Baby Daddy: In 1994, Ivan Reitman directed Junior, a film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in which a scientist working on a fertility drug tests it on himself and finds himself pregnant. The…

The Sisterhood: In the Hindi film space, stories of female bonding go into the Veera Di Wedding box–rich young women on a trip to enjoy themselves, and maybe discover some hitherto…

The High Of Friendship:  A character in Uunchai speaks a few times of two lessons learnt from every experience; so to use that method, the first takeaway from watching this Rajshri production…

Five years ago, reporters from the New York Times dropped a bombshell by exposing sexual harassment in Hollywood, with Harvey Weinstein’s misconduct being just a tip of the deeply misogynistic iceberg. The difficult…

Marry-Go-Round: As a playwright, Makrand Deshpande is at his best when he is not bound by the compulsion to please an audience and can work with abstract concepts. He has…

Art For Justice: A stage actress asks the female director of the play they are reheasing, that if she cannot get justice through art, then what’s the point? Adishakti’s Bhoomi adapted…

The Way To Hell: It may be seen as a widening of the net if mainstream Hindi cinema picks a Danish film Sorte Kugler (2009) by Anders Matthesen to remake as Thank God.  It is…

Bridge To Nowhere: Anyone who is acquainted with the Ramayan, or has even read the Amar Chitra Katha version, would know of the episode in which Lord Ram’s followers, the Vanar Sena…

Super Cops: Sometimes, channel surfing throws up pleasant surprises and this old crime series, Hunter (on Amazon Prime) that ran for seven seasons from 1984-1991 is pure nostalgia. It is an…

Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 97, in October, after a prolific career in films, television and the stage, studded with awards and accolades. Active to the very…