Lucknow: Commercialisation has made parallel cinema lose its charm. This was the crux of deliberations by experts during a thought-provoking discussion on ‘Pillars of Parallel Cinema', at The Metaphor ...

Working on two to three movie projects despite going to the hospital three times a week to undergo dialysis at the age of 90 years — such was the dedication of veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal. Benegal ...

In my tribute to Vasantha Obeysekere two weeks ago, I noted that Sri Lanka was never really open to the kind of parallel cinema that invaded India. There are reasons for this, prime among them being ...

Indian cinema reached modernity in the train scene in Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali (1955), when two children, Apu and Durga, lost in a field, hear distant rumbling and see, for the first time, a ...

Utsav Gonwar, who shot his maiden film under dire circumstances, is happy that he never compromised on the script. “We were down to our last penny while making Photo, but I had freedom as funding your ...

His movies aren’t about love at first sight or happy endings! The maker of films like “Black Friday”, “Gangs Of Wasseypur” and “Ugly”, Anurag Kashyap says he fails to fathom the discrimination between ...

Shyam Benegal is known as a pioneer of Indian parallel cinema. For those born in the late 70s and 80s, and who grew into adulthood in the 90s, the evolution of Indian television and parallel cinema is ...

There’s never a dull or predictable moment if you’re watching cricket on Hotstar Premium. One moment you’ll be admiring AB DeVilliers in peace, the next you’ll be assaulted by 31 in-house ...

Actor Varun Dhawan, who currently promoting his much-awaited film 'JugJugg Jeeyo', reacted to being trolled for one of his statements in an interview. For the unawares, Varun recently said in an ...