Film flashback: The ghost in the tree, from 1973

Before ‘Phillauri’, Mani Kaul’s ‘Duvidha’ explored the dilemma of a human trapped in a relationship with an unwanted ghost.

Devdutt Trivedi

· Feb 09, 2017 · 03:00 pm

A kiss on Earth causes turmoil on Mars in the Russian silent classic ‘Aelita’

In one of the earliest films to be set on the Red Planet, a queen falls in love with an Earthling.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2017 · 04:00 pm

In photos: The enduring magic of G Aravindan’s cinema

A retrospective in London – the first in Europe of the Malayali master – includes restored versions of ‘Esthappan’, ‘Kummatty’ and ‘Chidambaram’.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 03, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Did you know that the first crowd-sourced film came from India, in 1976?

Manish Gaekwad

· Oct 22, 2015 · 06:30 pm

When Begum Akhtar was miffed at being called Darling

Manish Gaekwad

· Oct 08, 2015 · 08:41 am

You’ve seen ‘Guide’, but have you seen ‘The Guide’?

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· Oct 06, 2015 · 12:18 pm

Was the famous ‘Pakeezah’ song an ‘item number’ originally?

Shamshad Begum provides a clue.

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· Oct 05, 2015 · 10:18 pm

Five underappreciated performances in Hrishikesh Mukherjee films

He directed most of Hindi cinema’s major stars between the 1950s and 1980s.

Jai Arjun Singh

· Sep 23, 2015 · 01:25 pm