Kerala’s IDSFFK: Where Political Cinema Challenges Mainstream Narratives
At a private screening in Soho House, Mumbai, of Karan Tejpal’s Stolen, a slick and tightly wound independent film that premiered at Venice International Film Festival 2023, something snagged within me. The film traces two brothers (played by Abhishek Banerjee and Shubham), belonging to the cream of Delhi, who somehow get
Destination India: Foreign Artists’ Vivid Portrayals of Colonial India (1857-1947)
The English geographer, historian, and cartographer James Rennell, known for his strikingly accurate maps of India, wrote in the preface to his 1788 book, Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan; or The Mogul Empire “…almost every particular relating to Hindoostan is [sic] become an object of popular curiosity.” Rennell, of course, was using the
Hema Committee Report Shows Kerala’s Lauded Film Industry Harbours a Sinister Underbelly
Justice K. Hema Committee’s roller-coaster journey outpaces the darkest crime thriller movie. It took nearly five years for the committee’s report to see light, and that too in a redacted form, facing unending hurdles until literally, the last minute. Yet, even the truncated report has exposed—without mentioning any names—the widely-admired
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The Audacious Art of Poetry Translation: When Fidelity Falls Short
To translate is to desecrate generatively; as much, if not more, is found as is lost. The gifted translator makes a new object while the sincere ones wag their tail in allegiance to the text. If we wish to see translation as an assured and not a parasitic art, then
INTERVIEW | Gulammohammed Sheikh reveals how the digital medium tends to kill the imagination
This show of your graphic prints from the late 1950s to the present is marked by remarkable shifts in technique. What are the basic ideas and concerns that link them? Each print has its own story. They also relate to the context and the period in which they were created. The
WHITE SPACE | Kolkata’s Trincas Restaurant and Bar is one of the Few Queer-Friendly Hangouts in India
Anand Puri, a member of the third generation of the family that owns the legendary Trincas restaurant in Kolkata, has a mystery to solve: the rainbow pride flag hanging outside Trincas routinely goes missing. “I don’t think it’s homophobia because nothing is ever defaced,” says Puri. “I think it’s some
INTERVIEW | We want to work towards safe and equal spaces for women in the Malayalam film industry: Revathi
WATCH | R.K. Radhakrishnan in conversation with actor Revathi Inclusive dialogue and discussions with all film bodies are required for real change to take place says Revathi. | Video Credit: Interview: R.K. Radhakrishnan; Production Assistant: Saatvika Radhakrishna and Mridula V; Camera and Editing: Samson Ronald K.; Produced By: Jinoy Jose
Interview| We Want to Work Towards Safe and Equal Spaces for Women in the Malayalam Film Industry: Revathi:
In light of the Hema Committee report on the Malayalam film industry, actor and director Revathi discusses industry changes in an interview with Frontline. She speaks about the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), an organisation she co-founded in 2017. The WCC aims to address longstanding issues within the film sector.
PROFILE | Deepika Padukone’s Recent Roles are a Far Cry from the Characters that Made her a Star
Homi Adajania’s Cocktail (2012) was a rip in Hindi cinema. In the film, the actor Deepika Padukone’s Veronica, a spoilt brat, takes in Meera (Diana Penty) who was abandoned by her husband after he married her under false pretences. Here was a woman who wore her sexual desire and her