Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Category: Indian CInema

KAPURUSH / THE COWARD (Dir. Satyajit Ray, 1965, India) – The choices we make

Bengali Cinema, Charulata, Indian CInema, Melodrama, Satyajit Ray
CHARULATA / THE LONELY WIFE (Dir. Satyajit Ray, 1964, India) – Openings

Bengali Cinema, Indian CInema, Satyajit Ray
ROTI / BREAD (Dir. Mehboob Khan, 1942, India) – Iconoclastic Origins

Indian CInema, Mehboob Khan, Melodrama, Musical, Political Cinema
JAB TAK HAI JAAN / AS LONG AS THERE IS LIFE (Dir. Yash Chopra, 2012, India) – Footnotes

Indian CInema, Melodrama, Shah Rukh Khan, yash chopra, yash raj
The Films of Mani Kaul: USKI ROTI (A Day’s Bread, 1970) – ‘The film is about waiting; it is deliberately slow.’

Cinema of Prayoga, Indian CInema, Mani Kaul, Parallel Cinema, Robert Bresson, Space, Time