Film historian Lalit Mohan Joshi’s poignant film ‘‘Angwal’’explores the vibrant yet often overlooked culture of Kumaoni poetry © film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) dated 05/11/2024  “Angwal,”...

Navras Katha Collage, Review: It might get a few ‘awards’, for…. Comedian Jerry Lewis, in the top league during the 50s and 60s, made a breakthrough movie in 1965, called The Family Jewels....

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3: Grotesque? Yes. Burlesque: Yes. Statuesque? Yes. Humouresque: No. Maze: Yes. Amazing: No Bhool Bhulaiya literally means a maze or labyrinth, in Hindustani language. This one...

IFFI, other Film Festivals, and the Media: Partners or undesirables? When the first film festival as held in Bombay in the year 1952, by the Films Division, 30 years after the first international...

Sonu Nigam on Society Achievers’ September cover: Surprise? Kirti Azad has been there. If cricket and politics can make you a society achiever, why can’t singing? Society Achievers continues the...

Kanguva teaser, trailer and songs launch: Everybody loves everybody else Suriya Sivakumar, Disha Patani, Bobby Deol, K. E. Gnanavel Raja, Jayantilal Gada and Devi Sri Prasad was the quorum this...

MAMI’s Mumbai Film Festival treats media like dirt, and then denies accreditation ScreenShots from the MAMI website and information about the (now deleted) Registration Google Form, for PRESS...

Dharma’s Dharmatic Decision: Will it make a difference? Film critics in Mumbai received a communication last week from Dharma Productions, which has been the talk of the community since...

Jigra, Review: JigrAlia Though ‘jigar’ literally means liver in Hindustani, ‘jigra’ means courage, guts and gumption, essential qualities of a brave-heart. In an era of super-heroes and...

Kusum Ka Biyaah: A bridge that divides Jharkhand was carved out of the state of Bihar many years ago. Perhaps some people in either state and the governments have not yet reconciled to the...