Matters of Faith: Miracle On Matunga Street, directed by KK Raina, is Ila Arun’s second adaptation of a Tom Dudzick play after Namaste (based on Greetings). Both bring up in…

Covid Chronicles: It was inevitable that at least a few post-lockdown plays staged by major city groups would be about the effects of the pandemic. Of all the branches of…

Kolkata Killer: Had the makers of Bob Biswas known that the film would end up being streamed on an OTT platform (Zee5), they would probably have cast Saswata Chatterjee, the original…

When the world is tilting alarmingly towards right wing or conservatism, the first casualty is women’s rights—in particular, right to reproduction, right to own their sexuality and their bodies. There is quick condemnation of…

Court Capers: Even though it is common knowledge that the legal system in India chugs along at snail’s pace, courtroom dramas make for absorbing viewing; perhaps giving some measure of…

Who Will Judge The Judge?:  The first season of Your Honor (2020) was based on an Israeli series Kvodo, a fast-paced, emotion-charged show about a judge, who breaks some rules to save his…

Nearly a quarter of a century after her untimely death in a car crash, the interest in Princess Diana continues unabated.  After dozens of books, magazine articles, academic essays, documentaries, conspiracy theories,…

Empty Slogans: In cities, we take it for granted that every child that is part of a family will get at least basic literacy skills if not a proper education.…

Spy Chronicles: Created by Neeraj Pandey, who, going by his filmography, seems to be fond of espionage yarns, Special Ops (2020) was a slick thriller, which may have suffered in comparison…

Walking Tall: When we talk of gender issues, it is invariably about the suffering of underprivileged women, as if to say educated, rich women with supportive families are spared any…