December 8 is the birthday of Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore– here’s looking at a gem of a film starring the two. The Mumbai film industry does Hrishikesh Mukherjee a great…

During the ongoing pandemic, problems of the elderly came into sharper focus. In modern society, ageing is not a gentle easing into retirement and a peaceful rocking chair existence, surrounded…

Cinderella Of Mumbai: Some years ago, a married film star was accused of raping his domestic help; when he claimed it was consensual, the response to it was worse—could he…

A young woman is being constantly stalked online and fears the chime of a message on her phone or laptop; the man eventually reaches her home, and leaves a package…

An American In Ardnakelty: Tana French’s new novel, The Searcher, is not as complex as her last book,The Witch Elm, but it has more emotional heft, plus the kind of…

Some years ago, when new medical technology, like amniocentesis and ultrasound– meant to help pregnant women by spotting possible birth defects, was used to determine the gender of the foetus and…

Unscary, Unfunny: Raghava Lawrence’s 2011 Tamil film, Kanchana, the second in his Muni horror series, get a Hindi remake, probably because a recently woke Akshay Kumar wanted to say something…

Lethal Strike: Readers of thrillers expect a fast pace, shootouts, chases, bloodshed, fancy gizmos and all the chaos of crime solving. What they don’t expect– and more often than not,…

A documentary by Pankaj Rishi Kumar, called Janani’s Juliet won the best film and best director award at the South Asian Short Film Festival, recently, after winning acclaim and other awards…

To commemorate the 44th anniversary on Ank, revisiting an interview with Preeta Mathur: For a long time, Preeta Mathur worked with Dinesh Thakur, first her mentor and then husband, an…