The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

The 10 BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS of 2020

The pandemic and the lockdown came into our lives without warning. Nobody was prepared to be stuck at home. All social activity suddenly ended. Movie theatres were shut down and we missed the......

The rise and fall of Bikram Chaudhury, now on Netflix

A Netflix documentary reveals the sordid story behind the dazzling success and dizzying fall of the founder of Bikram Yoga, discovers Indira Kannan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bikram Yoga/Facebook......

'After DDLJ, I could quote any price'

'DDLJ gave my career a boost, and placed me on a pedestal.' Farida Jalal relives the DDLJ moments. We continue our special series on Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Hindi cinema's......

Naan Mahaan Alla is almost perfect

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil film, Naan Mahaan Alla. Chennai as the location, and an ordinary middle-class family as the plot-point have been handled numerous times in Tamil cinema, but it......