NOTES ON INDIAN CINEMA #1 2017
THE KARMA KILLINGS dir. Ram Devineni, 2016 However suspect Netflix may be in plugging the distribution-exhibition blind spot when it comes alternative, independent Indian cinema, Indian documentaries are certainly a … Continue reading
REVELATIONS (Dir. Vijay Jayapal, 2016, India)
Revelations is about the inadequacies and vulnerabilities of relationships. Writer and director Vijay Jayapal crafts four memorable characters and appreciatively gives them time to grow. In doing so the director … Continue reading
Canonizing Indian Parallel Cinema – Part 1: The foundational years/developmental phase (1968 – 1974)
There is a general consensus that Indian Parallel Cinema officially started in 1969 with the triptych of Bhuvan Shome, Uski Roti and Sara Akash. In 1968 B.K. Karanjia, former editor … Continue reading
Mehboob’s AAN (1952) – Indian Cinema’s entry into Europe
This latest piece on Aan is part of an on going series of tentative writings and research on the films of Mehboob Khan – earlier posts have focused on Roti … Continue reading
