It’s a fact: A well-made historical film is better than one that gets a few things wrong

Despite a film’s limitations in providing factual detail, the medium can provide an experience that provides the appearance of historical authenticity.

Patrick Masters, The Conversation

· Aug 07, 2018 · 08:15 am

Georges Melies pushed the boundaries of cinema with his visual effects and imagination

Google on Thursday created its first VR doodle as a tribute to the path-breaking director, editor, producer and actor.

Scroll Staff

· May 03, 2018 · 03:00 pm

Meet the Alauddin Khilji who asked, ‘I have 1,600 wives. Why Padmavati?’

The Delhi Sultanate leader from Shyam Benegal’s ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ is more concerned with Chittor’s jewels than its queen Padmini.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Nov 12, 2017 · 08:15 am

‘I will fight till the end’: Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi’s lonely battle against health and neglect

The ‘Rudaali’ director has been battling cancer of the kidney for several months.

Rini Barman

· Nov 05, 2017 · 01:30 pm

National archive gets a gift of 1,000 rare photos of Marathi films

Veteran photographer SM Ajrekar’s collection offers glimpses of Marathi cinema in the 1940s and ’50s.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 04, 2017 · 06:23 pm

What happened to the Pakistani submarine that inspired the movie ‘The Ghazi Attack’?

Available evidence suggests that ‘PNS Ghazi’ drowned in an accident during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.

Saikat Datta

· Jan 27, 2017 · 01:30 pm

The ‘Prabhat touch’: How the legendary studio became a respectable workplace for actresses

The production company created a ‘home-like atmosphere’ that allowed women to make their mark in the early years of cinema.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Aug 16, 2016 · 01:30 pm

From Dev Anand’s back catalogue, the Indo-Filipino movie about an evil princess and opium smuggling

‘The Evil Within’ starred the Indian superstar alongside Zeenat Aman, Prem Nath and Iftekhar, but it failed to launch Anand’s international career.

Sayantan Mondal

· Aug 06, 2016 · 11:00 am

Udham Singh the freedom fighter, motor mechanic and movie actor

The man who killed British Governor Michael O’Dwyer also appeared in at least two films in the 1930s.

Anu Kumar

· Jul 03, 2016 · 01:30 pm

The untold story of ‘Badnam Basti’, possibly India’s first gay movie

Directed by Prem Kapoor, the 1971 production was an unconventional love triangle adapted from a novel by Kamleshwar.

Manish Gaekwad

· Feb 21, 2016 · 10:30 am

Sabu Dastagir, the actor who crossed over to Hollywood on the back of an elephant

Almost everything you need to know about the first Indian actor to make it big in the West years before Om Puri and Irrfan Khan.

Anu Kumar

· Jan 27, 2016 · 03:30 pm

Shammi Kapoor’s connection with the ‘Silsila’ hit ‘Neela Aasman So Gaya’

The 1960s star had composed the song, which he gifted to Amitabh Bachchan for Yash Chopra’s ‘Silsila.’

Scroll Staff

· Jan 19, 2016 · 03:00 pm