Dear Zindagi and the call to end mandatory maata-pitaa worship: Bravo, Kaira and Gauri Shinde
Anna Mm Vetticad • 9 years agoIf the notoriously snail-like, risk-averse Hindi film industry can evolve to a point where it has stuck its neck out in our parent-adoring society to produce a Dear Zindagi, it is time to initiate a widespread public conversation about troubling questions relating to parenthood
Memories of a Machine: Does this short film inadvertently condone child sexual abuse?
Theladiesfinger • 9 years agoMemories of a Machine, a Malayalam short film by Shailaja Padindala featuring actress Kani Kusruti, has come under heavy criticism for 'normalising' child sexual abuse
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, Dokhtar by Reza Mirkarimi impress on day three of IFFI 2016
Rupleenabose • 9 years agoDenis Villeneuve’s new film Arrival and Dokhtar by Reza Mirkarimi were among the noteworthy screenings on day three of IFFI 2016
Dear Zindagi to Lamhe: Love stories with an age difference have a mixed box office record
Gautam Chintamani • 9 years agoAlia Bhatt-Shah Rukh Khan in Dear Zindagi might not be paired as romantically as popular Hindi cinema might be used to, but if it works it could help the genre of May-December romances become more real
Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman is an examination of morality, humiliation: IFFI 2016 diary
Rupleenabose • 9 years agoIn Asghar Farhadi’s new film The Salesman, screened at the ongoing IFFI 2016 in Goa, a married couple — Emad and Rana — tries to come to terms with a life-changing tragedy