NEECHA NAGAR / Lowly City (Dir. Chetan Anand, 1946, India) TAXI DRIVER (Dir. Chetan Anand, 1954, India) Trapped amongst the ideological sincerities of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt was Dev Anand – the suave, sardonic and gentlest of screen heroes who came closest to perfecting the charismatic yet unpredictable persona of Hollywood noir Continue reading

This new blog/site will attempt to catalogue and represent my writings on Indian Cinema. Posts will include reviews, essays, video essays and editorials on Indian Cinema ranging from mainstream Hindi cinema to regional output. My main intention is to engage, appreciate and highlight in particular non-Bollywood cinema, offering a platform to films which can sometimes Continue reading

‘They all know me’: Re-imagining the British Muslim in Citizen Khan Introduction: ‘Number One – Citizen Khan’ Citizen Khan has been hyped as the first British Asian sitcom and was broadcast on 27 August at 10.20pm on BBC One. The first episode drew an audience of 3.41 million viewers. The critical response was polarised with Continue reading

I had been under the false impression that when it came to the representation of The Black Panther Party it would be limited to a handful of texts but on closer examination a number of films and documentaries have been made since the 1960s. How significant and decisive these films have been in shaping public Continue reading

Specialist DVD Labels The Criterion Collection (Janus)  Masters of Cinema (Eureka! Entertainment)  Second Run  BFI  Artificial Eye  Mr Bongo  A word of warning before you read on: This letter is in no way definitive and should be best viewed as a working document that is subject to change. Also I’m not sure how accurate I Continue reading