Alaka Sahani

Marathi movie Kastoori is the discomforting story of a childhood spent in manual scavenging and carrying out autopsies.

The humble dafli, which has been part of Indian folk and popular culture for long, is now an object of suspicion.

Writer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra on the film Shikara, his connect with Kashmir, the Pandit exodus and why the only solution to hate is love

After her film was screened at the Berlin International Film festival last year, Rima Das is part of its Generation 14plus jury.

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali on exploring his doubts in his films, why some art is timeless and making Love Aaj Kal again.

Theatre director Melly Still on the Indian adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie novel, the challenges that her characters pose and why the play didn't do away with the bigotry in her writing.

A theft during his wedding became the premise for Saurav Rai’s debut feature Nimtoh, which now travels to the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Actor Kajol on presenting stories of lesser-known historical heroes on screen, and her future projects.

Writer-director Meghna Gulzar on how the story of an acid attack survivor was translated on screen.

Be Afraid: For years, the mandate of entertainment has held back Indian filmmakers from darker tales. Horror films, especially, were long dismissed as B-grade, sleazy movies. That’s changing.

Chhapaak writer-director Meghna Gulzar on how the story of an acid attack survivor was translated on screen.

Actor Deepika Padukone on equal opportunity, challenging herself with every project and playing an acid attack survivor in her upcoming movie, Chhapaak.

Known to a certain generation of audience as Badki of the popular television show Hum Log (1984-85), Seema Pahwa has been in the reckoning after the appreciation she enjoyed for her role as Amma in Ankhon Dekhi (2014).

Siegel, who has been behind more than 90 film, media and gallery exhibitions, spoke on curating movies for 26 years, his interest in Indian cinema and an upcoming documentary film festival in New York.

As MUBI enters India, Efe Çakarel talks about his experience of acquiring movies in the country and why he is headed to Chennai next.

The NCPA, initially conceived by Jamshed Bhabha, was built to further the cause of art and culture in India.

A panel deconstructs the process of writing for a movie, and the cycle of attachment and detachment with characters.

French actor Isabelle Huppert on her proclivity for complex characters and choice of projects.

Serbian filmmaker Goran Paskaljevic on the refugee crisis in Europe that shaped his latest film, Despite The Fog, which opened the 50th International Film Festival of India.