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Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Is Chuffed With His Silent Role In New Film 'Inside'

Hollywood star Willem Dafoe found playing a largely silent role in 'Inside' a pleasure.

20 March 2023

Hindi Cinema: For A Movie To Click, You Need The Right Location

Every film is an archive—the Bombay of yesteryears is different from the Mumbai of today. The location where the film is shot can make or break it

06 January 2023

The Sound & The Fury: Sensitising Audience To The Aesthetics Of Sounds In Movies

P.M. Satheesh, Indian cinema’s go-to sound designer, creates soundscapes that breathe life into the moving picture to make the audience’s experience memorable

03 January 2023

Steven Spielberg

Why Steven Spielberg Was Happy To Refuse Directing 'Harry Potter'

Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg doesn't regret turning down 'Harry Potter'.

14 February 2023

Bollywood: Meet Shaukat Khan Who Owns 36 Vanity Vans And Wants To Own More

Shaukat Khan runs a fleet of vanity vans with compact make-up rooms, toilet facilities and his ambitions

03 January 2023

The Death Of Good 'Sound' In Hindi Cinema

Kuldeep Sood, a sound recordist from another era when sensitivity to the world met improvisation of technique, talks about how sounds used to speak when words didn’t

03 January 2023

Filmmaker Sumitra Peries died earlier this month.

Remembering Sumitra Peries And Her Enduring Contribution To Women’s Filmmaking In South Asia

Unlike South Asian women filmmakers from her time, including Fatma Begum, Parveen Rizvi, Shamin Ara, and Kohinoor Akhter, Sumitra Peries did not come to the director’s chair as an actress. In that sense, with her education...

28 January 2023

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Why Grip On A Film Set Is Crucial To Shooting A Scene, And Shooting It Well

Gripping, unlike DPing, isn’t a set job that comes with stardom or recognition; there are no awards instituted for grips, no red carpets or galas either. Yet they run the invisible machinery that creates magic within the...

03 January 2023

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03 January 2023
A Wearer Of Many Hats, Charushree Roy Dreams To Work With Hollywood Director Martin Scorcese

A Wearer Of Many Hats, Charushree Roy Dreams To Work With Hollywood Director Martin Scorcese

Charu Shree Roy followed her dreams into films, edting, directing, producing. There’s no stopping her now


03 January 2023
From Below-the-line To Above-the-line, How He Shaped His Career In Bollywood

From Below-the-line To Above-the-line, How He Shaped His Career In Bollywood

Alan McAlex is a maverick with an unusual life, a bit like the cinema he works for


03 January 2023
'Aram Nagar': Struggle In Bollywood And The Neighbourhood Of Hope

'Aram Nagar': Struggle In Bollywood And The Neighbourhood Of Hope

A colony in the Mumbai suburbs provides artists comfort in terms of theatre spaces and some means of living


03 January 2023
Things Have Changed, We Are No More Equal: A Veteran Lightman In Bollywood

Things Have Changed, We Are No More Equal: A Veteran Lightman In Bollywood

Tasked with illuminating film sets, a veteran light-man in Bollywood talks about how things have changed on set over time


02 January 2023
Make-up Artist In Bollywood: Where Fighting Biases Is Part Of The Package

Make-up Artist In Bollywood: Where Fighting Biases Is Part Of The Package

For make-up artist and hair stylist Shabana Latif, life in Mumbai has been an uphill task especially when you are a single woman and a Muslim


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02 January 2023
On Workers Who Go About Their Business With The Industry Of Ants

On Workers Who Go About Their Business With The Industry Of Ants

Anthropologist Clare Wilkinson who has studied designers, assistants, hairdressers, craftspeople and crew, argues that there are different kinds of value...


02 January 2023
Photo Essay: Working With Imagined And Real Spaces For Characters To Inhabit In Hindi Cinema

Photo Essay: Working With Imagined And Real Spaces For Characters To Inhabit In Hindi Cinema

In her evocative photo essay, Aradhana Seth gives us a glimpse of her creative world by showcasing some of her works in films like 'The Darjeeling Unlimited'...


02 January 2023
Weaving Magical Worlds Through Imagination

Weaving Magical Worlds Through Imagination

Aradhana Seth builds magical worlds in her home, shrines with mytho-political Gods and dazzling sets that show an imagination simultaneously global and local


31 December 2022
The Delicate Art Of Film Restoration

The Delicate Art Of Film Restoration

A filmmaker, archivist and connoisseur, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, has taken upon himself to restore classics and bring them to audiences


31 December 2022
The Genius Of Indian Cinema's Cinematographers

The Genius Of Indian Cinema's Cinematographers

On the many achievements of contemporary digital cinema and the challenges ahead for cinematographers


31 December 2022
Dancing To Bollywood's Tunes

Dancing To Bollywood's Tunes

Raj Surani entered the world of song and dance as a 14-year-old after the death of his father. Now he coordinates big-scale dances of Bollywood blockbusters


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31 December 2022
Ordinary Person, Extraordinary Vision

Ordinary Person, Extraordinary Vision

A VFX expert, Jayant Hadke, talks about what drives him to make magic happen onscreen in Indian cinema


31 December 2022
Confessions Of A Spotboy From Bollywood

Confessions Of A Spotboy From Bollywood

Kabir Munaf Sheikh was film-crazy. Now he serves the stars


31 December 2022
Hindi Cinema: What It Takes To Build A Career As A Junior Artist Coordinator

Hindi Cinema: What It Takes To Build A Career As A Junior Artist Coordinator

Co-ordinating junior artists requires respecting them, says Pappu Lekhraj


31 December 2022
Hindi Cinema: The Right Actor In The Right Role

Hindi Cinema: The Right Actor In The Right Role

A casting director's job is more important and difficult than you think. Ask Nandini Shrikent


31 December 2022
The End Of The Projectionist

The End Of The Projectionist

With changing technologies and the digital taking over, the old master projectionist is an extinct breed. So is the art


30 December 2022
Film Strugglers Are The Unrecognised Key To The Smooth Functioning Of The Dream Machine

Film Strugglers Are The Unrecognised Key To The Smooth Functioning Of The Dream Machine

When an actor says to a casting director that 'struggle jaari hain', he confirms that giving up is not an option, the struggle goes on.


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