When Rajdeep Sardesai attempted 'instant history'

This month saw releases of two much-hyped books, both of which went on immediately to become best-sellers. Both were by authors in their 40s, expected to shed much light, but did not quite succeed......

Famous Hepburn dress auctioned for India

Now, someone else can try filling out Audrey Hepburn's most iconic dress.The famed black dress from her film Breakfast At Tiffany's will be put up for auction at Christie's in London, on December......

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a male Meryl Streep

'He was overweight and mostly seen in crumpled clothes. His scruffy, unshaven look had become his identifier and he did not seem to give a damn.' Philip Seymour Hoffman, says Aseem Chhabra, was one......

Oscars 2015: Here's why these Best Director nominees are brilliant!

A soft-spoken hipster. A master teller of American tales.A Norwegian generating wide acclaim with his Hollywood debut.A ridiculously versatile director.And the world's most distinctive......

Omerta review: A lean, brutal masterpiece

'Omerta is a work of true moral force; it is, at the risk of sounding fancy, a motion picture for our times,' says Sreehari Nair. On a pleasant evening not that long ago, a few cinephile friends......