‘I choose films that appeal to me’

  AWARD-WINNING actress Konkona Sen Sharma will continue to star in English and Bengali films as she feels Hindi cinema alone is not everything. Konkana made her acting debut in 2000, with Bengali film Ek Je Aachhe Kanya, in which she played a negative role. She then acted in another

Indian films shine at Cannes Film Festival

INDIA’S prominence at the ongoing 66th Cannes Film Festival could be gauged not just by the star turn ...

Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image

INDIAN movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that thei ...

‘Ugly’ film about Mumbai dark side

A DECADES-OLD rivalry between a Bollywood wannabe and a brutal police chief shines a light on Mumbai’s dar ...

Hearthrob to dreaded gangster

WHETHER it’s the mega-star cast, the sexy item numbers, the fact that it is based on a real-life incident ...

India and Cannes - an enduring relationship

  INDIA is the ‘guest country’ at this year’s Cannes Film Festival which runs from Ma ...

• India and Cannes - an enduring relationship
• The Great Gatsby to open Cannes Film Festival
• Author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85

• Director Dibakar Banerjee marks Bollywood’s 100 years with ‘Bombay Talkies’
• Aamir wanted to make a film on cinema centenary
• Tent cinema returns with Hunterwali, rare silent movies

• Indian Oscar winner pulls out of Pakistan festival
• Ravi Shankar daughter accepts Grammy for late legend
• Shankar Mahadevan, Farhan Akhtar to perform at Indiafest

• Film highlights link between girls’ education and poverty
• At last, Vishwaroopam hits screens in Tamil Nadu, fans celebrate
• Kamal Haasan film irks Muslim wrath, banned in Tamil Nadu

• ‘Ugly’ film about Mumbai dark side
• Hearthrob to dreaded gangster
• Vidya Balan sees golden age for Indian cinema