'Global politics are in a pretty rough shape and always have been. But the speed and extent with which we receive the insanity surrounding us makes it feel more present and immediate.'
Reader Rikin Thakker spotted Deepa Mehta in Washingon DC last year.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
'For the longest time, he was not an activist.' 'He was just trying to build his own self-identity, self-respect and ambition.'
Deepa Mehta plans to make an ambitious film on the 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy that demonstrated the racist policies of the then Canadian Government.
Firaaq, directed by Nandita Das, and Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth have bagged awards at the Asia-Africa Competitions category coinciding with the close of the Dubai International Film Festival. Sreekar Prasad won the Best Editor award for Firaaq while the Best Screenplay award went to Deepa Mehta for Heaven on Earth.
The veteran actor is set to play the lead role in Masterpiece, a film about legendary French painter Henri Matisse.
'There are so many who live in fear, just because they are being oppressed on the basis of who they love.'
Devyani Saltzman talks about her mom, and the making of Water.
Known for her daring choice of subjects in filmmaking, director Deepa Mehta has now taken up yet another challenge that of adapting Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children into a film.
Director Deepa Mehta, whose film Water is Canada's entry for the Oscars, speaks to Arthur J Pais about her next movie, The Exclusion.
'You need the drishti, the experience. I am beginning to see things differently.'
The director's close friendship with model/actress' former husband, writer Salman Rushdie may be just the reason.
Here's a peak at the main characters in Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children, the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker-winning 1980 novel of the same name.
The filmmaker recently tweeted a picture from the film.
The film is based on the late Indo-Canadian drug lord Bindy Johal's life.
As much Preity would like to be relieved of everyone's ebullient expectations of her, truth is few have fizzed up the silver screen like she has.
The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a result of their talent, perseverance and hardworking nature, asserts Rup Narayan Das.
Lisa Ray is a revelation, while Seema Biswas steals the show.
'Once in a while, I flirt with the idea of direction.' 'If I direct, it will be a human story that touches me.' 'I'm nervous of forcing myself into making a socially relevant film.'
'We're not looking at the importance of men standing up for women. And that, to me, is the power of the film.'
'His wicked sense of humour, his compassion will be hard to replace.'
Netflix hosted a get-together for all its stars in Mumbai, and they turned up looking fashionable and gorgeous.
'She was a meme even before memes were invented.'
Sushmita starts shooting... Kangana's state of Emergency...Kapil goes to Toronto...
Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.
As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year old man and a literary treasure, wonders Subhash K Jha.
'So let's have fun with it. Let's do something that nobody is expecting.'
The Kerala Story is among a long list of films that invited bans and censorship.
Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie talk about their journey of Midnight's Children
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
Sukanya Verma looks at women who have fleetingly portrayed the formidable Indira Gandhi on screen.
The 38-year-old has also been handed the responsibility of talent scouting, infrastructure planning.
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