Anil Dharker (1946-2021): A nurturing editor and voice of the liberal Mumbai middle class

He knew how to build great teams – and gave them the freedom to write what they wanted.

Jerry Pinto

· Mar 26, 2021 · 02:02 pm

Sagar Sarhadi, director of ‘Bazaar’ and writer of ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ and ‘Silsila’, dies at 88

‘Bazaar’ was praised for its sensitive writing and performances.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 22, 2021 · 12:12 pm

Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’

With his incisive poetry and plainspokenness, Ludhianvi consistently raised uncomfortable questions and expressed bitter truths.

Akshay Manwani

· Mar 07, 2021 · 08:45 am

‘The Sound of Music’ actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91

His career in cinema, theatre and television spanned close to 70 years.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 06, 2021 · 10:45 am

Light of Ray: The Subrata Mitra-Satyajit Ray partnership led to cinema’s most unforgettable moments

Across 10 films, starting with ‘Pather Panchali’, the self-taught cameraman wove a spell that has lasted.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 29, 2021 · 10:30 am

Sunil Kumar (1956-2021): A historian who was passionate about reading Delhi’s past from its present

His big book was ‘The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, 1192-1286’.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

· Jan 18, 2021 · 07:30 am

Sunil Kothari (1933-2020): A great dance theoretician who was always full of childlike enthusiasm

Conversations with him were always rewarding. He was touched by the Greek muse Terpsichore, he understood what Shiva’s tandava nritya meant.

Salil Tripathi

· Dec 27, 2020 · 09:01 pm

Roddam Narasimha (1933-2020): A scientist-engineer with an endless thirst for knowledge

RN, as he was known, guided several generations of scientists.

Ronak Gupta

· Dec 17, 2020 · 09:44 am

My brief exchange with John le Carré

A filmmaker gets a letter from a long-admired writer.

Dylan Mohan Gray

· Dec 16, 2020 · 11:30 am

Astad Deboo (1947-2020): Photographs and memories in poems in tribute to the dance pioneer

Renowned for bringing modern dance to the stage, Astad Deboo died on December 10, 2020 at the age of 73.

Naveen Kishore

· Dec 12, 2020 · 07:30 am

‘My professional name is Dilip Kumar’: Encounters with one of India’s greatest actors

The thespian is two short of a unique century today.

Anwar Abbas

· Dec 11, 2020 · 08:45 am

Her own knight and her own saviour: Celebrating Sharmila Tagore’s quiet feminism

The multidimensional actor has bucked the film industry’s expectations from heroines and defied society’s unwritten rules.

Shweta Bansal

· Dec 08, 2020 · 10:30 am