The Name’s IQ: Isaiah Quintabe, better known as IQ, is an unlicensed private eye and the hero of Joe Ide’s crime series, the fourth of which, a hugely entertaining Hi…

Miracle Of Fate: Twelve-year-old Edward Adler is moving to California, with his parents and beloved older brother Jordan, when the plane they are travelling in crashes, and he is the…

Right Royal Mess: Irrfan Khan is one good reason to sit through Angrezi Medium, which is not a patch on its predecessor, Hindi Medium; the other is Deepak Dobriyal. Irrfan, recovering from a major illness,…

The recently released film, Thappad by Anubhav Sinha, has opened up a much-needed discussion on domestic violence.  Thappad (Slap) is about Amrita (played by Taapsee Pannu), who files for divorce when…

As her group Being Association celebrates its seventh anniversary, rewinding to an interview with Rasika Agashe: Rasika Agashe has done, and is doing, her share of commercial theatre, but she…

Brawn Over Brain: This international terrorist who has his own army and a huge arsenal somewhere in Syria, is baffled because his men and his dens are being decimated, not…

Almost Famous: There was a time when casting directors and auditions were unheard of; those who played small speaking parts in films were known as ‘side actors’ (now they are…

Deadly Daughter:   The right cast sometimes lifts a production several notches; when performers like Vandana Gupte and Pratiksha Lonkar are on stage, they add spark to the most mundane…

As Chandrakant Kulkarni’s new play Haravlelya Pattyancha Banglaa runs to packed houses, here’s revisiting an interview with the director: Thirty-two years ago,  Chandrakant Kulkarni  had moved to Mumbai from Aurangabad,…

Indian Marriage Story: Rating: Three stars The drama in Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad takes off from the scene in which a wife is slapped by her husband at a party at…