Poaching claims fly thick and fast ahead of Delhi mayor's election

Ahead of the mayor's election, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on Saturday alleged that attempts were being made to lure their newly elected Municipal Corporation......

What Really Touches Your Heart In Jigra

When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare.Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads......

When Retro Songs Make A Re-Entry In The Movies

Hindi film songs have a long life and versatile character. They please. They comfort. And when used in a different surrounding from its original setting, they acquire an altogether new context.......

7 Cliches Of Movie Criticism & Reporting

This isn't a hatchet job, and my excuse for the exercise is my feeling that when you invert some of the clichés mentioned here, you might just arrive at the portals of genuine movie-making......

Love Family Dramas? There's So Much To Choose From!

Indian audiences have always favoured family dramas. One of the earliest popular serials on Doordarshan was Hum Log. Later, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi and Dekh Bhai Dekh became family comedy classics. When......

Chess Olympiad: Indian men lose to USA, women recover to beat Poland

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand. Photograph: Grand Chess Tour/Twitter World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand lost to World No 2 Fabiano Caruana of USA as Indian men went down 1.5-2.5 at the hands of the......

Sports Shorts: Why training in India was always Plan B for Bindra

IMAGE: Abhinav Bindra waves to the crowd. Photograph: PTI During his time as an active athlete, training at home was always Plan B for Abhinav Bindra, but India's lone Olympic individual gold......