Mukti Bhawan

Kashi Labh: Rajat Nayyar's film draws a compelling portrait of those who breathe their last in Varanasi

Rajat Nayyar spent years documenting the dying, and their families, in Kashi. A film based on his research and experiences, Kashi Labh, is an ethnographic study of death and its process.

Beyond Sanju, a look at father-son relationships on screen, from Bicycle Thieves to Mukti Bhawan

Like Sanju, the father-son equations cover a gamut of emotions to tell compelling cinematic stories in international cinema and Hindi films.

Best Bollywood Films 2017: When indies saved the day and the mainstream hit an all-time low

Anna Vetticad's pick of 2017’s best Bollywood films released in theatres is dominated by little indies.

Bollywood Awards 2017: The best director, actors, music and tech wizzes of the year

Anna MM Vetticad gives out awards to the best film, performers, writers, music and technicians of 2017.

Pankaj Tripathi in Newton to Akshaye Khanna in Ittefaq — Bollywood's breakthrough performances in 2017

This year, big Bollywood stars were overshadowed by stand-out or breakthrough performances.

DIFF 2017: Four-day international film festival concludes with Rima Das' Village Rockstars

Dharamshala International Film Festival 2017 screened films like Shubhashish Bhutia's Mukti Bhawan and Konkona Sen Sharma's A Death In The Gunj.

Dharamshala International Film Festival 2017: Adil Hussain's Mukti Bhawan opens to a full house

The Dharamshala International Film Festival will have a range of films screened this year - Mukti Bhawan, A Death in the Gunj, Machines, Village Rockstar, to name a few.

Adil Hussain: Films like Force 2 and Commando 2 subsidise my involvement in indie cinema

Adil Hussain on returning to theatre, his experience on working on Mukti Bhawan and getting typecast in Bollywood.

Mukti Bhawan movie review: A heartwarming tragicomic tale about life, death and reconciliation

This is the most significant achievement of Shubhashish Bhutiani’s debut feature Mukti Bhawan is how he deals with the inevitability of death.

Mukti Bhawan director on his debut feature: 'People check-in to die in this Varanasi guesthouse':

Mukti Bhawn premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, where 25-year-old Bhutiani was awarded the Prix Enrico Fulchignoni by the UNESCO jury. It stars Adil Hussain, Lalit Behl and will release in April.