Interviews of Indian and International Film Personalities

‘The Entire Village was Participating in the Filmmaking’: Masterclass with Shyam Benegal

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal opens...

‘His First Release in Bombay was ‘Anand’, Not ‘Saat Hindustani” — SMM Ausaja, Author of THE BACHCHANS

SMM...

Director’s Chair – Hindi Cinema’s Golden Age: In Conversation with Manek Premchand

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How Suhas Met Mr Bhuvan Shome

Suhasini Mulay...

‘He Only Wanted to Make Films About People He Had Direct Contact With’: Kunal Sen Remembers His Father Mrinal Sen

Kunal,...

Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai – In Conversation with Yasir Abbasi

Yeh...

Majrooh Sultanpuri: The Poet For All Reasons — ‘I Would Rate It As My Best Work,’ Says Manek Premchand

Majrooh...

‘Aesthetic Potentials of Sound are Rarely Explored’ – Budhaditya Chattopadhyay on the Use of Sound in Cinema

Dr....

‘If Raj Uncle Liked a Song, He Would Give Baba a Gold Coin’: Amla Shailendra Remembers Her Father ‘Kaviraj’ Shailendra

A poet...

‘Soumitra Became Ray’s Voice’ – Interview with Catherine Berge, Director of ‘Gaach’

Amitava...

Soumitra Chatterjee on Acting in Satyajit Ray’s Films – Exclusive Video Interview (Part 2)

Soumitra...

The Unforgettable Music of Hemant Kumar: In Conversation With Author Manek Premchand

In a candid conversation...

Soumitra Chatterjee on Acting in Satyajit Ray’s Films – Exclusive Video Interview (Part 1)

Soumitra...

Life in Metaphors: Portraits of Girish Kasaravalli – In Conversation with OP Srivastava

Life...

Nabendu Ghosh speaking about Bimal Roy and his films in And They Made Classics...

The Writer, the Hero, Shows Nabendu’s World

That Bird Called Happiness,...

‘Every Song Has a Story’: In Conversation with Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal

With the best-selling...

Shyam: The Big Heart behind the Swashbuckling Hero

Shyam – the screen idol of...

‘I Consider Woman at the Window a Path-breaking Effort’ – In Conversation With Film Critic Shoma A Chatterji

Veteran film critic Shoma...

‘KL Saigal’s Songs Started the Sugam Sangeet Revolution’ – In Conversation with Author Pran Nevile

Renowned author and scholar of Indian...

Utpal Dutt in Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome (1969), Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk (1991) and Heerak Rajar Deshe, Gautam Ghose’s Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Naram Garam

The Multi-Layered Persona of Utpal Dutt

Impressed by Utpal Dutt’s interpretation of Othello,...

‘Tapan Sinha Deserved More’

Abesh Das has written a Bengali book on Tapan...

‘Rehearsals were Never Easy, Music Sittings were Always Fun’ – Remembering Madan Mohan

Madan Mohan, the creator...

The films of Shakti Samanta (R) are known for their everlasting music.(Pic: A beautiful graphic crafted as a gift to Silhouette by Pakanati Lakshmi Priya)

‘In Aradhana, Sachin Karta Gave Me My Life’s Biggest Hit’: In Conversation with Shakti Samanta

Aradhana, the film that catapulted...

PK Nair with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur FHF

‘Films Must be Restored Like a Work of Art’: In Conversation with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

"If we do not pour our resources...

Nabendu Ghosh: The Master of Screen Writing

March 27, 2016 marks the birth centenary of Nabendu...

Tanima Bhattacharya – as Abeera in Sankaal (Shackle)

‘One Day Will Come When Indie Films Will Stand in the Same Position with Other Bollywood Hindi Cinema’: Tanima Bhattacharya

Tanima Bhattacharya is an actress...

Amartya Bhattacharyya – the director of Capital I

‘The Film (Capital I) was Meant to Disturb the Ones in Comfort, and Comfort the Ones Who are Disturbed’: Amartya Bhattacharyya

Amartya Bhattacharyya is a young and...

