“That who is stationary cannot be creative”, Satish Gujral. It’s the end of an era, eminent artist Satish Gujral, known for his versatility across mediums, passed away at his New Delhi residence on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He...
Lockdowns, self isolation and social distancing – if it all sounds like something from a Dystopian universe, it’s sadly our reality these days. With a large chunk of the world observing self quarantine, humour is indeed the need of...
The pleasure of sinking your teeth into a soft bun smeared liberally with maska (butter) and sipping sweet chai, lounging in an Irani cafe, a fan whirring over you head, the checked table cloth, the dog eared menu cards,...
The year 2005, I was invited to shoot the ‘on the sets’ of Aishwarya Rai’s film Provoked, inspired by the life and times of an Indian housewife Kiranjit Alhuwalia, who had changed the course of British Law. I was...
‘Social distancing’ and ‘self isolation’ becomes the norm as the world braves the Corona pandemic with a lockdown across countries and states; health comes first, indeed. But what about people like me and many others whose day is incomplete...
There is no disputing the fact that he is one of the finest actors we have, ‘Angrezi Medium’ is Irrfan Khan’s show all the way. The actor is a class act and just to have him back on screens...
Reel imitates real and vice versa, there are stories we hear everyday, some which disturb us- but we brush them under the carpet with a, “it happens with them”, or “it’s never happened with me”, but are we lying...
The first time I ever saw Sridevi was on Oliyum Oliyum, the weekly Tamil Chitrahaar on Doordarshan every Friday. The fact that it was a compilation of Tamil songs, a language which I didn’t understand, was testament to how...
“The past is a journal repeating over and over again; in a new place, at a new time but awaiting a different outcome”, Meyer Offerman, ‘Hunters’. As polarization tears the seams of the global socio-political fabric, it’s not surprising...
Love is a smoke made with the fumes of sigh, said William Shakespeare, and sigh you will as you try to grasp what is ‘love aaj kal’ to the millennials. So, 11 years after the first, which I wasn’t...
