Alaka Sahani

With shooting of television serials gradually resuming with a set of safety guidelines, the cast and crew are learning to negotiate a new normal.

In the coming months, streaming platform Netflix is going to release 17 new Indian movies and shows.

Even if you find a way into the super exclusive club that is the Hindi film industry, surviving and succeeding demands smart strategising and hustling.

After Shoojit Sircar's Gulabo Sitabo, Akshay Kumar starrer Laxmmi Bomb will release on an OTT platform. Many other films are in the pipeline. Here's what's lost as people stay away from theatres.

The lyricist and screenwriter talks about the making of her directorial debut and why the “female gaze” isn’t restricted to women

Within two days of its release, an Odia movie is removed from the India market of a streaming platform on the ground that it showcases movies in nine Indian languages only.

Actor couple Rasika Dugal and Mukul Chadda co-write and act in a short film shot on phones at their Mumbai home.

Sushant Singh Rajput, who hailed from Bihar, is one of the few actors who made it big in the movies after starting their career in television shows.

In What are the Odds?, writer-director Megha Ramaswamy creates a whimsical world with offbeat humour and ‘quirky’ characters.

Producer Anand Pandit and Asit Kumarr Modi, the creator of the show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, called the government’s decision “a welcome move”.

The filmmaker on on releasing his new film Gulabo Sitabo on a streaming platform, setting it in Lucknow and how the pandemic will affect the film business.

Starting today, the We Are One: A Global Film Festival will stream conversations between stalwarts of cinema and over a 100 movies, including Eeb Allay Ooo!, Nasir, Natkhat and Awake from India.

It has been over two months since film and television shoots came to a standstill. “Our biggest concern right now is how soon we can resume production work and how we can approach it responsibly with proper precautions,” said Nitin Vaidya of the Indian Film and TV Producers Council (IFTPC).

Directed and written by Kantemir Balagov, this Russian movie is a poignant tale of two young women as they hope and try to heal from the wreckage of war

Soumitra Chatterjee, 85, has worked with Satyajit Ray in 14 feature films and two shorts. This is considered to be one of the most enduring artistic collaborations in the history of contemporary cinema. In his six decade long career, Chatterjee has worked with several other renowned directors including Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen. However, it's Ray who has played an important part in shaping the legendary actor's sense and sensibilities.

Some of the much-awaited summer releases, including Shoojit Sircar-directed Gulabo Sitabo featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana, Anu Menon-directed Shakuntala Devi which has Vidya Balan in the titular role, are headed for a world premiere on Amazon Prime Video.

Debutant filmmaker Achal Mishra delves into his personal experiences, snatches of conversations he had overheard, photographs from family album and rituals he had witnessed to piece together an intimate portrait of his ancestral home and the changes it has witnessed.

The initiative, 'Mission Suraksha', was last week rolled out jointly by 'Filmmakers for Frontline Care', a group of filmmakers, and NGO Project Mumbai and has been backed by the Producers Guild of India and Ketan Rawal, one of the top owners of vanity vans in Mumbai.

After his next project came to a halt, Anubhav Sinha has been spending more time in his kitchen and coming up with some delicious fare.

Most of the workers are aware of this uncertain future. Mishra, who once used to run a tea stall, says: “We have to think of doing some other dhanda (business) before we can get regular work in the industry.”

The writer-director on learning patience through filmmaking, and exploring gender and class in his new film, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, starring Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor, that explores the relationship between the two protagonists without the usual, run-of-the-mill romantic tropes.

As precautions against the spread of Covid-19 bring shoots and other production-related activities to a halt, here’s a look at the setback the entertainment industry is likely to suffer.

The journey of Rohena Gera’s debut feature, Is Love Enough? Sir, started with the premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2018. Even as the India release of this much-travelled movie is postponed, the writer-director talks about the trigger for this movie and being a writer on commercial projects.

The indefatigable Irrfan Khan on Angrezi Medium, his unconditional love for his sons, and the futility of Friday fears.