As Swades turns 20, Aseem Chhabra looks back at the film that spoke to him. IMAGE: Gayatri Joshi and Shah Rukh Khan in Swades. Several years ago, I had lunch with the then finance minister of......
With the tremendous success of Slumdog Millionaire and Smile Pinki, 2009 was the year of India at the Academy Awards. Could 2011 be India's year at the Grammys?Two Indian Americans -- Sanskrit......
Vocalist Barbra Streisand, pop singer Elton John, violinist Yo-Yo Ma, sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar and jazz icon Herbie Hancock are some of the musicians who will come together to honour the memory......
'Of the countless protagonists I encountered at the movies in 2015,' says Sukanya Verma, 'these seven are enduringly unique and notable. They possess that extra something that's not always on paper......
Cinema is, in essence, the art of lying. Casting shadows through light, the fabulous storytelling medium has perpetually specialised in falsehood. Whether it be by exaggeration or exclusion,......