Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein is a thriller with many twists, writes Jahnavi Patel.
Allah Ke Banday traces the lives of two slum children as well.
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
The two-week, 16-film exhibition running June 5-18 presents features and shorts that have won acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and other events, and includes eight New York premieres.
'There's deep-seated revenge and at the same time, longing.'
Who do you think does not really deserve to be called a 'great actor'?
Bollywood pays their respects to the veteran actor.
Whether it is Nargis in Mother India or Nirupa Roy in Deewaar, Mama's a scenestealer while Dad is just a shadow. There are films that have explored the Dad's character with tender affection
But the latter, it seems, is not upset.
'The marginalised among the Muslim community are facing a particularly tough time.'
On the sets of Sanjay Gupta's Dus Kahaniyaan.
Check out the celebs who turned up on day seven at the Mumbai Film Festival.
Barah Aana is not as comical as the makers make it out to be. But it's worth a watch.
Shekhar Kapur's much-delayed film will star Ranbir Kapoor, not Aamir Khan.
Shreyas Talpade's new film is boring, with low production values, and an uninteresting view of Thailand.
Karadi Tales, a Chennai-based company which publishes children's books, has released a set of e-audiobooks on Children's Day.
Lara Dutta nails her character's daunting temperament, Soha Ali Khan's sophistication is tailor-made for the part, Anya Singh conveys a tidy blend of shy and spirit, but it's Kritika Kamra's hilarious Kareena-fication that makes her the life of this willy-nilly game of thrones, observes Sukanya Verma.
Pankuj Parasher, the man who gave us Jalwa and Chaalbaaz, is back with Inteqam.
Model-turned-actor Milind Soman radically experiments with his appearance.
Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.
The veteran actor in a scene from his upcoming film, Shoot On Sight.
Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri are getting plenty of praise for their work in the thriller, Shoot On Sight, but the film itself isn't going anywhere, especially in America.
Kolkata-based Neeraj Pandey, who arrived in Mumbai eight years ago to make a career in showbiz, gives us A Wednesday this week, a gritty film about a terrorist and a cop. The film also stars Jimmy Shergill, Rajpal Yadav, Amir Bashir and Deepal Shaw.
Naseeruddin Shah, whose films Iqbal and Parzania are being screened at the IFFI in Goa, said his directorial venture Yun Hota To Kya Hota will release in April 2006.
This Web series is more about wine, opium, sex, more sex, gay love and incest, rues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Raakhee Gulzar has only words of praise for Director Esmayeel Shroff, who passed away at the age of 62.
Check out the star arrivals at this one.
'For me, love is being happy.' 'It's being free and carefree.'
The 20-year-old boy has been admitted to hospital.
Ayesha Takia chats with rediff readers.
Kuttey's muddled momentum cannot cover up the trail of loopholes it leaves behind, observes Sukanya Verma.
