Alaka Sahani

Lust Stories attempts to unravel the mysteries of women’s hearts that are often brushed under the carpet told by prominent directors of Hindi cinema — Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar.

Lust Stories review: Lust Stories attempts to unravel the mysteries of women's heart that's often brushed under the carpet.

After a lean decade, Race 3 actor Bobby Deol is looking forward to approaching his career with a renewed strategy.

Race 3 actor Anil Kapoor, who will soon complete 35 years as a leading man, talks about his journey so far, Indian movie franchises and why the Mr India sequel remains a dream.

Assamese filmmaker Bidyut Kotoky intends to share the stories of the Northeast, including those related to its scarred past, though his movies

Tillotama Shome and Vivek Gomber, lead actors of Sir, which premiered at the Cannes Critics’ Week yesterday, talk about navigating the indie and mainstream film divide.

Ahead of his next release Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain, Sanjay Mishra talks about who’s a ‘hero’ and the importance of applause for an artiste.

In Hope Aur Hum, actor Naseeruddin Shah plays a grandfather, who is attached to his old photocopy machine. Here, he talks about his new film, freedom of expression and ban on Pakistani artists.

Kalyanee Mulay, who portrays the life of a nude model in the Marathi movie Nude, talks about shedding her inhibitions and her ongoing experiments of using the body as a tool.

Rukshana Tabassum’s National Award-winning film explores the peculiarities of human memory

Filmmaker Meghna Gulzar on her new film Raazi that releases in May and why she works better with darker narratives.

Majid Majidi, the ‘humanist filmmaker’, on how real stories offer a deeper connect in films and the impact of New Wave Iranian cinema.

The third Motley play based on Ismat Chughtai’s writings, Aurat! Aurat!! Aurat!!!, is an intimate portrayal of the maverick author and her ideologies.

Urmila Matondkar, who returns to the big screen with an item number, on creating magic in dance

Christopher Nolan makes a case for using photochemical films and Kodak promises to create the ecosystem for it in India

Director Christopher Nolan, who is in Mumbai to promote the use of celluloid films and their preservation, said: “Film is a medium. It’s not the past. It’s a way of telling a story. You can use it for whatever you want it.”

When Arshad Khan presented a five-minute video on Abu, as he calls his father, during a memorial in 2012, a year after his demise, the Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker realised that there's a much bigger story to be told.

Christopher Nolan, who has directed some of the finest movies, such as The Dark Knight, Inception and Intersteller, has stuck to shooting on ‘celluloid’ even as most of the industry has switched to digital and made technological strides.

US-based educator, Brad Cohen, on whose life the recently released Rani Mukerji-starrer Hichki is based, on living and teaching with Tourette’s Syndrome.