Govind Nihalani

Like Vidya Balan's Begum Jaan, these books and films also chronicle the Partition of India

From Faiz Ahmed Faiz's Subh-e-azadi to Khushwant Singh's Train to Pakistan, here is a list of books and films that capture the pain and pathos of Partition.

Om Puri's Aakrosh, Ardh Satya director Govind Nihalani: 'He was forever hungry for a good role'

For Om Puri — who passed away on Friday, 6 January 2017 — his big break came with filmmaker-cinematographer-screenwriter Govind Nihalani's Aakrosh(1980) followed by Ardh Satya(1983), Aaghat(1985), Tamas (tele-serial, 1987) and many more thought-provoking and socially relevant films when the parallel cinema movement was at its peak. In an exclusive chat with Firstpost, Nihalani spoke about Puri — an unlikely hero and versatile actor — whose filmography ranged from art cinema to commercial movies and includes even British and American productions

Celebrating Om Puri, one of Bollywood's finest actors, through his best films

Ladakh film fest to focus on women, Aparna Sen to head jury

The second edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF), to be held July 5-7, will have its focus on 'Celebrating Womanhood' and highly acclaimed filmmaker Aparna Sen is joining it as the jury's chairperson this year.

Images: Amitabh Bachchan and family come out in support of girl child

Amitabh Bachchan, wife Jaya, son Abhishek and his wife Aishwarya came out to express their support for a campaign that will work for the improvement of the condition of the girl child. Here are the images.

Govind Nihalani to make Ardh Satya 2

Almost after three decades, veteran filmmaker Govind Nihalani is all set to make a sequel of his 1983 hit cop drama Ardh Satya.