The theme of a brothel madame’s intense attachment to her kotha is well-dissected in Hindi cinema courtesy various films centred on bygone tawaif culture. We have seen that in Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan (1981). The tepid re-adapatation inContinue reading
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“Kahaani 2″… It’s all about the first half!
Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani was no ordinary film. A taut thriller that gave us no scope to spot bloopers, the film was also a benchmark in the so-called ‘heroine-centric’ realm of cinema. Helmed by the sameContinue reading
Te3n – Strange concoction of good drama and bland suspense!
Ribhu Dasgupta’s Te3n – One instance where the genre turns out to be a film’s liability. At times, an endearingly honest story of an old man dealing with a loss that he was responsible for,Continue reading
How ‘Parineeta’ evolved from 1953 to 2005…
June 10 – Marks the 12th anniversary of Pradeep Sarkar’s sparkling directorial debut with Vinod Chopra Productions’ Parineeta. With an unconventional title and a debutante female actor playing the title role, the film was aContinue reading
