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
Simmering silencesKUMKUM SANGARIIn Kaya Taran, Sashi Kumar explores the consequences of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots at the individual and social levels through the prism of Gujarat 2002
The children of 1984SUDHANVA DESHPANDEThe horrors of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 are revisited in two recent feature films with pertinent questions about identities and memories.
Fetters on expressionDIONNE BUNSHAIT was Black Thursday for the feature film Black Friday. A day before the movie was to be released, on January 28, the special Terrorist and Disruptiv
Beyond applausePRACHI PINGLAY in New DelhiContributions, both big and small, pour in to finance the promotion campaign of Shwaas, India's official entry for the Oscar Awards.
Plays for the peopleARJUN GHOSHThe Jana Natya Manch's street play "Akhri Juloos" and proscenium production "Shambuk Vadh", performed to mark the 16th death anniversary of Safdar Has
A road half-travelledSUDHANVA DESHPANDESwades, despite some outstanding sequences and good acting, disappoints because of its failure to confront politically the serious issues it touches u
Flashes in the panGOWRI RAMNARAYAN in PanajiThe International Film Festival of India, while not lacking in glitz and glamour, falls short of expectations. Some outstanding films, however, save t
The peacock at PanajiGOWRI RAMNARAYAN"WILL he, won't he, will he, won't he?" The echoes were all around. Would Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy announce Goa as the permanent venue for the I
A forum for the voicelessSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYA Forum Theatre festival in Kolkata provides an opportunity to the downtrodden to express themselves.
A theatre of one's ownKEWAL ARORATheatre activity can flourish only when it is nurtured through enlightened sponsorship - in terms of finance, voluntary effort, or a sensitive appreci
Secular surgeSUDHANVA DESHPANDESome recent movies produced by the Mumbai film industry project secular values, in a welcome change from the formula movies made earlier.
The colour of profitANAND PARTHASARATHYThe fresh release of Mughal-e-Azam, after 44 years, may set cash registers tinkling again and launch a new trend of digitally `colourising' classic In
Is a reversal of bank nationalisation on the cards? Calls for privatisation have grown louder just as public sector banks clean up their balance sheets.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
