Satyajit Ray comes to Bombay

Manikdadu would have frowned. (Far be it for one of us to dare call the great Satyajit Ray just da.) A photo exhibit and screening of his Aranyer Din Ratri at a Mumbai theatre was an instance of......

40 years later, the water still scares Raja Sen

After all these years, Jaws still taps into nightmares, says Raja Sen. One windy night 10 years ago, I was asked to write a horror movie. As someone who is spooked far too easily, this was not, as......

Vaastu Shastra: Not for the faint of heart

Right now, in a semi-deserted office, I'm looking around me. Sounds: a computer whirring to life, a door slamming shut, footsteps behind me, are all making me jumpy, and I'm just stopping myself......

Saying goodbye to Bollywood's rising star

Vaastu Shastra director Sourabh Usha Narang passed away on June 27 after losing a battle with stomach cancer. He was 37. Director Suparn Verma (who made Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena and Acid Factory)......