Monthly Archives: August 2015
Sports Biopics: Here To Stay
There has always been a connection between sports and celluloid, in Bollywood and Hollywood. In 2001 ‘Ali’ a biography of sports legend, Muhammad Ali,...
KAPIL’S COMEDY NIGHTS : THE JOKE IS ON US
Although Comedy Nights with Kapil is an unofficial adaptation of the British show ‘The Kumars at No. 42’, complete with a libidinous grandmother, an...
INDIE FILMS IN INDIA: PART II
Elia Kazan famously said ” I have admired his (Satyajit Ray’s) films for many years and for me he is the filmic voice of...
INDIE FILMS IN INDIA: A STUDY
There was a time around mid-80’s when good old Doordarshan would telecast art films or parallel cinema films like Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya. People...
INDIE FILMS IN INDIA: A STUDY
There was a time around mid-80’s when good old Doordarshan would telecast art films or parallel cinema films like Govind Nihalani’s Ardh Satya. People...
Bengali Directors in Bollywood
The Hindi Film Industry is a famously cosmopolitan space welcoming creativity of all lands and regions. This absorption of variety in culture and personalities...