Huma Qureshi’s International debut PARTITION...

Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi was recently in Kolkata to promote her recent international film, Partition: 1947, an upcoming English/Hindi film directed by Gurinder Chadha.

Workshop to uphold cinematic heritage in India

A Film Preservation and Restoration workshop is to be held in southern Indian city of Chennai.

Five friendship themed Bollywood Movies

Cinema in India has celebrated various shades of love and relationships, and friendship is no exception to that.

‘Befikre’ Ranveer Singh immortalised in Paris

Jagga Jasoos review: seeking the child within you

There are two parts of the brain, the left side makes you analytical whereas the right side makes you creative; a tad mad to say the least – Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos is a failed attempt to celebrate the madness that's fast disappearing. You cannot enjoy the film unless ther...

Kolkata gears up for European film festivals

Starting today, Kolkata’s cinephiles are in for a week long treat with two film festivals showcasing European cinema in the city’s iconic venues, Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute and Nandan.

‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ to hit theatres on ...

Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, the award-winning Hindi film ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ that was initially blocked by the Indian Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for being too lady-oriented and containing sexual content, has now been cleared for release on July 2...

Tamil Nadu movie halls open post GST strife

"Lack of clarity," said the Tamil Nadu theatre owners as they kept movie halls shut post GST blaming double taxation crippling the regional cinema industry.

Alankrita Shrivastava, réalisatrice du film « Li...

Alors que le cinéma indien est à la croisée des chemins entre gloire internationale et banale formule commerciale, la question de la liberté d’expression fait, plus que jamais, les gros titres. Où est l’ouverture ? Où est la tolérance ? Pourquoi cette réticence à acc...

Quand les frères Lumière inspirèrent les Indien...

Le cinéma naît à Paris et les frères Lumière, pionniers du cinématographe, débarquent en Inde en 1896, juste après que leur film de 50 secondes « L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat » fit fureur à Paris et en Inde.  7 juillet 1896 : les frères Lumière ...