
Sundar Pal’s ‘Vilom’ (2019) Review
Vilom – The dictionary meaning of this Hindi word is Opposite. In the context of director Sundar Pal’s debut film, it signifies contradiction or to be more specific, it points […]
Vilom – The dictionary meaning of this Hindi word is Opposite. In the context of director Sundar Pal’s debut film, it signifies contradiction or to be more specific, it points […]
There’s a saying – “Man proposes, God, disposes”. In simple words, it means that despite the best of choices, it’s the fate of the man that decides what happens in […]
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Our correspondent John H Foote writes the review from the ground zero of #TIFF2020 I apologize in advance for the use of a single word in this review, I detest […]
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Shakuntala Devi. The mathematical prodigy from India, who was once hailed as the human-computer, as she beat the computer hands down, pointing out its mistake. There’s hardly any graduate-level student […]
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When Clint Eastwood stepped in to direct the film, there were bowls of protest. Bruce Beresford and Steven Spielberg both toyed with directing the picture, Beresford going so far as […]
Sometimes there are films that you like for no particular reason. Not because of its songs, not because it’s funny or full of melodrama, but for the way, the film […]
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There are seven great plays of the 20th century that remain as fresh, as powerful and as urgent as the first day they opened on Broadway. They are ‘Death of […]