So, What Was It About Naatu Naatu?

RRR threw a lifeline, or so it seemed, to a world that was down in the dumps.Keeravani and his Naatu Naatu just happened to be in the right place at the right time, notes Saibal Chatterjee. RRR's......

'We hope to bring Oscar home very soon'

IMAGE: A scene from Chhello Show. Pan Nalin's Chhello Show, a coming-of-age story of a boy in a village in Gujarat dreaming about making films, has made it to the Oscar shortlist. This, despite......

Why There's So Much Global Love For RRR

Like Slumdog Millionaire, RRR will remain a one-time phenomenon until another big, larger-than-life Indian film connects with critics in the West, predicts Aseem Chhabra. Fourteen years ago, a......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......