Ishita Sengupta

Hardik Mehta's Kaamyaab not just sheds light on actors who have been forever eluded by the blinding light of fame but digs deeper into their lives, presenting an intimate portrait of love and loss.

Kavita Krishnan spoke to indianexpress.com regarding the pronouncements she made in the book, her perception of fearless freedom and the insidious way language affirms entitlement of men even when used for the benefit of women.

In one of the interviews prior to the release of the film, Ayushmann Khurrana had disclosed its intent: to make people receptive to the idea of homosexuality. The usage of the word “receptive” as opposed to “accepting” is both interesting and telling.

Lana Wilson borrows the name of the documentary from one of Swift's songs, Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince. But it is impossible to not notice its nod to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s blistering 2013 novel, Americanah. 

In an interview with indianexpress.com, the designer duo sheds light on the evolving designs, the latest collection and why Sara Ali Khan had to be the showstopper.

Taposh Chakravorty in his book, The Devil Tree, lets his unemployed detective Papi solve a murder mystery set in the capital. The result is an engaging, gritty whodunnit.

Sophie Letourneur’s Énorme unfolds like a documentary but in a rare surrealist touch gives away its intent when Girard’s stomach bloats in excessive proportions.

Kristof Bilsen meditates on different forms of caring in his profoundly moving documentary Mother.

Yashica Dutt was at the Jaipur Literature Festival recently where she spoke to indianexpress.com about “coming out”, of seeking for a language to describe her experience, her privilege and the absence of Dalit literature in India.

With the book she is writing after City of Girls, Gilbert seems to have returned to the quietude of her own self after a public acceptance.

In the session, Of the people, by the people: The Indian Constitution, former Election Commissioner of India, Navin Chawla, legal scholar and author of The Indian Constitution, Madhav Khosla, and politician Margaret Alva were in conversation with author and Supreme Court lawyer Saif Mahmood.

“The Hindutva movement explicitly rejected the Constitution. They agreed with the Muslims who created Pakistan — that religion should determine nationhood,” Tharoor added.

Jaipur Literature Festival, 2020: Omani writer Jokha al-Harthi talks about documenting shifting political landscape, her experience in Jaipur, and more

Her journey, from hosting supper parties at home for strangers to doing a pop-up at a pub in Soho, and finally having a restaurant, contributed in making her the first British chef to feature on Netflix’s Chef Table.

Divided by a year, Village Rockstars and Bulbul Can Singh (streaming on Netflix) can be watched as an organic extension of the other; an episodic chronicling of an imaginary series.

Bombshell does not sideline Roger Ailes as much as it places sexual abuse and its various insidious appendages at the centre of its narrative.

The commencement of Marriage Story marks the demise of Charlie and Nicole's relationship. This constant interplay of an ending and a beginning, where they masquerade as the other, occurs throughout the film.

Literary trends, like any collective inclination, are manufactured. Here are what people read this year.

Body and Soul: These protrusions, which become more pronounced every time I sit, were proofs of my unchecked greed, unrestrained indulgence and crushing loneliness.