As we enter the birth centenary year of undoubtedly the best Indian filmmaker of all times – Satyajit Ray (May 02, 1921 – April 23, 1992) – noted director and multiple National Film Award winner GOUTAM GHOSE on the legend’s 99th birth anniversary today In my opinion, he was one of the last Mohicans of […]Read More
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Team L&M One of your favourite Bollywood suspense thrillers may well feature here. But don’t worry if your personal pick didn’t make the cut. Just scroll down to the comments section and share the one you found to be the top of the list. MAHAL 1949 The country’s first reincarnation thriller was produced by Bombay […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha When there are two national film awardees at home and you want to make a career in movies, life seems sorted. But not when you are born to renowned Oriya editor-director Gadadhar and writer-producer Padmini Puty. “Since I knew the people I had to chase to get work when I wanted to work […]Read More
Chris Hemsworth on his experience of working in a neo-noir thriller film Set in 1969, the movie revolves around the seven strangers and their seven secrets. They are in search of their own identity or either running away from something. Each living in their own universe ends up to El Royale hotel. It is near the California-Nevada […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha She doesn’t just come from an illustrious filmi family with a producer father, an actor uncle, actor-director aunt and actor cousins. To her credit is being one among four Indians selected for the British Council’s Future Leaders Connect programme, a global leadership network for emerging young leaders (18-35 years) from around the world […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Alice Patten in Rang de Basanti, Amy Jackson in Singh Is Bliing, Barbara Mori in Kites, Bruna Abdullah in Jai Ho and Grand Masti, Elli Avram in Kis Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon, Evelyn Sharma in Yaariyan and Nautanki Saala, Giselle Monterio in Love Aaj Kal, Jacqueline Fernandez in Race 2, Kick and […]Read More
BHARATBALA who gave us Vande Mataram, Gurus of Peace, Incredible India and the National Anthem with 50 of India’s maestros is ready with Virtual Bharat, an initiative of uncovering India’s Untold Stories through a 1,000 film journey across the vast corners of India. In an email interaction with SAURABH TANKHA, the filmmaker shares how the […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha Life took a turn when she quit her Infosys job of six years to pursue filmmaking. Though she commits of not being sure if she had it in her to become a filmmaker, especially in the absence of “connections” in the film industry, Roopa Rao happens to be the writer-director of the country’s […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh The Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra’s Rama transcends the barriers of spatial and universal time. From the moment that the spectator enters the sacred theatre, his involvement in the performance enables him to relive the myth from present time and space to universal time and space. The thin mesh which stands between his […]Read More
Shobha Deepak Singh The original Ramayana was composed many epochs ago by Sage Valmiki along with later by Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas. This sacred scripture is the cornerstone of the Hindu faith. Ramayana documents Rama’s triumph over demon king Ravana. By doing so, it enacts his fate as the ideal man and incarnation of Lord Vishnu. On […]Read More