From Indian to Iranian, American to African, short films to documentaries, from the 1920s to the 2020s, women can always be seen behind the camera, albeit disproportionately
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Film Companion in partnership with Ormax Media released ‘O Womaniya!’, a report on women in film, that looked at 129 films across 35 languages over 2019, and 2020.
While she got slotted playing roles that tapped into her amazing comic timing, Kalpana also shone in roles that demanded gravitas, and others that needed her lightness of touch, writes Soumya Varier.
A regular film tells us a story that has been recorded on a camera, and then edited in a way that (usually) gives the audience knowledge that the characters themselves may not have. Here, we travel only with the camera.
On the great actor’s 85th birth anniversary, Meera Venugopal looks back at a few of his iconic characters that deserve a place among Malayalam cinema’s best.
In a conversation with Anupama Chopra and Baradwaj Rangan, Fahadh Faasil speaks about his acting process, why he just wants to be as good as his co-actors and how a lot of people don’t notice a lot of the things he does.
You’ve heard of Premam, you’ve might have seen Bangalore Days and you’re nursing a crush on Dulquer Salmaan. How about a few more movies to transform this tiny crush into a full-fledged romance with recent Malayalam cinema?