Cross Connections

I had a profoundly cathartic experience while watching 'Highway'. It was when Veera and Mahabir are in the mountains, and they ...

Soon after the first shot was fired in the first scene, I felt uncomfortable. Anything to do with the riots of 1993 produces a pit-of-the-...

If you like your cappuccino flat, then head to 'Madras Cafe'. No one is looking for a typical Bollywood film — and thanks, but I ...

How the social hierarchy reveals itself is evident in how many people did not attend actor A K Hangal’s funeral. He lived to be 98 and half ...

He did not have screaming fans, yet the frenzy was unparalleled. Is unparalleled. Rajesh Khanna was not the first superstar. He was the only...

Long before Cannes became the stomping ground of red carpet gowns, Mani Kaul had quietly made a mark. Even if his cinema was abstruse. He, ...

Okay, I did not like Yeh Saali Zindagi . In fact, I thought it was a waste of my time. This sounds awfully non-intellectual. You are suppos...

Maverick: Angst and the Alpha Male By Farzana Versey Covert, March 1-15 Never understood this coming-of-age stuff, especially if it refers t...

I saw him coming out of the gate of Sahitya Sahwas, the complex for littérateurs in Bandra east where he lived. He was wearing very dark gla...

...Who cares? But it is fun watching the slaves... Okay, so Anurag Basu ( Life in a Metro ) a film director says it is time for Amitabh Bach...

Saeed Mirza has written a novel, Ammi: Letter To A Democratic Mother . One day I will read it. As a film-maker, I used to consider him one o...

Michelle, her body twisted with helpless longing, asks her teacher, “Will you kiss me, please?” His age does not matter to her. He is the on...

Okay, so two films are being released tomorrow and there is already so much noise that I don’t know whether I want to watch them. But, I ...

Eklavya is the Indian entry to the Oscars. I don’t care much about the Academy Awards, at least whether we figure in it or not. But I am re...

Just the other day A was telling me that we in India did not give Shyam Benegal the recognition he deserved. Yesterday’s announcement tha...