Vijay Anand and Jaya Bhaduri in Kora Kagaz

‘Gata Rahe Mera Dil was Patchwork’: In Conversation With Vijay Anand

Every film Vijay Anand handled was unique...

Lata Mangeshkar and Salil Chowdhury
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‘She is Capable of Delivering Anything a Music Maker Can Think Of’ – Salil Chowdhury Speaks About Lata Mangeshkar

'She always knew that it...

Three Legends: (L to R) Naushad, Majrooh Sultanpur and Madan Mohan (Pic courtesy: madanmohan.in

‘Bade Achchhe Din Thhe, Bade Pyare Saathi, Aur Guni Bhi’ – In Conversation with Majrooh Sultanpuri

"Burman Sahab would reject his...

‘It Would Have Been Very Easy to Make a Film on the Life of Zarathustra’: Oorvazi Irani

'I don’t claim to give...

1971, during the press show of his "Ambitious"film Door Ka Rahi at Apsara cinema Mumbai. The film ran for 15 weeks on merit . There were no buyers so he released it himself adding another feather in his cap by becoming a "Distributor". (Pic and caption: Amit Kumar)

Kishore Kumar, The Master of his Craft – Amit Kumar Remembers his ‘Baba’

You must sound unique and...

‘The Music Director Knows which Voice would do Full Justice to his Composition’ – In Conversation with Hemant Kumar

In a tribute to singer-composer Hemant...

‘Kadambari was a Challenge’: Suman Ghosh

Shoma A Chatterjee interviews...

‘I Consider Myself A Writer First’: Chauranga Director Bikas Mishra

I always had the bigger reality...

I Am A Worshipper Of All Things Beautiful: An Interview With Tapan Sinha (Part-IV)

We pay a humble tribute to the...

I Cherish A Thrill For Adventure: An Interview With Tapan Sinha (Part-III)

We pay a humble tribute to the...

I’d Never Allow My Mind To Gather The Moss Of Stagnation: An Interview With Tapan Sinha (Part-II)

We pay a humble tribute to the...

Never Have I Made the Same Kind of Film: An Interview With Tapan Sinha (Part-I)

On the occasion of legendary filmmaker...

The Grain is Always Moving – Eduardo Nunes

Southwest (Sudoeste,...

Sahir Ludhianvi: The People’s Poet

Sahir Ludhianvi is probably the...

Bollywood In Posters: 25-Year-Long Journey With Film Memorabilia

Film historian and archivist...

the only Indian actress whose films have been selected in three of the major international film festivals in the same year

The Power Of Now Is What I Live In – Tannistha Chatterjee

"It’s in a way interesting...

Uttam Kumar – Suchitra Sen: Enduring Magic of the Iconic Romantic Pair

L&C interviews Maitreyee Bhattacharjee...

My City Can Neither Handle Me Nor Ignore Me: Rituparno Ghosh

Everything is...

Timeless Artists Of The World: Liv And Ingmar

This film is for everyone...

‘Putting Together My Passion For India And For Cinema’: Selvaggia Velo On River To River Florence Indian Film Festival

"To...

I Can Act in Any State of Mind: Soumitra Chatterjee Interview

This...

NS Rajan on An Ode to Mohammed Rafi
Thank you, Rachna for your kind words. Rafi was indeed a genius, yet so humble and God fearing that he never came across as a typical celebrity of t...
rachna rajesh on An Ode to Mohammed Rafi
This is so good .. Again, a delight for the students and listeners of Hindi cinema music . The playlist is as encompassing of his talent .. as is pos...
Anuradha Warrier on Sangam – Of Choices and Consequences
@Gandhi Vadlapatla, Thank you so much for the appreciation. I can't begin to tell you how much it means to a writer when their writing resonates wi...
Madhulika Liddle on Jagte Raho: A Night of Truth
Anu, thank you SO much! Coming from you, that is high praise indeed. I am grateful for this opportunity, really I am.
Madhulika Liddle on Jagte Raho: A Night of Truth
It's sad, actually, how Indians tend to value external recognition so much more than internal! I wonder if it's a result of what is generally known as...

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