Motherhood
All Stories for Motherhood
Falguni Shah on winning Grammy for Best Children's Music Album: 'Turned singer-songwriter when I became a mom'
Natalia Ningthoujam •"You can never expect a Grammy, but there is always a chance. You can always hope and wish for it, which I did," says US-based Indiana artist Falguni Shah in an exclusive interview.
Oscars 2022: From The Lost Daughter to Parallel Mothers, motherhood unites most Best Actress nominations
Lgo •A concept that transcends languages and cultures, motherhood is present in all its glory with much honesty in most Oscars 2022 nominees. We get to see happy mothers, ranting mothers, supportive mothers, sacrificing mothers, selfish mothers, and more.
Penelope Cruz on reuniting with Pedro Almodovar in yet another motherhood tale, Oscar-nominated Parallel Mothers
•“I have a smile on my face now because Parallel Mothers gave me so much, and made me feel so alive creatively. I was emotionally exhausted but, at the same time, enjoying every second," says Penelope Cruz.
How shows like The Fame Game, and films like Tribhanga, Shakuntala Devi are finally embracing the idea of flawed motherhood
Archita Kashyap •A common theme in the West, the idea of flawed motherhood and the mother's guilt had been pushed under the carpet by Hindi cinema for the longest time because it is uncomfortable to address.
With Petite Maman, Celine Sciamma addresses cyclic nature of motherhood and loss through sisterhood
Poulomi Das •Unlike other time-loop movies, Petite Maman does not feel like an exercise in wishfulness but instead, a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see your loved ones as the people they are too tired to be any longer.
With The Lost Daughter, director Maggie Gyllenhaal gives unique spin to well-known tropes of art cinema narratives
Indranil Bhattacharya •The influences of filmmaking greats like Asghar Farhadi and Ingmar Bergman are quite evident in The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut on Netflix, starring Olivia Colman.
The Kriti Sanon interview | 'With films like Mimi, I get more comfortable with the idea of growing as an actor'
Devanshsharma •In an exclusive interview, Kriti Sanon discusses the leap she has taken as an actor in Mimi, collaborating again with Luka Chuppi director Laxman Utekar, and returning to the small-town template after her breakthrough Bareilly Ki Barfi.
Natkhat movie review: Vidya Balan silently but effectively battles patriarchy in her debut short film
Devanshsharma •With a fine blend of soaring imagination and hard-hitting realities, Natkhat hits the sweet spot between hope and awareness.
Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan looks the part in a problematic but significant bio
Annavetticad •Shakuntala Devi's writers seem awkward about homosexuality and conflicted in their approach to a woman who was not made for domesticity.
Mare of Easttown: Kate Winslet show is an examination of the love and loss embedded in motherhood
Kusumita Das •A whodunit is not typically a genre one would expect to be a study of anything maternal, but Mare of Easttown is not your quotidian guilty-pleasure crime television.