I first watched Pyaasa in my mid-20s as a part of an exercise to know the work of the greats. This was on a 14-inch desktop, playing the movie from a Moser Baer VCD that I picked up from the nearby Big Bazaar. I had watched almost the entirety of Guru Dutt’s portfolio, left spellbound …
Debunking the “remakewood” allegations and more. “Bollywood is over. It’s now merely remakewood. South movies are taking over,” announced a fellow journalist. This in-between a discussion after the fabulous success story that Pushpa The Rise went on to be and the subsequent failure of Kabir Khan’s magnum opus 83. My friend is not alone. …
In this ranking, I have tried to offer a varied selection from the Scorsese filmography. There are some widely agreed upon classics, such as “Raging Bull,” “Goodfellas,” and “The Departed.” There are also some lesser-known gems that might have been overlooked by casual viewers. #1 Raging Bull #2 Goodfellas #3 Taxi Driver #4 The Departed …
“I am not being given my creative liberty here.” That’s what a friend of mine told me justifying why she wants to move out of India. She is a filmmaker. Having worked on multiple films as an assistant director and a few commercial ads as the director, she has been struggling to get a producer …
Exactly a year back we lost Sushant Singh Rajput. Was it a case of suicide, or was there something more? Well, only time will tell. Irrespective, one of the things I will probably never be okay with was the way the depression story was ridiculed. “He did not look depressed,” is exactly the kind of …
