The viewer gets a non-touristy look at London, but there was no real reason for this series to be set in the UK capital. The comparison to Luther, with its troubled…

Rewind, Remind: It has been almost a quarter of a century since Stephen Belber’s Tape first opened in 1999, and in the intervening years, the #MeToo movement brought to the…

Don’t Mess With Mom: The six-part series, Mai, begins with Sheel sweeping the house, washing and drying clothes, cooking, to establish that the woman (Sakshi Tanwar) is an ‘ordinary’ homemaker.  As…

Ulka Mayur describes herself as an Indian theatre artiste, storyteller, writer, actor, director and folklorist. She is also a dancer, scholar and founder of the production company, Story Circus, with her husband,…

The Outlaws Of Chambal: Fifty years ago, the first mass surrender of dacoits had taken place in a Chambal village (source a report in The Hindustan Times by Shruti Tomar…

Platitudes about motherhood abound – Child gives birth to Mother, or God could not be everywhere, so he created the mother. Deification of the mother is built into most cultures,…

Pass Class: Harit Pradesh could stand in for any North Indian state, where uneducated and corrupt politicians rule, and amass a great number of followers, for whom showmanship and oratory…

Retired, Not Redundant: Most films about senior citizens are weepies about how they have been abandoned by their selfish children; of late there have been a few about finding love…

Father Dear Father: Venus and Serena Williams are tennis legends, but whether they would have been able to reach those heights without the motivation and push given to them by…

It may not have brought home the trophy, but for the first time an Indian production was in the running for the Academy Award for Best Documentary—Writing With Fire, directed…