In Amit Dutta’s bold and beautiful cinema, an unforgettable exploration of Indian art traditions

A retrospective of the acclaimed filmmaker on Mubi India is a rare opportunity to revisit the purity of his artistic expression.

Suresh Chabria

· Aug 10, 2020 · 10:30 am

Film flashback: In Goutam Ghose’s ‘Paar’, an audacious body-and-soul exploration of survival

Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi play villagers from Bihar who transport a herd of pigs across a river.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 20, 2020 · 08:00 am

Film flashback: Why French classic ‘Breathless’ is still a breath of fresh air

Jean-Luc Godard’s debut feature from 1960 remains audacious, evergreen and poignant.

Suresh Chabria

· Jul 19, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Role call: Nine times Vidya Balan proved that she can do, will do and does do

The actor headlines the biopic ‘Shakuntala Devi’ on Amazon Prime Video, another role in which she plays a woman in charge.

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· Jul 19, 2020 · 10:30 am

‘Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro’ revisited: A timeless tale of a small-time thug dreaming of the big league

Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s 1989 film, starring Pavan Malhotra, is a rare serious examination of the marginalisation of urban Muslims.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jul 07, 2020 · 10:30 am

Bad cop, worse cop: Tamil cinema needs to acknowledge its endorsement of police brutality

Violent acts carried out by the khaki-wearing hero are vendetta dressed as justice: this must change.

Bharathy Singaravel

· Jul 04, 2020 · 10:30 am

Fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim has inspired many movies, but only one actor got him right

The underworld don has fired the imagination of filmmakers and actors in Bollywood for decades.

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· Jun 30, 2020 · 10:30 am

Home theatre: 100 crime films and thrillers you can watch in India (across all platforms)

Never seen it before? Good. Seen it before? Great – now watch it again.

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· Jun 27, 2020 · 10:30 am

Shooting ‘Bulbbul’: Siddharth Diwan on creating the film’s ‘curated and calculated’ look

Anvita Dutt’s Netflix original movie is a hyper-real retelling of witchcraft folklore set in nineteenth-century Bengal.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jun 26, 2020 · 02:35 pm

‘27 Down’ revisited: The magic and tragedy behind Awtar Kaul’s first and last movie

We go behind the scenes of the classic from 1973, starring MK Raina and Raakhee.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jun 15, 2020 · 10:30 am

Film flashback: In ‘Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho!’, a crumbling house, a greedy landlord and vexed tenants

Saeed Mirza’s classic from 1984 is a satire about housing and delays in the judicial system.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jun 10, 2020 · 11:30 am

Basu Chatterjee classic ‘Chameli Ki Shaadi’ is one of the original small-town comedies

Hilarity abounds in a movie about a wrestler’s love for a coal trader’s daughter.

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· Jun 04, 2020 · 10:00 pm