As a tribute to I.S. Johar on his birth centenary, a look at his film Johar Mehmood in Goa): People of a certain vintage would recall I. S. Johar’s Question…

Pointless Retread: Rating: Two stars: When Imtiaz Ali made Love Aaj Kal in 2009, there was freshness in the characterizations and structure. He captured the Me generation of self-obsessed people, for…

Goa To Go: Rating: Two stars: These days, it seems quite possible for a film to be made only to cast actors with perfect bodies, because presumably that’s what the…

Roar Of The Lamb:   How can one not want to read a book that begins like this: “The owl flew screaming from the barn, its wingtips bright with flame.…

The introduction, Hardit Kaur Gill, daughter of General Gill, brings to mind a woman brought up in the rarefied, strictly hierarchical world of army cantonments; probably unable to make friends…

As a tribute to Waheeda Rehman on her 82nd birthday, a look at one of her most iconic roles—Rosie in Vijay Anand’s Guide (1965). She was warned that if she…

Casanova Curbed: Rating: 2-1/2 stars So, for a change Bollywood is trawling through world cinema for inspiration, and alights in Argentina to pick the 2010 Diego Kaplan comedy, Igualita A Mi to…

As Mita Vasisht starts a long run of her play, Lal Ded, this week, here’s revisiting a recent interview : In spite of keeping busy with films, television, web series,…

Breathless In Bhopal: Rating: Three stars Ashwini Iyer Tiwari’s Panga may be about women following their dreams (the phrase is a cliché now), but it is actually an ode to…

Plotless, Pointless: Rating: 1-1/2 stars Groups of dancers in Remo D’Souza’s Street Dancer 3D keep demanding something new, but the director serves up a film that is same old… without…