The 2002 Bengali film Titli, directed by the late Rituparna Ghosh, stars Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Mithun Chakraborty. Ghosh’s films have forever realized facets of human ... Read more
The 2002 Bengali film Titli, directed by the late Rituparna Ghosh, stars Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Mithun Chakraborty. Ghosh’s films have forever realized facets of human emotions that touch a necessary nerve and this one, while a breezy film, has its moments of intense emotional churn. Read more
Sai Paranjpye’s 1983 classic “ Katha“, this forgotten gem will appeal to a wide range of audiences – those that prefer romantic comedies, light-hearted dramas and even those who f ... Read more
Sai Paranjpye’s 1983 classic “ Katha“, this forgotten gem will appeal to a wide range of audiences – those that prefer romantic comedies, light-hearted dramas and even those who fancy a good ol’ story of deceit and fraud. Read more
The popularity of true-crime TV shows has risen in recent years, coinciding with the surge in OTT and streaming platforms across the globe. More often than not true-crime series ar ... Read more
The popularity of true-crime TV shows has risen in recent years, coinciding with the surge in OTT and streaming platforms across the globe. More often than not true-crime series are well received and are widely popular. However, a few go unnoticed despite being critically acclaimed, and one such series is the Netflix Original TV show, Unbelievable. Read more
Today’s episode features a film that takes a more restrained yet definitive jab at the very idea of death. We’re talking about Shubhashish Bhutiani’s 2017 dark comedy Mukti Bhawan ... Read more
Today’s episode features a film that takes a more restrained yet definitive jab at the very idea of death. We’re talking about Shubhashish Bhutiani’s 2017 dark comedy Mukti Bhawan. The film revolves around a 76-year-old called Dayanand (played with conviction by Lalit Behl), who has an epiphany and announces to his family that he’s lost his desire for life. Read more
Rituparno Ghosh managed to churn out yet another unassuming gem with the turn of the century. Nestled in the quietude of suburban life, is this gem of a film called Bariwali. The f ... Read more
Rituparno Ghosh managed to churn out yet another unassuming gem with the turn of the century. Nestled in the quietude of suburban life, is this gem of a film called Bariwali. The film has Kirron Kher playing Banalata, a naïve middle-aged woman, grappling through life in her sprawling-yet-crumbling residence. Read more
Every once in a while, we come across a movie that can hardly be slotted. Breaking the conventional mould of cinema, these gems redefine the landscape of storytelling. Onur Tuke l’ ... Read more
Every once in a while, we come across a movie that can hardly be slotted. Breaking the conventional mould of cinema, these gems redefine the landscape of storytelling. Onur Tuke l’s 2016 dark comedy-drama Catfight is one such film. Read more
Action comedies featuring cops have ranged from slapstick blockbusters such as Leslie Nielsen’s The Naked Gun to cookie-cutter sitcoms such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But when this gen ... Read more
Action comedies featuring cops have ranged from slapstick blockbusters such as Leslie Nielsen’s The Naked Gun to cookie-cutter sitcoms such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine. But when this genre is interpreted in the UK, it packs a dash of cheeky one-liners, a smudge of irreverent humour and often, even presented with a mystery about a certain unsolved crime. Today’s series is called Vexed. Read more
There are shows that teleport one to where they are set in, to such an immersive degree that one becomes familiar with the characteristic life of that place. And today’s episode u ... Read more
There are shows that teleport one to where they are set in, to such an immersive degree that one becomes familiar with the characteristic life of that place. And today’s episode ushers us to the idyllic, sleepy Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac in Northern Cornwall which is depicted as Portwenn. Yes, you guessed it right, we’re talking about Doc Martin. Read more
Films about cities tend to take a deep dive into the cultural and political fabric that drives its residents. Today’s feature, Ruchika Oberoi’s Island City, takes a satirical stab ... Read more
Films about cities tend to take a deep dive into the cultural and political fabric that drives its residents. Today’s feature, Ruchika Oberoi’s Island City, takes a satirical stab at the isolated, marginalized yet hopeful lives that many lead in India’s Maximum City. Read more
Arriving three years after the brilliant horror-comedy Makdee, The Blue Umbrella (2015) was Vishal Bhardwaj’s sophomore children movie offering. Based on Ruskin Bond’s story of the ... Read more
Arriving three years after the brilliant horror-comedy Makdee, The Blue Umbrella (2015) was Vishal Bhardwaj’s sophomore children movie offering. Based on Ruskin Bond’s story of the same name, The Blue Umbrella is a children’s film set in an appropriately candy-coloured cosmos. Read more
