It has been twenty years since Jaimini Pathak established his own theatre group—Working Title—and produced about 18 plays, directed and acted several of them, wrote one, along with acting in…

How can a play about depression be warm, funny and inspiring?  Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahue come up with the answer through Every Brilliant Thing—a one-man show that’s simple, yet complex,…

In its quest to explore unseen– in cinema— places in India, Qasim Khallow’s Gone Kesh goes to the small hill station of Siliguri, though the story of a young woman’s travails could have…

Just Half Truths The murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons in 1999, by a group of right wing goons had shaken the conscience of the…

Bungle In The Jungle Chuck Russell (The Mask,  Eraser, The Scorpion King) has been imported from Hollywood to direct a laughably simplistic and old-fashioned film, that anybody local could have…

Every so often a piece of news pops up that makes you realise, that for every step women take to go forward, there is some hurdle placed in their way…

The Lives Of Others A woman’s right to safe and legal medical termination of pregnancy gets the religious-minded into a funk. Even in a progressive country like America, the Catholic…

Three To Tango The plays Abhishek Pattnaik writes have unusual ideas, but he is an excellent actor too. His performance as a middle-aged Oriya professor in Two Adorable Losers was brilliant, even…

The Devil Wears Bataa is a catchy title, and those familiar with the work of playwright-director Meherzad Patel would already know that the play is a comedy, and this genre tops…

Saffron Courage When Havildar Ishar Singh—played by Akshay Kumar– the protagonist of Anurag Singh’s Kesari, is about to go into a battle that will result in the death of his small regiment,…