After doing theatre through school and college, when Atul Satya Koushik applied to the National School of Drama he was rejected and told he could not do theatre (due to a slight physical disability).…

Kolkata Chronicle: Delhi-based theatre producer, director and writer, Atul Satya Koushik has been bringing his productions to Mumbai regularly. His plays, belonging to diverse genres from mythologicals to comedies and…

Law vs Justice: Rating: Two stars It is barely a few months that the #MeToo storm hit India, and the backlash begins– to use the word writer Susan Faludi employed…

Lonely Hearts Club: Rating: Three stars The novelty in Raaj Shaandilyaa’s film is that Dream Girl is a man. Otherwise, the idea of lonely men confiding in a woman’s voice…

A Soldier And A Hero: The astonishingly prolific David Baldacci, whose books come out at a dizzying frequency, without any drop in quality, creates a new hero, Aloysius Archer for…

Star-Crossed Romance: Devika Rani is in focus due to a play on her life and a book on the way. A superstar of her time, one of her biggest hits…

Losers’ Game: Rating: Three stars As a those-were-the-days trip, Nitesh Tiwari’s Chhichhore has its moments of youthful exuberance—though the sight of a bunch of boys in their briefs running about…

Squirrel On The Go: Shaili Sathyu and her Gillo Team is getting ready to get on to their Natak Bus and travelling to parts of Maharashtra—the group’s second such tour,…

Women United: Mainstream Bollywood movies tend either glamorize the hooker, or use the character to generate melodrama. In the cinema of the past, she was either waiting for the noble…

Deadly Funny: In India, funeral rituals are solemn affairs, and anyone who dares laugh would probably be socially boycotted. In the UK, of course nothing is sacred as far as…