Hrithik Roshan
Kamal Singh: India’s first ballet dancer at English National Ballet School
October 18, 2021
Growing up in Vikaspuri, South West Delhi, as the son of an e-rickshaw driver, 17-year-old Kamal Singh never imagined he would become a professional dancer, let alone in one of the rarest traditional arts seen in India: ballet. “I always liked to dance at family parties and lik...
Read MoreBallet leaps into mainstream Indian dance scene
September 30, 2021
Growing up in the small town of Siliguri at the foothills of the Himalayas in West Bengal, 20-year-old Dipesh Verma always knew he was born to dance. However, Verma’s father, a grocer, was adamant against letting his son pursue the art form, forcing him to practice secretly at ...
Read MoreMaithili cinema: Awards, appreciation but no viewers
April 8, 2021
“Maithili cinema’s fate has not changed despite good quality content and awards that we have received in the recent past. We still struggle to get some time on television or even a theatrical release,” says Nitin Chandra, a Maithili filmmaker based in Bihar’s capital Patn...
Read MoreFrom Anubhav of Bazaar to Silsila of Zindagi: Sagar Sarhadi
March 25, 2021
Born in the scenic town of Baffa near Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in1933, Sarhadi had always been passionate about cinema. Post-independence, like million others living in the North West Frontier Province of undivided India, he too was forced to abandon his childhood home in Baf...
Read MorePost-humanism in Indian cinema
December 23, 2019
Indian cinema has always been instrumental in exploring the imaginative and fascinating aspects of fiction. With movies like Robot 2.0 and Go Goa Gone, Bollywood has smoothly journeyed towards post-humanism.
Read MoreBollywood movies echoing Indian history
October 30, 2019
With Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Panipat set to hit theatres at the end of this year and the announcement of Baiju Bawra by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, here is a look at the period dramas of Bollywood which retold the tales of history.
Read MoreAnother Indian Film at Locarno’s prestigious cinema festival
July 19, 2016
Lagan-famed director Asutosh Gowarikar is all set to travel with his recent film ‘Mohenjo Daro’ to Switzerland for the 69th Locarno international film festival (3 – 13 August).
Read MoreExclusive Interview with Vidhu Vinod Chopra
May 3, 2016
“Cinema is Crossing Borders” With a few of the highest grossing Hindi films such as Munnabhai MBBS, 3 Idiots and PK in his kit, Vidhu Vinod Chopra made his debut in Hollywood with Broken Horses in 2015. As Indian cinema is experimenting with different subjects and cros...
Read MoreIIFA awards 2016
March 18, 2016
Twice in UK, once in Amsterdam and with this year’s edition, The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards will be taking place in Europe for the fourth time scheduled for June 23-26, 2016. The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards takes the Indian film industry...
Read MoreIIFA awards 2016
March 18, 2016
Twice in UK, once in Amsterdam and with this year’s edition, The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards will be taking place in Europe for the fourth time scheduled for June 23-26, 2016. The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards takes the Indian film industry...
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