Tag: Film and TV

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar is the kind of visual extravaganza that we have come to expect from Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The Netflix series has an endless supply of impeccably turned out characters, grandiose sets and ornate costumes that might spur demands on tailors for replicas.Sheer effect and the imitation ...

In the period drama Jubilee, Aditi Rao Hydari played movie star Sumitra Kumari. In Taj: Divided by Blood, set in the Mughal times, she played Anarkali. Her latest series Heeramandi is also a period piece that unfolds in Lahore during the British Raj. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s opulent costume drama, ...

“Behno aur bhaiyo, aap ki khidmat me Ameen Sayani ka adaab (sisters and brothers, in your service, Ameen Sayani greets you).” For four decades, Ameen Sayani, who passed away in February at the age of 91 and was arguably South Asia’s best known radio broadcaster, greeted Binaca Geetmala’s listeners ...

Propaganda cinema, typically associated with autocracies like North Korea, Russia and Nazi-era Germany, appears to have found a home in India too. Several recent theatrical releases from Bollywood in particular have been labelled propaganda films. But how to tell these movies apart from the regular Friday offerings?Should The Kashmir ...

It’s more than a decade ago that I first heard of Dilip Naik. I was researching a documentary on the unacknowledged sessions musicians of the Bombay film orchestras and Naik appeared to be someone I should meet. But the guitarist who had played on some of the most iconic ...

The upcoming Prime Video slate that was unveiled today included announcements of new shows in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu as well as a peek of Hollywood filmmaker’s Jonathan Nolan’s series Fallout. Prime Video also announced new seasons for Paatal Lok, Panchayat, Mirzapur, Suzhal – The Vortex and Bandish Bandits.Fallout, ...

A photography exhibition at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya marks a homecoming of sorts for the Germany-born cinematographer Josef Wirsching’s personal collection of film memories. A Cinematic Imagination displays 145 photographs shot primarily on 35mm with a Leica camera between the 1930s and ’40s when Wirsching was employed ...

Netflix India’s upcoming slate for the rest of 2024 and beyond includes a series on the IC 814 plane hijack of 1991, a comedy show by Kapil Sharma, and a docuseries on the cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan. The “Next Frontier” line-up that was announced on Thursday includes ...

Article 370 is a combined lesson in history, civics and jurisprudence packaged as a thrilling heist. Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s technically polished puff piece about the Union government’s abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under the Constitution is littered with secretive plans, deft moves and decoys.The prize is Kashmir, ...

Manav Kaul cycles to his neighbourhood cafe, where his entry is noted but without any intrusion into his personal space or demands for selfies. As he sits, he knocks over a glass of water and laughs: “Oh! Manav, that’s great. You know, I am famous for this. Messy.”A very ...