Sukanya Verma looks back at the trend's most memorable incarnations in recent times.
It's been a good Cannes for India this year!
Sukanya Verma looks at 2019's winners and washouts so far.
'2015 gave us a set of Hindi films that brought to light, the true uncorrupted joys of filmmaking even in their roughness.' 'Films which told us why we loved films in the first place. Films that were less ashamed of revealing their weakness and ones that took chances with audience expectations.'
Sukanya Verma lists the movies she grabbed at MAMI this year.
'I don't remember the last time I was this invested in the characters of a story since Doordarshan's golden age or early days of cable television boom,' applauds Sukanya Verma.
'Masaan is history for me. This is another journey with Raman Raghav 2.0. You have to clean your slate after every film, and not let its success or failure affect you.' Vicky Kaushal moves on, with Raman Raghav 2.0.
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the movies!
'I may sound snobbish but I am genuinely tired of responding and saying thank you on Facebook, on Twitter, on phone calls. People are calling from everywhere. There is all this excitement and different groups are throwing parties. I have to attend them or else they will think I am snooty.' Meet Masaan director Neeraj Ghaywan.
'Mulk gets a lot of things right, including its vision of the country as a place where underneath the punctilious, forced-secular surface there are volatilities waiting to go off,' says Sreehari Nair.
True misogyny is when you stop being curious about women, and Milind Dhaimade directs his actresses with a sense of wonder. Tu Hai Mera Sunday has delightful women characters, sketchy men, and individual threads that work better than the whole package, feels Sreehari Nair.
Masaan is an immense achievement for a first-time filmmaker and must be applauded, says Raja Sen.
...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why.
'Peddlers isn't a movie of grand cinematic achievements, but one of small yet startlingly original victories.'
Aseem Chhabra's take on the highlights of Indian cinema this year.
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