Mumbai: Almost 81 years after his passing, the first-ever biopic of the Father of Indian Cinema, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke – revered as...

Ritual has often met raw political calculation in the cloistered opulence of the Vatican. The death of a pope is not merely an occasion...

Guru Dutt was born Gurudutt Padukone in Bangalore on 9 July 1925. His father, Shivshankar Rao Padukone, had married Vasanthi in 1923. The...

By the mid-1970s, the audacious William Friedkin had already made two signature American films of the decade - The French Connection...

Mumbai: Years ago, the veteran south Indian and Bollywood director A. Bhimsingh was working on the gloomy love-triangle, ‘Aadmi’ (1968)...

Mumbai: April 4, 2025, my heart feels heavier than it ever has. The news hit me like a monsoon storm—Manoj Kumar, the towering legend of...

U.S. actor Richard Chamberlain, who passed away recently at 90, will forever be remembered as television’s dashing Dr. Kildare and his...

Once again, producers R. D. Bansal and family have brought back a 2K restored version of Satyajit Ray’s Nayak across Indian theatres on...

Is Adolescence an amazing web series or just an overhyped dud sold by celebrities with agendas? There seems to be a trend in the past few...

Mixed reactions followed highlight the extent of to children's exposure to stories of Maratha empire Mumbai: The film Chhava is a major...

Gene Hackman, who has died aged 95 under mysterious circumstances, was an actor of such unassuming brilliance that it is easy to take for...

Few novelists have eluded the grasp of cinema quite like Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). His works famously teem with psychological...

Mumbai: In a unique initiative, the descendants of the Father of Indian Cinema, Dhundiraj Govind Phalke – revered as ‘Dadasaheb Phalke’...

In their pursuit of virality, Indian influencers have embraced a vulgar and regressive aesthetic, leading to the infantilization of...

In the waning months of World War II as the Allies inch closer to Paris, an art-obsessed Nazi colonel embarks on a final, desperate act...

The Hindi word “Deewar” translates to “wall.” The name is symbolic, representing an invisible wall that gradually forms between brothers...

In the winter of 1968, Sergio Corbucci’s uncompromising Western, ‘The Great Silence’, arrived like a snowstorm in the desert. A bleak...

In 2024, Bollywood’s resurrection wasn’t just about fresh hits but also about old favourites that were making a grand comeback. While the...

Mumbai: Bollywood fans still marvel at the rocking and memorable Asha Bhosle number, “Shokh Nazar Ki Bijliyan…” - composed by the...

In the heyday of Hollywood’s ‘intelligent epic,’ when David Lean’s atmospheric spectacles such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and...