Argo or Lincoln: Who will take home the big prize?

The final battle will be between Argo and Lincoln at the Oscars, and Argo will win with flying colours.It is a certified hit and critics’ darling. But whoever thought a month ago that Argo --......

My Aunt Smita Patil

Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special series. In......

My aunt, Smita Patil

Smita Patil continues to engage audiences around the world, 24 years after she died suddenly in a Mumbai hospital. The Film Society of the Lincoln Centre, the distinguished New York cultural......

The amazing Smita Patil

Filmmakers of different temperaments -- from Satyajit Ray to Ramesh Sippy -- sought to work with Smita Patil in her 11-year movie career. Even though untimely death in 1986 cut short a brilliant......