Unscary, Unfunny: Raghava Lawrence’s 2011 Tamil film, Kanchana, the second in his Muni horror series, get a Hindi remake, probably because a recently woke Akshay Kumar wanted to say something …
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Lethal Strike: Readers of thrillers expect a fast pace, shootouts, chases, bloodshed, fancy gizmos and all the chaos of crime solving. What they don’t expect– and more often than not, …
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A documentary by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, called Janani’s Juliet won the best film and best director award at the South Asian Short Film Festival, recently, after winning acclaim and other awards …
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To commemorate the 44th anniversary on Ank, revisiting an interview with Preeta Mathur: For a long time, Preeta Mathur worked with Dinesh Thakur, first her mentor and then husband, an …
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Whenever a film, book, or show comes up about the women’s liberation movement, Gloria Steinem invariably makes an appearance, either as herself, or an actress playing her. So it was …
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While Pratik Gandhi is gathering praise for his performance as Harshad Mehta in the web series Scam 1992, revisiting an interview with him about his theatre work: More often than …
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On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a look at Feroz Abbas Khan’s 2007 film: Gandhi My Father by Feroz Abbas Khan stands out for its attempt at brave and offbeat cinema. …
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Dharmputra (1961): As a tribute to Yash Chopra on his birth anniversary, a look at one of his earliest films: Yash Chopra was called the King of Romance, even …
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If asked who was the first judge of the Indian Supreme Court, most would have to strain to remember, or would have to look it up, but many more would …
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The Miracle Of Kindness: After the international success of A Man Called Ove, Swedish writer Fredrik Backman’s books have followed the template of telling deeply moving stories with kindness at …