Alokananda Dasgupta on Satyajit Ray’s film music: ‘Quirk with an empirical quality’

The music composer spoke to ‘Scroll.in’ about what made Satyajit Ray’s music unique and what we can learn from it today.

Devarsi Ghosh

· May 02, 2021 · 10:30 am

How Kabir Bedi became an Italian sex symbol with ‘Sandokan’

The TV show made the Indian actor a household name in Italy and paved his way to Hollywood, the actor writes in ‘Stories I Must Tell’.

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· Apr 29, 2021 · 12:17 pm

Resul Pookutty on why Riz Ahmed’s ‘Sound of Metal’ is a ‘technical triumph’

Darius Marder’s Oscar-nominated movie stars Riz Ahmed as a drummer who loses his hearing.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Apr 24, 2021 · 10:30 am

Film flashback: In ‘Mississippi Masala’, migration, an inter-racial romance and the idea of home

Mira Nair’s gentle comedy stars Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury as the couple who cause a minor scandal.

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· Apr 18, 2021 · 12:12 pm

In ‘Jalsaghar’, a stubborn landlord, a chandelier with its own story, and haunting musical soirees

Ahead of Satyajit Ray’s birth centenary, a reminder of the master director’s period drama, starring Chhabi Biswas in an unsurpassed performance.

Suresh Chabria

· Apr 11, 2021 · 10:30 am

‘Guru’ revisited: When Abhishek Bachchan’s businessman bent the rules and came out on top

The actor’s upcoming ‘The Big Bull’ is a reminder of his charismatic crook in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’.

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 03, 2021 · 11:30 am

Before ‘Thalaivi’, Jayalalithaa’s eventful life inspired the web series ‘Queen’

The movie star and Tamil Nadu’s long-serving chief minister was played by three actors, including Ramya Krishnan.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 25, 2021 · 03:51 pm

In Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pratidwandi’, a ‘very contemporary’ hunt for work and meaning

Acclaimed actor Dhritiman Chaterji tells ‘Scroll.in’ about playing the young and restless Siddhartha in the 1971 classic.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 21, 2021 · 09:45 am

In the Oscars 2021 list, films that speak truth to power in ways unimaginable in India today

At least three of the seven frontrunners revolve around people or groups challenging the might of the American state.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 16, 2021 · 12:50 pm

At the heart of ‘The Girl on the Train’ is an idea introduced in 1938 that is still glowing bright

Gaslighting, a form of psychological abuse, inspired two films, including the Ingrid Bergman classic.

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· Mar 13, 2021 · 12:00 pm

Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’

The International Film Festival of Kerala gave its Lifetime Achievement Award to the legend this year. Here he is in conversation with CS Venkiteswaran.

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· Mar 07, 2021 · 09:45 am

Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?

She was the queen of Mumbai’s red light district Kamathipura, say S Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges in ‘Mafia Queens of Mumbai’.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 25, 2021 · 12:30 pm