Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Author: Omar Ahmed

KHARIJ / THE CASE IS CLOSED (Dir. Mrinal Sen, 1982, India)

Auteur, Bengali Cinema, Indian CInema, Melodrama, middle class cinema, Mrinal Sen, Political Cinema
PALE FLOWER / KAWAITA HANA (Dir. Masahiro Shinoda, 1964, Japan)

1960s World Cinema, Crime, Criterion, Japanese Cinema, Japanese New Wave, Noir, Yakuza
SINGHAM (Dir. Rohit Shetty, India, 2011) – Return of The ‘Hard Body’

Action, Ajay Devgan, Hard Body, Indian CInema, Rohit Shetty, Rural, Salman Khan, The Village, Thriller
THE APU TRILOGY / APUR SANSAR (Dir. Satyajit Ray, 1959, India) – The Wandering Soul

apu trilogy, Bengali Cinema, Indian CInema, Satyajit Ray, video essay
DELHI BELLY – (Dir. Abhinay Deo, 2011, India)

Aamir Khan, comedy, Crime, Indian CInema, Postmodern cinema, The Indian Multiplex Film