Lagaan is 20 years old. The film’s making, which spanned over three years, has been captured in Satyajit Bhatkal’s National Award-winning documentary Madness in the Desert.
When I watched Swades as an onsite developer working in Australia, it became much more than a movie. It became a reflection of my own emotions at that time.
This is not a list that will shatter the stereotype of what a “Bollywood” film is. It is a list of films from the past 20 years, meant to breathe life into it- long films, class conflicts, colour and rage, dance-offs on stage.
In 1998, Zee TV aired Woh, co-written and directed by Ankush Mohla and Glen Barretto, starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Shreyas Talpade and MM ‘Liliput’ Faruqui as the titular clown
How does Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s working style differ from Imtiaz Ali’s? The cinematographer takes us through some of his most varied collaborations over 30 years
In Ashutosh Gowariker’s film, Aditya Lakhia played the quintessential underdog in an underdog-region by achieving an anguished balance between submissiveness and deference