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Arthouse Days | Govind Nihalani's Aakrosh

December 05, 2019 7:53 am

Govind Nihalani's Aakrosh won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri and Om Puri in pivotal roles.

Film of the Month: Catch 'Humans of South Bombay' in action in Govind Nihalani's biting satire Party

October 31, 2019 1:28 pm

With an awful lot of serious talks and fascinating arguments and counter-arguments, this ensemble skit that released 35 years ago is still extraordinarily relevant for having the audacity to expose the pettiness and pretensions of the educated elite. Party's fundamental question, 'What is the role of art (and artists) in society?' remains just as intriguing today.

Om Puri's last wish was to start a gurukul for acting in Khandala: Nandita Puri

October 18, 2018 10:42 am

Om Puri birth anniversary: Om Puri, who died last year in January, never made a fuss about his birthday. Neither did he care about milestones. Most birthdays, as his wife recalls, were spent relishing the humble home-cooked kheer.

Om Puri bats for small films in ‘his last interview’

August 07, 2018 12:22 pm

Om Puri will be seen in Lashtam Pashtam playing a Pakistani taxi driver. In his 'last interview', Om Puri spoke about the challenges that the small films face.

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Om Puri: Unlikely hero who straddled twin worlds of Ardh Satya's Anant and Narsimha's Baapji

January 06, 2018 10:44 am

Great star of the parallel cinema movement, a character actor who did mindless movies, controversy’s child – Om Puri’s life was as colourful as his work. This unlikely hero, as his wife Nandita's biography, called him, took an unlikely exit from the world too.

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On Om Puri's 67th birth anniversary, friends and family pay tribute

October 18, 2017 4:04 pm

Today is Om Puri's 67th birth anniversary. The actor' s career reflected a rare realism, died after suffering a heart attack. His demise had triggered a nationwide outpouring of condolences from top leaders, fans and the film fraternity.

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Remembering Om Puri: Why this late artiste matters

October 18, 2017 10:02 am

Om Puri straddled the two forms of cinema - parallel and mainstream - with uncanny ease. He was perfect both in ordinary Joe roles in Indie films and also larger-than-life figures in commercial films. If not for his untimely death on January 6 this year, this legendary thespian would have been 67 today.

‘His grasp of black humour was zabardast’

October 09, 2017 12:00 am

Satish Kaushik, who co-wrote Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro with Kundan Shah, remembers him as a filmmaker with a strong conviction

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Viceroy's House movie review: This Huma Qureshi starrer is like a stilted play

August 18, 2017 5:10 pm

Viceroy's House movie review: The film wisely declares 'history is written by the victors'. The above Churchill 'factoid' is taken from a little-known book by a former Indian diplomat, Narendra Singh Sarila, who was once a junior member of Mountbatten's staff.

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Gurinder Chadha about Partition 1947: Prince Charles told me I needed to read Narindra Singh Sarila’s The Shadow Of The Great Game

August 03, 2017 11:59 am

Gurinder Chadha talks about why Partition 1947 is an important film, the inspiration behind the plot of the film and the role Prince Charles played in the portrayal of Lord Mountbatten in her film. The movie stars Huma Qureshi, Hugh Bonneville, Manish Dayal and Gillian Anderson in pivotal roles.