Articles
Amma’s 98th birthday
On her birthday, Amma played Jheeni re jheeni on keyboards; the next day, she was playing Raag Yaman Kalyan on the new melodica
23 March,2025 08:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Revealing footage
The Malayalam film Footage is a cautionary tale on today’s social media-driven times, and the consequences of Covid
16 March,2025 06:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Sthal: marriage as low-hanging fruit
Sthal is a superb follow-up to Sairat, that explores women's agency in marriage and life
09 March,2025 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Charming doc of Wolf Street
Arjun Talwar’s film Letters from Wolf Street, that was in the Berlinale’s Panorama, is a funny, insightful documentary, seeing Poland from the viewpoint of an Indian artistic immigrant
02 March,2025 08:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Baksho Bondi: Dogged, tired love
Tillotama Shome is luminous in Shadowbox by Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi, that was in Berlin
23 February,2025 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Tiger’s Pond: Tale of power, caste
Natesh Hegde’s Vaghachipani (Tiger’s Pond), at the Berlin Film Festival, raises Kannada cinema’s international profile
16 February,2025 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Berlinale’s strong selection from India
Six Indian/India-related films have been selected at the Berlin Film Festival, and 8 South Asians at the Berlinale Talents
09 February,2025 07:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Thangalaan’s cautionary tale
The International Film Festival of Rotterdam's selection of Pa Ranjith’s Thangalaan, testifies to its enduring value
02 February,2025 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Top 10 films to watch out for in 2025
Heads-up on the best films of 2025, all India, mainstream, indie
28 January,2025 09:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde
Top 20 South Asian, Diaspora films of 2024
Sengupta won Best Actress in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, a first for India. Also at Busan IFF.
19 January,2025 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Meenakshi Shedde