Harud
directed by Aamir Bashir Chasingtales, 2010
'Heaven on Earth' is how my teacher used to introduce us kids to the combustible turf that was, and is, Kashmir.
The statistics are chilling. Over a span of 12 years – from 1997 to 2008 – almost two lakh farmers in India committed suicide. Equally well documented are the links between these
A curious incident struck Nepali cinemas on 22 January. After barely a few days on screens, the government of Nepal pulled the Bollywood movie Chandni Chowk to China from theatres,
Every one of you? Why not let me speak in
Any language I like? The language I speak,
Becomes mine, its distortions, its queernesses
All mine, mine alone.
– Kamala Das
Women in Indian Film, 1-10
edited by Nasreen Munni Kabir
Zubaan Books, 2009
In the past, publications on women and Hindi cinema have become, more often than not, treatises on
A pivotal scene in Ju Dou, Zhang Yimou's celebrated film examining the burden of tradition in China, features a procession full of pomp and extravagance. The main feature
As Bollywood's Hindi productions spin away to cater to the upper classes and NRIs, Bhojpuri films take the audiences back to an era of family values — where the underdog becomes victorious, and where the 'masses' rediscover respect.
For a city known for its flashy sensationalism, Bombay’s everyday stories seem to get regularly swept away. Luckily, some of these are being caught by documentary filmmakers.
