Book versus movie: Meryl Streep is the best thing about ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’

Karel Reisz’s version of the John Fowles novel, based on the Harold Pinter screenplay, is a not always successful film within a film.

Bubla Basu

· Jul 16, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: Basu Chatterjee’s adaptation of ‘Swami’ has an edge in the form of Shabana Azmi

The 1977 movie, based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhayay short story, is less exacting than the literary source but also more affecting.

Bubla Basu

· Jun 20, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Book versus movie: ‘The English Patient’ is luminous on the page and on the screen

In a rare case, Michael Ondaatje’s book stands in its unique splendour while Anthony Minghella’s film blazes in its own light.

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· Jun 04, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Book versus movie: ‘Revolutionary Road’ is a sumptuous watch but a better read

Richard Yates’s novel is a bitter portrait of mid-1950s America. The couple in Sam Mendes’s film could be from any time period.

Bubla Basu

· May 06, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Picture the song: ‘Dil Dhoondta Hai’ and the heart that never stops searching

Gulzar’s ‘Mausam’ features two versions of a love that is lost but not forgotten.

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· May 01, 2017 · 04:00 pm

In the ‘anti-Romeo squad’ debate, the question nobody is asking: Juliet, where art thou?

In William Shakespeare’s timeless play, it is Juliet who risks more than Romeo.

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· Apr 07, 2017 · 10:30 am

‘36 Chowringhee Lane’: The movie where it all began for Aparna Sen

The director’s debut movie, starring Jennifer Kendal as an Anglo Indian teacher in Kolkata, is a poignant look at a disappearing world.

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· Apr 02, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sai Paranjype’s ‘Katha’ is a fabulous fable about the most charming chawl in the world

The renowned filmmaker’s 79th birthday is the perfect excuse to revisit one of her loveliest films, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Farooque Shaikh and Deepti Naval.

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· Mar 19, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Picture the song: ‘Chale Chalo’ is an unmatched ode to team spirit

The song from Ashutosh Gowariker’s nationalistic epic ‘Lagaan’ turns cricket practice into a celebration of unity against adversity.

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· Feb 26, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Shakespeare on the screen: The Bard in Shimla and a kiss in the mist in ‘Shakespeare Wallah’

James Ivory’s 1965 classic gives a fictional and bitter twist to the Indian travels of Geoffrey Kendal’s Shakespeare company.

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· Jan 15, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Picture the song: The three loves of Bashu in ‘Tum Sundar Ho’ from ‘Katha’

In Sai Paranjpye’s wicked comedy, a piece of music tells us everything we need to know about Farooque Shaikh’s con artist.

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· Jan 15, 2017 · 03:00 pm

The rediscovery of Rajesh Khanna the actor in ‘Aavishkar’

The 1970s superstar’s superb performance in Basu Bhattacharya’s domestic drama proves his unexplored talent at stasis.

Bubla Basu

· Dec 29, 2016 · 12:00 pm