Movie Review: Nayee Neralu Intriguing shadowsMAITHILI RAOAt the centre of Girish Kasaravalli's Nayee Neralu is the character of Venkatalaxmi, who uses a superstitious belief to subvert tradition. (Published
Reality and dreamsMAITHILI RAOTwo films that trace the lives of two children one face to face with terror and the other in the world of her dreams.
Losers in focusMAITHILI RAOA documentary film on how market forces are appropriating natural resources that belong to everybody.
In spite of BollywoodMAITHILI RAOMarathi cinema has been producing a range of serious films notwithstanding the frivolous influence of Bollywood.
Bihar and BollywoodMAITHILI RAOA bunch of recent films explore the socio-political reality of Bihar, a State by and large ignored by mainstream Hindi cinema.
Victims' strugglesMAITHILI RAOThe latest offerings from film-makers Girish Kasaravalli and Rituparno Ghosh are out. Their many differences apart, both films tell the story of the f
A professor in his labyrinthMAITHILI RAOJahnu Barua's Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara is a brave attempt at confronting the uncomfortable issue of mental illness in the aged.
A world without womenMAITHILI RAOMatrubhoomi , a powerful depiction of the systematic decimation of girls in a patriarchal society, announces the arrival of a new talent in filmmaking
Mapping a political eraMAITHILI RAOSudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, a milestone in Indian political cinema, covers the turbulence that mark the pre- and post-Emergency days.
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
