A Man No Cliff Can Stop
This isn't exactly a rags-to-riches story, but is every inch as exciting. Major Ranveer Singh Jamwal did not start life in penury, nor is he rolling in wealth.
Master of Many Moods
In the late 1960s, Kalyanji-Anandji were composing a song for Manoj Kumar’s directorial debut Upkar. The number, Kasme vaade pyyar waffa, was to be sung by a character played by ace villain Pran, cast in the film for the first time in a non-negative character role.
When Masters of The Moving Image Turned on The Magic
For the cineaste, the fare on offer at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival was wide and varied. Many buzzed-about films from around the world were screened during the eight-day event and those attending the festival hard pressed to make sure that they did not miss any of their favourites.
A festival of many facets
The 38th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) delivered all that it was expected to, and much more, offering something of significance for virtually every kind of cinematic appetite that there is in this world.
Frames frozen and dynamic
Two major figures of contemporary world history are the subjects of Justin Chadwick’s Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and veteran auteur Andrzej Wajda’s Walesa: Man of Hope.
A man worth his salt and much more
Home or the world, no matter where Venkatesh Mannar is, he is never out of his elements.
A voyage and a quest
A unique film on the Kalachakra initiation ceremony of Tibetan Buddhism is set for global release early next year.
Advantage Amritraj
Non-stop action, sporting and otherwise, has been a constant in 57-year-old Ashok Amritraj’s life.
Flawed cyber security?
Recently National Security Adviser in the PMO Shiv Shankar Menon (PMO) stated that indigenous snooping capabilities may not be enough to protect India’s cyber security.
The Big Little War in our backyard
It may have started with the thousands of sleepless nights spent wondering what India really means by ‘development’ today.
Mind Games
A recent television commercial apparently meant to popularize Chinese noodles, in fact, establishes the superiority of products made in China.
"I think our feudal mindset in Bihar translated very well in the modern age into bureaucracy"
We can't help. Biharis want to become IAS officers. Who wants to be a writer here? So, we have not been feeding those ideas. Look at the books coming out of Bihar.
What a life!
He is a man with a difference. Living in a village that has no modern amenities, he tries to grasp the whole state within his fist.
Partition pangs, etched forever
Artist, writer and philosopher Sardari Lal Parasher was 43 years old when Partition cleaved the subcontinent and uprooted thousands.
Touring talkies on life support
At a time when we are celebrating 100 years of the inception of the Indian movie industry as we know it, it is growing in leaps and bounds and its folowing is spreading far and wide.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
