From a slithering snake-woman to jive queen, Sridevi perfected dance in Indian cinema

Sridevi’s comic timing and dancing often combined to electrifying effect in movies across languages.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Aug 13, 2018 · 01:30 pm

That time when Meena Kumari competed with Meena Kumari and Meena Kumari for a Filmfare award

She was the only nominee in the Best Actress category in 1963.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 01, 2018 · 06:45 am

Ingmar Bergman centenary: Revisiting the cruel beauty of ‘The Virgin Spring’

A movie of indelible images and a masterful performance by Max von Sydow.

Bubla Basu

· Jul 14, 2018 · 01:30 pm

‘Self-appointed observer and critic of society’: How photographer David Goldblatt saw himself

The South African photographer died aged 87 on June 25.

Paul Weinberg, The Conversation

· Jul 05, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Robby Muller, who shot ‘Paris, Texas’, ‘Repo Man’ and ‘Breaking the Waves’, dies at 78

The Dutch cinematographer had been suffering from vascular dementia.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 04, 2018 · 10:57 pm

Shujaat Bukhari touched many lives in the media and beyond – and that’s his great legacy

If journalism was the ‘Rising Kashmir’ editor’s profession, social work was where his heart lay.

Athar Parvaiz

· Jun 18, 2018 · 07:57 pm

In Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari was a bridge between young and old, militants and moderates

He sought to take the conversation beyond Delhi to other cities, where (he hoped) Kashmiris might meet with a more sympathetic, less prejudiced, hearing.

Ramachandra Guha

· Jun 15, 2018 · 06:39 pm

What a meeting with Anthony Bourdain taught an Indian food writer in Sri Lanka

Bourdain was a self-admitted ‘freak living outside the margins of society’ who gave forgotten places and foods the gift of being seen.

Vidya Balachander

· Jun 11, 2018 · 12:30 pm

‘Raat Aur Din’ is a fitting swansong for Nargis’s wide-ranging talent

Satyen Bose’s much-delayed movie features Nargis in the dual role of a demure housewife and her bold alter ego.

Damini Kulkarni

· May 03, 2018 · 07:30 pm

1990s throwback: Has there been a more entertaining villain than Rami Reddy?

Rami Reddy played villainous roles in some of the big hits from the 1990s, including ‘Pratibandh’, ‘Gaayam’, ‘Elaan’ and ‘Gunda’.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Apr 14, 2018 · 10:15 am

Tribute: Farooque Shaikh was the unsung Angry Young Man of the 1970s and ’80s

The actor was celebrated for his love stories, but his ability to portray intensity and angst deserve a second look.

Shaikh Ayaz

· Mar 25, 2018 · 07:15 am

Laid-back but brilliant: Scientist Martin Rees looks back on his student years with Stephen Hawking

UK’s Astronomer Royal shares his memories of the physicist at the Cambridge University and his success against all odds.

Martin Rees, The Conversation

· Mar 14, 2018 · 09:30 pm