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
Mumbai cheers up MooreDIONNE BUNSHAUNTIL recently, the only documentaries one saw on the big screen were government-sponsored Films Division shorts during which the audience would leave
Breath of hopeMUKTA RAJADHYAKSHAShwaas, a Marathi film that has been nominated as India's entry for the Oscar awards, takes the film world by storm, winning a number of State and nat
Iraq on stageSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYA Bengali play based on the American occupation of Iraq makes waves in Kolkata.
Censoring freedomPARVATHI MENON in BangaloreThe methods used to prevent a festival of documentary films in Bangalore demonstrate once again the CBFC's determination to keep films with strong pol
A censorship rowSIDDHARTH NARRAINThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting faces the ire of documentary film-makers for insisting on Censor Board certification for Indian films tha
Winning dreamsSUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAYA documentary made by children of an orphanage in Kolkata wins the first prize at the Kids for Kids International Film Festival in Athens.
Partitioned livesBHARATI SADASIVAMA new film that sensitively portrays the horrors inflicted on women by Partition and religious fundamentalism makes waves in various film festivals ac
A story of courageANUPAMA KATAKAMIn a unique effort, three years after an earthquake devastated Kutch a group of women from villages across the affected region don the role of amateur
The Passion and the goreA.O. SCOTTA.O. SCOTTMel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of The Christ triggers a debate in the United States on the extreme violence it depicts and its portrayal
The glory of BerlinaleSWAPAN KUMAR GHOSHMost of the films at Berlinale 2004 deal with the problems of immigrants or rootless people.
The journey of a songGOWRI RAMNARAYANTwo award-winning films at the Mumbai International Film Festival of Documentary Films bring out the horrors of religious fanaticism and ethnic confli
Memories of a homeSupriyo Sen's Way Back Home (India) bagged the Golden Conch, the Special Jury and Best Film awards at MIFF 2004. The tender, poignant film looks into
Films like ‘Avatar 2’ challenge how acting is thought of as a craft It is reduced to something mechanical and processed, replicable, and too reliant on technology.
SlideshowSea changeIndia could learn a few lessons from small island nations like Maldives on mitigating climate change.
