Film flashback: Remembering Kaifi Azmi’s dialogue in verse for the classic Hindi film ‘Heer Raanjha’

The Progressive writer and film lyricist left his distinctive stamp on the 1970 adaptation of the Punjabi romance.

Nirupama Kotru

· Jan 18, 2020 · 09:15 am

Behind the scenes: How Deepika Padukone was transformed into an acid attack survivor in ‘Chhapaak’

‘My most challenging project,’ says make-up and prosthetic designer Clover Wootton.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 13, 2020 · 08:00 am

Little terrors: When children get going in horror films, there are simply no stopping them

Kids can be great tools to communicate fear in scary movies.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jan 11, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Women cinematographers speak up: ‘The mainstream is hostile, diverse pool is simply not available’

Deepti Gupta, Fowzia Fathima and Priya Seth bust some myths about the progress made by women technicians in the Indian film industries.

Nandini Ramnath

· Dec 09, 2019 · 08:00 am

Mubi’s streaming service in India only the beginning: ‘We can’t wait to start producing’

Founder and CEO Efe Cakarel says a production team is ‘already reviewing treatments and scripts from Indian filmmakers’.

Manavi Kapur, qz.com

· Dec 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Why ‘Gumnaam’ is the most unlikely Agatha Christie film adaptation you’ll ever see

A whodunit with songs, Mehmood – and Helen.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Nov 28, 2019 · 08:00 am

Ken Loach tribute: British cinema’s angry old man is still raging about the issues that matter

A retrospective at the International Film Festival of India in Panaji is timely and well-deserved.

Rashid Irani

· Nov 13, 2019 · 08:00 am

Bollywood has an offensive history of using blackface – and it’s still doing it

The November 8 release ‘Bala’ is the latest attempt to keep alive one of Bollywood’s sorriest legacies.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 05, 2019 · 08:00 am

‘Drive’ skipped the cinemas and went straight to Netflix – and that’s the best thing about it

Tarun Mansukhani’s first movie since ‘Dostana’ stars Sushant Singh Rajput and Jacqueline Fernandez as thieving street racers.

Nandini Ramnath

· Nov 02, 2019 · 08:00 am

Films about Komagata Maru’s Indian passengers remind us of struggles of refugees around the world

The Shashi Kapoor-starrer ‘Jeevan Sangram’ and Ali Kazimi’s ‘Continuous Journey’ are among the films that mark an important episode in Canada’s immigrant past.

Anu Kumar

· Sep 27, 2019 · 10:00 am

In war, friendship and love: Looking back on Hindi cinema’s top 10 hero twosomes

Siddharth Anand’s ‘War’, starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff, is the rare two-hero Bollywood film these days.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Sep 23, 2019 · 08:00 am

The Joaquin Phoenix movie ‘Joker’ is perfectly timed: We are surrounded by clowns

The acclaimed movie by Todd Phillips is scheduled to be released in India on October 2.

Ari Mattes, The Conversation

· Sep 12, 2019 · 02:30 pm