A MOTHER’S SILENT AWAKENING

Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at one of Jaya Bachchan’s most feted performances in a rare Hindi film, Hazaar Chaurasi Ki ...

Should Hindi be the national language?

Various professionals from different states talk to Monarose Sheila Pereira about their views. Over to them…<...

Queen Bee

Rani Mukerji in a light-hearted banter with Khalid Mohamed.

Back in the last century, in ...

MERE PAAS MAA - SORRY, MOM HAI!!

Has ‘Hey Mom’ replaced ‘Mataji’ in B-town? On Mother’s Day, Monojit Lahiri discusses t...

ALL ABOUT MOTHERS: THE OLDEST LOVE STORY

In a conversation with writer and journalist Maithili Rao, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri discusses the new anthology on motherhood sh...

Grandma Dearest

Film historian Dhruv Somani pays homage to the uncanny life and career of Leela Mishra, the ever-lovable grandma of Indian cin...

SMOOCH: Bollywoods Shaky Affair With The Kiss?

Monojit Lahiri investigates ‘the kiss’ in Bollywood cinema and the reasons why it has barely transcended the cooch...

AMITABH BACHCHAN AND THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN

One of the biggest box-office failures of the superstar’s career, Alaap boasts one of his subtlest performances and, arguably, the best m...

The Natural

Khalid Mohamed harks back to an interview with Jaya Bachchan on the art and craft of acting during her heyday under the helmsm...