'If there is one thing Shyam Benegal expressed best: It was the Poetry of the ordinary face and ordinary lives.'
'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.'
'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.' 'He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his films.'
The Godfather of French New Wave Cinema was 91.
'The Iranians are very resilient people. So even when they are throttled, they try their best to survive.'
RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.
Ismail Merchant was known for his persuasive powers and his ability to mold difficult situations in his favour.
Vanraj Bhatia, the creator of unforgettable music, hated the fact that the 'New Wave' directors did not respect Hindi cinema's multi-song format.
Historically, Mumbai has been the cinema capital of India and for her to have a film museum of this kind was perhaps a natural happening.
Is Mumbai done with shared lives and overshared living spaces?
Om Puri was that rare actor who could carry a film on sheer power and versatility of his performance
'In Vishal Bhardwaj's now fully set world of manufactured poetry, characters wear their emotions at their most prescribed anatomical positions -- courage on their chins, pride over their chests, and innocence in their faces,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'In Angamaly Diaries, dreams, kinks, small corruptions, cheap lives, and hopes are all given their due and that attitude frees us up to believe that perhaps there is more good than bad in the sum total of us.' 'This is a coming-of-age tale taken straight out of a diary written in blood,' says Sreehari Nair.
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