Film on American Sikhs comes to London

An acclaimed American documentary profiling hatred against Sikhs in United States following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center is to be premiered in London next month. The film, Mistaken......

Salman Rushdie, You Are A Fighter

As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year-old man and a literary treasure,......

Taking Tibet to the world

 Makers of the documentary The Sun Behind The Clouds see light in a hopeless situation, finds Aseem Chhabra. Earlier this year, a battle broke out between a small documentary that tracks the......

I'm quite spaced out about fashion: Madhavan

Actor Madhavan is known as the Shah Rukh Khan of the south. And the Hrithik Roshan of the south. "And many more names I have lost count of," he grins. "I only wish I were known as Madhavan of the......

All We Imagine As Light Makes History At Golden Globes

A scene from All We Imagine As Light. Payal Kapadia may have missed her chance at the Oscars, but her acclaimed film All We Imagine As Light has been acknowledged by the Golden Globes. It has......

'There is no film festival like this India'

Arthur J Pais reports from the Sikh International Film Festival and Sikh Heritage Awards Gala. The spirit of Ranjit Singh, the last Sikh ruler of Punjab, popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab, seemed......

Rashmika Misses Home

Sara in the US...Shalini in Goa...Vikrant in Shanghai... Photograph: Kind courtesy Rashmika Mandanna/Instagram Rashmika Mandanna visits Kodagu -- or Coorg -- in Karnataka, to attend her best......

Frontal nudity, uncensored, at Toronto film festival

Shame, one of the most discussed films at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it shocked many by its frontal nudity and several explicit sex scenes, is never really erotic. And it would......