Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Author: Omar Ahmed

ACE IN THE HOLE / THE BIG CARNIVAL (Dir. Billy Wilder, 1951, US) – Rotten to the Core

Auteur, Billy Wilder, Hollywood Cinema, Kirk Douglas, Media, Noir, Political Cinema
BOMBAY TALKIE (Dir. James Ivory, 1970, US/India) – ‘Typewriter, Tip, Tip, Tip…’

Gender, Genre, Indian CInema, Melodrama, Merchant and Ivory, Star
SADGATI / DELIVERANCE (Dir. Satyajit Ray, 1981, India) – High and Low

Bengali Cinema, Indian CInema, New Indian Cinema, Om Puri, Political Cinema, Rural, Satyajit Ray, Smita Patel, The Village
UDAAN / FLIGHT (Dir. Vikramaditya Motwa, 2010, India) – Breaking Away

Anurag Kashyap, Coming of Age, Indian CInema, UTV, Youth
ISHQIYA (Dir. Abhishek Chaubey, 2010, India) – Rural Noir

Indian CInema, Naseeruddin Shah, Noir, The Village