Suspense Is The Key Alfred Hitchcock made Frederick Knott’s stage play Dial M For Murder immortal by directing a film based on it (in 1954).  Vijay Kenkre has directed a Marathi stage version called A Perfect Murder …

The Evil Within: April Satya Koushik has written and directed two plays based on mythology before – Chakravyuh and Draupadi—and his strength is clearly in his writing.  Raavan Ki Ramayan is written in verse, in the kind …

A new play Zoon: Noor Kashmir Ka, by award-winning playwright-director Purva Naresh, connects the story of Kashmir’s legendary poetess Zoon or Habba Khatoon, with conditions in Kashmir today. There have …

That Undying Spirit: Rating:  Two and a half stars: Over a decade after those horrific days that the city lived through, comes Anthony Maras’s Hotel Mumbai, concentrating on the siege …

Muscle Madness: Rating: 1 & 1/2 stars: If there is a Commando 3, there must have been two films before it, but even the most ardent Bollywood fan would have to strain …

As Ila Arun starts rehearsals on her adaptation of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, here’s revisiting an interview with her.   Ila Arun’s life is a whirlwind of plays, films and music concerts. She …

Where The Loonies Roam: Rating:  One star: Over the last few weeks, while promoting Pagalpanti, the director (Anees Bazmee) and stars have been going on and on about how much fun …

Death In Istanbul: It is commonly believed, that just before a person dies, their life flashes before their eyes.  Elif Shafak’s Booker shortlisted book, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange …

Dead Zone: Rating:  One star: When so much our new mainstream cinema is aiming to make sense, and tell relatable stories, Milap Milan Zaveri’s Marjaavan is just the kind of …

Cause And Impact: All four plays watched at the Prithvi Theatre Festival this year had one significant element in common, they were all about social issues that are affecting the …