A giant is waking: A plethora of problems persists even as intelligent Bengali cinema is starting to break its decades-long shacklesBengali cinema is witnessing a resurgence with films like 'Mandaar,' 'Nagarkirtan,' and 'Bohurupi' gaining recognition. Despite cultural an...
26 Jan, 2025, 01.23 PM IST
Ravi Kishan says Bhojpuri is not just about 'Kamariya' and 'Lollipop Lagelu'; tables bill in parliament to make it official languageRavi Kishan has proposed a Bill in the Lok Sabha to include Bhojpuri in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. Known for his work in Bhoj...
03 Aug, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
View: Ballot box-office, it's popcorn polarisation!Since mid-December, when a music video from Pathaan was released, a loud bunch of few people cried 'Haraam!' (or its Sanskritised equivalen...
28 Jan, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Agony of the bhadralok: Amidst Bengal’s pitched political battles, this group finds itself on the sidelinesThe agonising dilemma of the gentle bhadralok now is this: The need to support Mamata Banerjee and TMC because it’s clear as daylight that ...
10 Mar, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
IS names new emir in ‘Bengal’, issues threat to carry out attacksThe development comes just a day after Islamic State carried out a minor explosion near a cinema theatre in Dhaka. The minor blast took pla...
01 May, 2019, 09.08 AM IST
Why censor body should not be deciding the films you should watch and the words you should hear in themIndia's film censor board has been accused of arbitrarily curbing creative freedom. Top filmmakers are up in arms against this disturbing t...
16 Jul, 2017, 06.48 AM IST
Satyajit Ray’s 'Nayak' completes 50 years - and still remains relevantIn this iconic 1966 film, Ray cast the biggest ever star to emerge from the Bengali film industry, Uttam Kumar, in a role of someone like h...
05 Dec, 2016, 12.08 PM IST
Sadhana Shivdasani, whose 'Jhumka gira re' made millions sway and swoon, passes awayThe actress will be remembered for many songs, sequences, films and her iconic fringe haircut.
26 Dec, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Four up & coming regional filmmakers on how FTII shaped their cinematic sensibilitiesFTII has been producing editors, technicians, sound recordists, gaffers, film critics, writers, artists, musicians and teachers over the ye...
28 Sep, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
ET diary of a city SrinagarOn the circuitous road from the Dal to the Shankaracharya temple that sits on a hill atop Srinagar, two cars, at some distance from each ot...
15 Dec, 2014, 05.44 AM IST
If Lalu Prasad Yadav-Nitish Kumar can taste by-poll success, why not Mayawati-Mulayam?Despite their many drawbacks, if Maya and Mulayam come together in a political alliance, no other party can beat that in UP.
29 Aug, 2014, 11.13 AM IST
Intervals make Indian films lose their tightness: Sabrina Dhawan, writer of Monsoon Wedding“India is such an exciting place to be, with the rise of multiplexes and a liberal censor board. I grew up in the 1980s where [mainstream] ...
26 Jan, 2014, 07.59 AM IST
2013: When film industry lost many of its stalwartsThe film industry was left mourning the loss of many stalwarts in 2013 like Pran, Shamshad Begum, Manna Dey etc.
31 Dec, 2013, 01.56 PM IST
- Mantra of success that Marathi film industry has discovered since 2005
Marathi cinema today is a regular at National film awards. What is that mantra of success that the Marathi industry has discovered since 20...
24 Sep, 2011, 06.18 AM IST
- Now, 'Sholay' in 3D format
The decision has reportedly not gone down well with the Sippys as they have not been kept in the loop about the development.
13 Apr, 2011, 03.53 PM IST
- Urban India lures Bollywood, global audience
Even before Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' made Mumbai slums a lucrative option for filmmakers, a new crop of directors in Bollywood h...
13 Oct, 2010, 01.15 PM IST
- Diagnosed with bone marrow cancer, Lisa vows to fight for life
37-year-old Canada-born Indian actor Lisa Ray, famous for her sizzling onscreen presence , wrote on her blog that she is fighting a rare bo...
10 Sep, 2009, 01.28 PM IST