RRR.
JALSA: A giant leap for disability in Hindi cinema
Rachit Raj writes about Jalsa and its path-breaking differently-abled actor.
IIF Podcast: Jalsa
Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Jalsa.
Films & Writing #4: Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva
Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss editing, cinematography, analysis and the Oscars.
The Kashmir Files: A cradle of chaos
Rachit Raj writes about The Kashmir Files syndrome.
Is being sober boring? A look at life after addiction and alcoholism
The fortunate ones are the ones who find their way to a great treatment facility. When your immune system improves, your overall health improves. Long-term sobriety is a relative term—it means different things to different people. But many people consider long-term sobriety to be sobriety that has lasted at least one year. It depends on what substance you are recovering from, how long you've been using it, and how much you used. However, in severe cases of post-acute withdrawal, symptoms can last up to two years. It’s a subversive, hardcore choice to take your life into your own hands. It’s [...]
IIF Podcast: Jhund
Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Nagraj Manjule's JHUND.
Looop Lapeta and the Legend of Savitri and Satyavan
Pankaj Sachdeva writes about Looop Lapeta and the legend of Savitri-Satyavan in Hindi cinema.
IIF Podcast: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Gangubai Kathiawadi.
Open Letter to MAMI
As the physical editions of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival – which was cancelled in 2020, postponed from November 2021 to March 2022 – now stands cancelled again, the selected film-makers across the two India sections (India Gold and Spotlight) have written an Open Letter to the organisers of MAMI. In the meantime, an Online Screening schedule has been announced, which can be accessed here. It goes thus: We are a group of filmmakers officially selected in the India Story, Spotlight, and India Gold sections of the recently cancelled Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2022. We have come together [...]
IIF Podcast: Badhaai Do, Tahir Raj Bhasin
Film critics Rahul Desai and Poulomi Das discuss Badhaai Do, hybrid masculinity and Tahir Raj Bhasin.
Gehraiyaan: Of Past, Luck and Choices
Pankaj Sachdeva writes about Shakun Batra's latest film, Gehraiyaan.
IIF podcast: Gehraiyaan
Four film critics discuss Shakun Batra's very divisive new film, Gehraiyaan.
IIF Podcast: The Tender Bar, All That Breathes
Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss The Tender Bar and Shaunak Sen's Sundance-winning doc, All That Breathes.
Podcast: Film Writing #3 with Pankaj Sachdeva & Rahul Desai
Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss film festival coverage, sound design, music and Shakun Batra.
Truth beyond magic: Disability in Encanto
Rachit Raj writes about the portrayal of disability in the new Disney film, Encanto.
