Vishal Bhardwaj – TBIP Tête-à-Tête
Makdee was more than Vishal Bhardwaj’s debut feature— it was a promise, a sign of times to come. Times when the line between art and commerce would blur, when we would be treated with real stories,...
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The Delhi Durbar in Full Colour
Array Charles Urban (centre) with the Kinemacolor camera team to film the Coronation Durbar in Delhi (Credit: Luke McKernan) Sythesized colour image of the royal review of imperial troops at the...
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The Actor Who Prepared
Array Poster of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Anirudh Nair ran the distance between the Bollywood dream and the Bollywood reality. Here is his story. I am an actor. It is probably useful at this stage to...
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Lights! Camera! Everything!
Array Poster of Vishwaroopam Drew Barrymore in Scream Poster of Spy Who Loved Me Still from Pulp Fiction Still from Deception Still from Killers Zac O’Yeah on how Indian cinema, unlike Western cinema,...
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On the Back of a Movie Poster
Array Shenky at the weekly Daryaganj Book Bazaar, waiting for his elusive 'VIP' customer He sells hand painted posters for Rs. 200 to Rs. 300. Here he is showing off a poster of Manoj Kumar's Shor to...
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The story of Regal Theatre, where the history of cinema meets the history of the country. The really odd thing about Regal Theatre is the numbers on the back of its seats. Walk by behind a tattered...
View ArticleThe World Before Her
The World Before Her explores the very distinct, very disconcerting universes of the Miss India pageant on the one hand and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s women’s wing, Durga Vahini on the other. On the...
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The Song in Her Heart
Array Image Courtesy: Roli Books Here is TBIP’s pick of five Urdu poems by the actress Meena Kumari, with an introductory note from their translator Noorul Hasan. Meena Kumari needs no...
View ArticleQ – TBIP Tête-à-Tête
Q loves to subvert things. Often, without a cause. He believes wholeheartedly in shock for shock’s sake, as an artistic tool. He is unabashed about this, matter-of-fact about making a mission of his...
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Inside the Colourful and Disturbing World of Guddu Rangila
Array Guddu Rangila, Shantenu Tilwankar for TBIP A profile of Guddu Rangila, one of Bhojpuri cinema’s most popular stars, known particularly for the offensive and lewd songs he sings. On March 28,...
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Back to the Movies
Array Michael Pitt, Eva Green and Louis Garrel in a scene from The Dreamers Guru Dutt in Pyaasa Dooley Wilson as Sam, Humphrey Bogart as Rick and Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa in Casablanca Pragya Tiwari...
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Talking Films with Yash Chopra
Array An interview of Yash Chopra by Rafique Baghdadi, done after he had made Mashaal in 1984. Yash Chopra has been making films from the last thirty-five years. Most of his films have been...
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Alok Nath Uninterrupted
Last year, TBIP documented the work and lives of some of India’s best known ‘character actors’, through a series of photographic portraits and in-depth interviews. In the second part of that series,...
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Back to the Shalimar I & II
Array Shalimar is unlike any other Indian film. Rishi Majumder revisits a non-classic. PART I History rewards victory, not ambition. Pyaasa, Mughal-e-Azam, Sholay, Deewar, Dilwale Dulhania Le...
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