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How Pa Ranjith’s Kaala changes the way we imagine the city
Film / Commentary
How Pa Ranjith’s Kaala changes the way we imagine the city
Pranav Kuttaiah
“Saffron Inclination was Always There … But Not So In The Face As It Is Today”: Naseeruddin Shah Discusses Urdu and Saffronisation in Bollywood
Arts / Interview
“Saffron Inclination was Always There … But Not So In The Face As It Is Today”: Naseeruddin Shah Discusses Urdu and Saffronisation in Bollywood
Rana Siddiqui Zaman
Film / Commentary Why Indian films’ box-office figures do not add up Suprateek Chatterjee
Film / Profile The dangerous innocence of Bollywood’s most controversial superstar Anna MM Vetticad
Film / Reportage How Malayalam cinema’s only female superstar got back to work Leena Gita Reghunath
Film / Commentary The faux feminism of Bollywood’s new romantic comedy Kamayani Sharma
Film / Essay Mani Kaul and the cinema to come Mantra Mukim
Film / Reportage A cult filmmaker’s Indian misadventure Poorna Swami
Film / Commentary Hindutva’s growing hold over Indian popular culture Kamayani Sharma
Politics / The Lede Raj Thackeray gains as the BJP’s ties with the Shiv Sena grow strained Anosh Malekar
Film / Essay Insights into the neglected history of Indian documentaries Taran N Khan
Film / Interview “Writing and cinema are completely different”: An interview with Gurvinder Singh Trisha Gupta
Film / The Lede A candid look at one of Bollywood’s first paparazzi photographers Sayoni Sinha
Film / The Lede A rash of film bans portends rising censorship in Pakistan Sanam Maher
Film / Commentary The inescapable casteism in the backlash against "Sairat" Tanul Thakur
Film / Reportage Has Shah Rukh Khan copied a Shah Rukh Khan lookalike? Tanul Thakur
Film / The Lede A blogger’s search for Parveen Babi’s fabled magazine cover Mayukh Sen
Media / The Lede When Indian listeners got their filmi music fix from Radio Ceylon Isabel Huacuja Alonso
Film / Essay The International Film Festival of Kerala is an illuminating window into the state's old love of world cinema Trisha Gupta
Arts / The Lede A ringside view of India’s first auction dedicated to film memorabilia Ajay Krishnan
Film / Essay The shifting sounds of the Dalit movement in Maharashtra Salil Tripathi
Film / Essay Iran’s Oscar-winning film is not a ‘dirty picture’ of any one society Michael Snyder
Arts / The Lede A recent film festival evokes memories of a long intercontinental love affair Sonal Aggarwal
Film / Essay As of late, Rabindra Sangeet has emerged in unexpected places, whether covered as club song or voiced by Amitabh Bachchan. Does Tagore’s music, as he had hoped, stand the test of time? Sumana Roy
Film / The Lede The tongue-tied director of Paan Singh Tomar chats at a crowded multiplex Rahul Bhatia
Film / Essay Inside the world of an Afghan film star Taran N Khan
Film / Essay Through his choice of cast and aesthetic, brook tries to speak about the world we live in Sumati
Film / Essay Raajneeti embodies the self-absorption of people in power Jai Arjun Singh
Film / Essay While the first biographical film in the country on an Indian band is touching, it’s just an aperitif Kajal Basu
Film / Essay In Coco Before Chanel, the clothes offer their own narrative of escape and freedom within the story that is otherwise painted as a love triangle Ferzina Banaji
Film / Essay Up In The Air is the story of a 21st century American everyman Esther Wells
Film / Essay 3 idiots proves that a simple story, well told with an underlying social message, will always find an audience Naman Ramachandran