The Dashing Duo: One of the enduring mysteries of the Hindi film industry is why the Salim-Javed writing team broke up. In the three-part docuseries, Angry Young Men, produced by their …

Keeping Up With John: Reports in the media regularly portray a grim reflection of violence against women, honour killings and rampant casteism.  Nikkhil Advani’s Vedaa, written by Aseem Arrora, picks from the …

Detective At Large: Sherlock Holmes is reportedly the most portrayed fictional character in films and television, and the appeal of the eccentric pipe-smoking, violin-playing “consulting detective” just never goes away. …

Training Times: There is a certain formula to be expected in all campus dramas. Naam Namak Nishan is different only to the extent that the young men and women are not in …

That Femme Again: The 2021 film, Hasseen Dillruba, directed by Vinil Mathew, was based on the germ of an idea from Roald Dahl’s twisted thriller, Lamb To The Slaughter. It ended with the murder …

Gone Guys: Science fiction has not yet caught in a big way on in the Indian OTT or cinema space. It is Korean serial Signal that offered up the opportunity of adapting …

Anybody who wants to make a comedy about a loony family and a dysfunctional hotel should watch Fawlty Towers or Schitt’s Creek—not necessarily for inspiration, but to absorb some great comedy vibes. The …

That Redux Feel: The thriller heavy filmography of Neeraj Pandey has given him enough of a following for aspiring writer-directors to want to emulate him, but when so many filmmakers …

The Killer Question: If a play is called Qatl, then it can be assumed it is about murder. But if it is a Makrand Deshpande play, then it cannot be a …

Surviving Love: A few days ago, the Crime Writers’ Association announced its annual awards, and the Gold Dagger went to Una Mannion’s Tell Me What I Am, which the judges commented …