Anil S Arora

Talking to Sabiha Sumar about Khamosh Pani Dec 31, 1969

Anil Saari Arora talked to Sabiha Sumar at New Delhi, where the Pakistani filmmaker and her husband, producer S. Sathanandan, have presently set up base.

Documenting the Pain of 1984 Dec 31, 1969

The film Amu attempts to delineate the trauma that haunts the children whose lives are forever wounded by communal riots

What is Wrong with Shahrukh Khan? Dec 31, 1969

As an old time film-addict, I fear that the problem begins with the new Shah Rukh Khan image that we now see. Both ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ and ‘Devdas’ were designed not for an actor designated to play a certain characterization, but for a

Johnny Walker Dec 31, 1969

Despite our re-assuring self-glorification about having one of the biggest and most vibrant cinemas in the world, film studies in India are in such a sterile state that we cannot say whether Johnny Walker was born in 1924 or 1925.

Trapped In A Communal Riot Dec 31, 1969

movie review - ‘Mr & Mrs Iyer’

Bollywood's Stellar Women Dec 31, 1969

two women revolutionized the film industry’s fundamental dogma

Bollywood Gupshup Dec 31, 1969

Sex in the Indian Family Dec 31, 1969

A review of Somnath Sen’s film ‘Leela’

Truly Devdas Dec 31, 1969

Salman Khan has gone on to prove that he is actually as self-destructive as Sarat Chandra’s Devdas

What Went Wrong With Devdas Dec 31, 1969

all poetry should make sense in terms of the living experience

Movie: Devdas [Cohabiting with Technique] Dec 31, 1969

Is it going to be another Pakeezah in the hall of fame or not?

Movie: Monsoon Wedding Dec 31, 1969

The film has a bevy of outstanding performances

Caste, Technology and Religious Conversions in India Dec 31, 1969

the segregation of human ability and skill from one’s social status has perpetuated an imbalanced perspective about how economic processes work

Movie: Veer Savarkar Dec 31, 1969

many aspects and personalities of the freedom movement, whose memory had been swept under the carpet, are now being gradually resurrected on the national scene

Movie: Asoka Dec 31, 1969

The bare midriff is what the contemporary Indian filmmaker seems to cinematize best these days

Movie: Chandni Bar Dec 31, 1969

starkly worded statement on the fears and horrors of daily life on the seamier side of the urban divide