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Long before parallel cinema became fashionable, Bengali auteur Ritwik Ghatak proposed a film about Vietnam shot entirely in Bengal. This 1968 essay reveals the vision of the director who changed Indian cinema.
An excerpt from a new book shows how frantic creativity, happy accidents and painful rewrites lead to some of Hindi cinema’s most memorable screenplays.
Mandira Bedi’s reading list reveals the lenses through which she approaches healing, becoming and possibility.
How Shefali Shah’s reading list reveals the mind behind her most unforgettable characters.
The actor-director shares five haunting, beautiful books that invariably echo the themes of her work in films — identity, memory, resilience and truth.
Amborish Roychoudhury explores how director and producer Raj Khosla’s artistry outlived his fame in this authorised filmmaker biography.
Muzaffar Ali leads us gently into a realm where, over 44 years ago, he sensed a presence called 'Umrao Jaan'
A new book examines Indian cinema through an anti-caste lens, with distorted histories and dehumanisation in film and theatre traditions critically explored, including the rise of OTT platforms.
The actor-turned-producer shares her current reading list.
From retellings of the classics to insights on faith and love, this is what's on the star’s bookshelf this month.
After 'Ganashatru' and 'Shakha Proshakha,' Ray was advised by doctors to avoid outdoor shoots. This presented a dilemma to the virtuoso director, who passed away before he could complete shooting for what would’ve been his last film in 1992.
The following is an excerpt from 'Parde Ke Peechhey,' an autobiography of Ila Arun as told to Anjula Bedi, published by Penguin Random House India.
A war of letters ensued in The Statesman newspaper following Satyajit Ray's scathing review of Mrinal Sen’s Akash Kusum (1965). It ended in Ray parting ways with his closest rival for a lifetime.
