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Meet the man behind 'Jallikattu'

Lijo Jose Pellissery, the maker of India’s Oscar entry this year, is a driven, perfectionist director who accepts success and failure with equanimity

7 min read3 Dec 2020
Industry

Entertainment industry welcomes Centre's SOPs for resumption of films, TV shoots

Members of the entertainment industry, including filmmaker Boney Kapoor, actor-producer JD Majethia, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, hailed the standard operating procedures for resuming shooting of films and TV programmes announced by the Centre

3 min read25 Aug 2020
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The fluid world inhabited by Rituparno Ghosh

A new documentary on Ghosh is a reminder of why defying norms of gendered behaviour is still a radical idea in India

4 min read30 Nov 2018
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Midnight superhero

Vasan Bala's 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota', which garnered buzz with its premiere in Toronto, is all set to open the Mumbai Film Festival

7 min read19 Oct 2018
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Andhadhun: Blind man's bluff

Director Sriram Raghavan on last-minute dialogue writing, his continuing debt to noir cinema, and his latest film, 'Andhadhun'

5 min read29 Sep 2018
Industry

‘Omerta', ‘102 Not Out' new offerings as ‘Avengers' powers through

Hansal Mehta's Omerta starring Rajkummar Rao is a passion-less story of a man who is part of one of the most shameful chapters in India's terror history, says The Indian Express

2 min read4 May 2018
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Rajinikanth as Karn: ‘Thalapathi' revisited

Mani Ratnam's film is one of our most poignant male-friendship films and a fresh perspective on two mythological anti-heroes

4 min read27 Apr 2018
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Majid Majidi's tryst with India

The Iranian auteur was in India to promote his upcoming movie 'Beyond the Clouds'

3 min read14 Apr 2018
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Do we need to retell the Bollywood bad boy story?

Yes, if you let the ugly speak for itself. A Bollywood biography in which the author has a voice is nearly impossible

5 min read24 Mar 2018
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The impact of Alauddin Khilji

The Padmaavat controversy has precluded a critical dialogue on the legacy the 13th century Sultan left behind, especially in the South

9 min read17 Feb 2018