The Kantara Phenomenon - The Lede ‘Kantara’ a symptom of our times because of the culture wars it provokesSrikanth SrinivasanThe film has been embraced fiercely by conservatives while dismissed by detractors as regressive.
The Kantara Phenomenon Rishab Shetty: ‘I believe in the practice and I have portrayed it’Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
The Kantara Phenomenon Vocally local: ‘Kantara’ is new cinema with moorings in local cultureM.K. Raghavendra
The Kantara Phenomenon Bhoota Kola: Anchor for people in Dakshina Kannada and North MalabarGita Jayaraj
Walking tallSATYAJIT RAY. Bengals contribution to cinema is every bit as important as Rabindranath Tagore. An awesome figure with worldwide reputation. A traditio
Global glimpsesS. KRISHNASWAMYWHEN I received an invitation from the Film Federation of India (the apex body of the film industry) to be the chairman of the jury for a Global Cinem
Perfect weaveS. DORAIRAJWHAT could not be achieved for Tamil cinema by big-budget movies starring mega actors all these years has been accomplished by a film made on a shoest
A moment in my journeyS. DORAIRAJPRAKASH RAJ won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the Tamil movie Iruvar in 1998. But this time it is double delight: the National Film
A break-up storyVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDIN an academic paper titled Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation, A.K. Ramanujan wrote: The number of Ramayanas an
Tragedy of historySHELLEY WALIATHOUGH her provocative portrayal of the ex-Schutzstaffel (SS) guard Hanna Schmitz in The Reader won Kate Winslet the Oscar, it is fair to assume that
A twist in the taleUMA MAHADEVAN-DASGUPTANOTHING, not even the quirky intelligence of Anurag Kashyaps earlier works, could have prepared us for the stunning beauty of his latest film, Dev D.
A twist in the taleUMA MAHADEVAN-DASGUPTANOTHING, not even the quirky intelligence of Anurag Kashyaps earlier works, could have prepared us for the stunning beauty of his latest film, Dev D.
Up his streetPRALAYAN, the brain behind the Chennai Kalai Kuzhus success, had a passion for art and literature even in his college days. In 1979, he attended a the
Drama of lifeS. VISWANATHANThe Chennai Kalai Kuzhu, now in its 25th year, introduced political theatre in Tamil Nadu in the form of street plays.
Inheritance of lossCHITRA PADMANABHANThe film highlights the groundswell of introspection among the Partition generation.
Sorrow of riversVIKHAR AHMED SAYEEDA documentary film festival in Bangalore helps create awareness about the water crises of the future.
From the heart, from Pakistan Rakhshanda Jalil’s series introduces Pakistani women poets to Hindi readers.
SlideshowSea changeIndia could learn a few lessons from small island nations like Maldives on mitigating climate change.
