'She was brave. She didn't care a hoot. And India was not the strongest of nations as it is now.'
Her acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light received two Golden Globe nominations in the Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Motion Picture (Non English Language Film) categories. This marks the first time an Indian director has been nominated in the Director category.
In the slot of rural poor, there are those who struggle to pull themselves out of crumbling hovels, and there are the Jamtara-like bunch who turn to crime. Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound is about the former, whose quest for respect and dignity is thwarted because they are underprivileged, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Ranbir Kapoor recalled how his grandfather Raj Kapoor sent a telegram to Vyjayanthimala, convincing her to join the 1964 romantic musical drama, Sangam.
The sixth edition of the South Asian International Film Festival kicks off.
What beauty means to Rakul... Malavika is tired of adulting... Sobhita introduces us to her Avengers...
Radhika Madan's new film Sanaa opened at the UK Asian Film Festival on May 11, and the actor has been making fashionable pictures at its promotions.
Films and features that have won acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and other events, get another showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
From India's entry to the Oscars to the foodie flamboyance of Bollywood's first family to Srikant Tiwari's hope for a hat-trick and Korean entertainment in deeply dark mode, it's raining OTT goodies this week.
Mira Nair's Reluctant Fundamentalist at the Tribeca Film Festival.
'Women weavers are hardworking, open to learning, resilient.' 'They finish their cooking, housework, puja, then they come to weave.' 'They care about design. They care about beauty.'
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.
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja has found a place on UK's Top 40 Best Dressed Celeb list alongside Harry Styles, Kate Middleton, Rosamund Pike, Sienna Miller and Kate Moss.
Director Rahul Dholakia's film opens a festival in the US.
Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them!
Founder Shilen Amin tells Arthur J Pais how far the South Asian International Film Festival has come since its inception 10 years ago
Preity Zinta, whose performance in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth, received warm reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, has won the Silver Hugo Award for best actress at the 44th edition of Chicago International Film Festival. The jury praised her 'for her strong yet subtle performance as a woman struggling to keep her dreams despite brutal realities.'
'When India opened its doors to the world, moving away from an agrarian to a market economy, everything, whether life or love, was commodified.'
Films that amazed Aseem Chhabra at the El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt.
Check out who came for the opening night of the Ninth Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York.
'I promise you, you've never seen her do anything like this.' 'It is a complete reinvention of Janhvi Kapoor.'
Hot girl summer is in full swing as far as this pretty lady is concerned.
'We can't belong to anyone and we want to belong to everyone.'
'In a world which is full of categories, hatred and ideologies, there was this basic decency.'
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.
I View Films showcases a wide variety of movies from around the world.
'If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are always talking in numbers.' 'We are always assigning them a statistic.' 'That is an easy way to assuage your urban guilt. Because you hide your apathy with hollow sympathy.' 'We are, in a way, making them invisible.'
'These characters have huge spirits and they are fighting something that is much bigger than them.' 'The attempt was to portray how they navigate their lives, to retain that spirit and not let it die.'
Jin's powerful storytelling in A Touch Of Sin has touched a nerve in China.
Farhan Akhtar spills the beans on Don 2.
With the works of veteran film makers such as Shyam Benegal (Bose, the Forgotten Hero) and Deepa Mehta (Heaven on Earth), as well as first-timers such as Sooni Taraporevala (Little Zizou), the 2008 edition of the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York has a menu of beguiling features and documentaries to suit all tastes.
Richard Pena discusses a new series on Satyajit Ray at the Lincoln Center in New York.
Arun Dutt talks about his famous father Guru Dutt and how it was like growing up under his shadow.
Martin Scorsese, 'the reigning king of cinema', gets an honorary Golden Bear at the 74th Berlinale.
