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Most journalists patiently awaiting an interaction with filmmaker Shankar would have their minds set on how candidly or otherwise the filmmaker would address their questions. Has the failure of last year’s Indian 2 made him a more reluctant speaker? Surely the incessant trolling has gotten to him? Is he nervous about how the audiences would…
Kani Kusruti in a scene from All We Imagine As Light. “Do you mind if I ask you a question,” I said to amma. Two weeks ago during our daily catch-up call at the onset of the holiday season, I decided to deviate from our routine of updating each other about the vagaries of our…
Alfred Hitchcock on the sets (left) A still from ‘Psycho’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most popular filmmakers of all time and has been analysed and written about in hundreds of books worldwide. 2024 was his 125th birth anniversary and 2025 marks 100 years of his directorial debut The…
Actor Shivarajkumar. | Photo Credit: Ravichandran N Kannada superstar Shivarajkumar, who underwent a surgery in the US, said he is eager to get back to films as soon as he returns to India. In a video, the veteran actor, along with his wife Geetha Shivarajkumar, thanked his family, friends and doctors for their support and…
Mehdi and Nourddine Sli’s dance film Stork | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Manifest Dance Film Festival Should not the performing arts be primarily a joyful and positive experience, so that we strive to create an atmosphere of fun and inclusivity? Or should it be necessarily presented in a disciplined form/ template, as witnessed in our classical…
A good year in the movies can mean multiple things. Studios sufficiently bankrolling films, independent projects finding their way to the mainstream, underdogs triumphing over tentpole projects, new faces coming up and old faces rediscovering their voice. In that sense, 2024 fulfilled most of these possibilities. Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan, known for curating gore in his…
