Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is diversifying his horizons with his work across multiple film industries of India, feels that while cinema may be separated by languages, it in its entirety is a universal language of...
Meaningful political films centred on elections can be commerical successes. So why has Bollywood, over the decades, failed to capture its nuances?
Green activist and prominent Marathi and Hindi films actor Sayaji Shinde had a narrow escape from a potentially dangerous bee attack while participating in a tree re-plantation drive on the Pune-Bengaluru Highway.
Duvidha, Mani Kaul’s first colour feature film, is fifty years old. This memorable feminist tale asks for critical engagement afresh when Bollywood is witnessing the emergence of a new kind of woman on screen
There are titles of films that do no justice to the film. A not so apt title merely dilutes good content keeping the audience and cash registers away for a flimsy reason.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan along with Karan Johar, late actor Rishi Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan in 'The Romantics' open their hearts about how the Hindi film industry has the power to shape pop culture for India and...
The increased representation of women leaders in Bollywood is a heartening first step, but we await their more complex avatars
Bollywood star Anil Kapoor has summed up his journey of over 40 years in Hindi cinema, where he has been feted with numerous awards and honours.
South star Jyothika, who is all set to make her comeback in Hindi cinema with Sri, has said that she is a "huge fan" of her co-actor Rajkummar Rao and added...
The Producers Guild of India on Saturday have issued a statement to thank state governments of the country for ensuring peaceful release of Shah Rukh Khan,...
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's film 'Pathaan', directed by Siddharth Anand, has recorded the biggest opening weekend in the history of Hindi cinema,...
Beyond gifting Indian cinema with acclaimed 'Umrao Jaan', Muzaffar Ali's distinct detail to the emotionality and textures infuse his artworks with the warmth...
The extra is a figure who periodically emerges in films to remind one of below-the-line labour in the Hindi film industry
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
The maker of Bollywood Dreams discusses the many problems that plague the Hindi cinema industry
'There is no sound more deafening than the silence in an abandoned cinema theatre.'
Shaukat Khan runs a fleet of vanity vans with compact make-up rooms, toilet facilities and his ambitions
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...
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...
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...
Charu Shree Roy followed her dreams into films, edting, directing, producing. There’s no stopping her now
Alan McAlex is a maverick with an unusual life, a bit like the cinema he works for
Sagar and Guru Bhosle know Mumbai like nobody else. They are, therefore, the location gurus
An illuminating account of the life and career of one of the most zealous make-up artists of Bombay cinema
A colony in the Mumbai suburbs provides artists comfort in terms of theatre spaces and some means of living
