Profile of Satish Padmanabhan
Although it features in the name of the film, the movie 'A Death In The Gunj' focuses more on the death and the events leading up to it and not so much on the gunj itself.
Are the recent comments by the RSS a return to its hard line against the minorities? Is it an indication of what is to come in the election rhetoric of right-wing parties next year?
After many brainstorming sessions, we felt the best way to give the Outlook reader something unique, something of value and substance, something interesting was to take up a theme, deep-dive into it with all our reportage and analysis force.
Satish Padmanabhan, Managing Editor of Outlook, reminisces about Delhi’s iconic Nirula’s on the passing away of its founder Deepak Nirula.
Deepa Mehta’s film bravely attempts to transpose Salman Rushdie’s unfilmable book onto the screen, with some great moments and some flaws.
Dosti, Dostana, Yaarana...Bollywood friendship often comes in similar shades
The quintessential Mumbai of slums, chawls, BHKs, the underworld, the uber rich as portrayed by the city’s other unique institution—Bollywood.
Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai’s 2019 feature film 'Maadathy' is about patriarchy and misogyny within the Dalit community.
'Thackeray' is a missed opportunity to delve into the mind of a complex man, with so many contradictions within him, and the other political leaders of that time, Morarji Desai, Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Yashwantrao Chavan, George Fernandes, and Indira Gandhi, are mere caricatures.
This Pride Month, here are a few recent gems from world cinema on LGBTQ themes that are heartbreaking, visceral and humane.
Hindi horror movies of the ’80s were meant to titillate. Anyone scared in the process was purely incidental.
Journeying through Uttar Pradesh in poll season and trying to make sense of the sounds and sights
I could never get into the South Indian film milieu like some of my friends who had grown up in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore or Cochin. I missed a lot of great films as well as the buzz around many filmmakers of that time. But it had its pluses too
The best horror films play on our minds rather than make us jump out of our seats. Here is a sampling, most of which are available on YouTube and OTT platforms.
Everyone who had a house would be talking about quality family time. We would be gushing about blue skies and birdcall and fresh breeze. Those who didn’t were walking. Walking to bus terminals and railway stations, to go to Motihari and Muzaffarnagar and Mayurbhanj.
Speaking to media including Outlook in Varanasi amid ongoing UP Assembly Elections, BSP supremo Mayawati said that BSP did not copy others and added that other parties like SP are now copying her style.
The internet has certainly liberated news. But it negates the training of a correspondent, the endless discussion in news meetings, the polishing of copy and fact-checking by the desk.
From food to ambience, southern Goa's pristine beaches are not only romantic but exotic in all aspects.
In a deft inversion, Tarantino turns Once Upon A Time In Hollywood into a novel. Overlaying the two, we get insights on film-making, his pet themes and glory in his immersion into the late ’60s.
What a spectacle it used to be, those big men, or even mousy men swaggering to be hunks, their saffron robes flowing about them, their unkempt hair tied with Om-printed bandanas, with chillums in their palms, with a vow that they would bathe only in the Ganges.
What a spectacle it used to be, those big men, or even mousy men swaggering to be hunks, their saffron robes flowing about them, their unkempt hair tied with Om-printed bandanas, with chillums in their palms, with a vow that they would bathe only in the Ganges.
Here’s a toolkit to restore Britain’s place in the world as a melting pot of multiculturism
Field reporting is passe, chat shows have come to rule the programming roost
Former I&B minister Manish Tewari talks about how TRP numbers have always been suspect in India, if fraud or cheating is established, the top CEOs and anchors of TV channels can be arrested, and much more.