Iconic filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh’s 12th death anniversary took place yesterday. Manisha Koirala got talking about him and her experience of working with him in an interview with us. Manisha Koirala remembers Rituparno Ghosh on his death anniversary: “He was an entire textbook, no an entire school on cinema” You worked with Rituparno in a beautiful […]
(L-R) Margaret Bodde, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, a guest, Sharmila Tagore, Simi Garewal, Wes Anderson and guests attend the “Highest 2 Lowest” red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2025 in Cannes, France. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Bengal appears beaming with pride as the restored version […]
Sharmila Tagore and Simi Garewal made a striking appearance at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival as they attended the screening of the restored version of Aranyer Din Ratri, one of Satyajit Ray’s most acclaimed works. The film was showcased in the Cannes Classics section after a six-year-long restoration led by American filmmaker Wes Anderson. Sharmila […]
You’re off to Cannes for the restored screening of Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri?Yes, thank God the war situation did not escalate—I wouldn’t have gone if it had. I’m glad Aranyer Din Ratri is being shown at Cannes. The film was actually better appreciated outside India, even when it was originally released. Europe, especially, loved […]
The anthology Bombay Talkies was released exactly 12 years ago on May 3, 2013, which marked 100 years of Indian Cinema. The film was an anthology of four short films, out of which Dibakar Banerjee made the segment Star starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. On the film’s 12th anniversary, Banerjee spoke about the experience […]
“Kya shakhs tha Ray (What a man Ray was),” says Siddiqui, sitting in the study of his house in Mumbai’s Char Bangla area. Once a hub of activity, his study was where creative minds such as M.F. Husain and Yash Chopra met and spent hours. Siddiqui, who left journalism during the Emergency to follow his passion […]
