“I want real people in the films.”
Samira Makhmalbaf on her films, her process, her philosophy and her family.
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– Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychologist, influential thinker and founder of analytical psychology.
View ArticleShilpi Satyajit
13 of Satyajit Ray's most stunning artworks and Jayanti Sen's notes on the same.
View ArticleEye of the Beholder: Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman on adaptation, Polanski, exile and how he might even write a Bollywood film.
View ArticleNawazuddin Siddiqui – The TBIP Tête-à-Tête
Nawazuddin Siddiqui on his struggle, his process and becoming Bollywood's most unlikely star.
View ArticleSuper Days
Namita Gokhale's essay on the 'super' film magazine she edited in the seventies.
View ArticlePlaces Other Than This
Deepanjana Pal on the relevance of art direction in Hindi movies and trends in the profession.
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The Hands that Rock the Cradle
Array Poster of Kalimannu Actress Shwetha Menon’s decision to incorporate footage of her giving birth to her daughter in a film has led to an outcry. A TBIP report. It is not uncommon for a woman to...
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Big City Boy
Array Poster of The Lunchbox A screenshot from The Lunchbox A still from The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra (c) Lamachere / Semaine de la Critique Ritesh Batra on his relationship with the city he grew up in,...
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Footprints on Sand
Array A screenshot of Najmul Hasan from Nartaki Nathan G’s photo essay on a quirky film fandom that has come up on Chennai’s Marina Beach. Photographer’s Note: I think it was in the month of...
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The Man who Missed the Train
Array A screenshot of Najmul Hasan from Nartaki The past is not a foreign country but it is certainly largely undiscovered. In TBIP’s History Corner we bring to you stories, characters and anecdotes...
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Birth of an Industry
Array Devika Rani and Himanshu Rai during the Golden Era of Bombay Talkies Niranjan Pal A still from The Light Of Asia/ Prem Sanyas A still from Karma Poster of Achhut Kanya Poster of Janam Bhoomi...
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The Mirror Cracked
Array Firoz Khan halfway through towards becoming Amitabh Bachchan, Shantenu Tilwankar for TBIP Firoz gearing up for the photo-shoot, Shantenu Tilwankar for TBIP Firoz spontaneously posing when a...
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6 FOR THE ROAD
Array White Russian | Photo: Kavi Bhansali Martinez | Photo: Kavi Bhansali Storm in a Teacup | Photo: Kavi Bhansali Pai Mei’s 5 Point Palm Exploding Heart | Photo: Kavi Bhansali Pink Gin | Photo: Kavi...
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Planet of the Natives
Array A still from Oonga A still from Oonga A still from Oonga Devashish Makhija on the sets of Oonga A still from Oonga A new film that tries to get to the heart of the crisis of the tribals,...
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MAMI – A Retrospective
Array Ekta Kapoor TBIP chronicles the life of one of India’s best known film festivals, from its inception till now, through the ups and the downs. On September 25, 2013, the Mumbai Film Festival’s...
View ArticleEye of the Beholder: Vikram Chandra
Vikram Chandra is a writer. His first book Red Earth and Pouring Rain (1995) won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book and the David Higham Prize for Fiction. A collection of short...
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