Dilip Kumar was Indian cinema's first and most influential Khan - an extraordinary force that inspired generations of actors
His films hinge on people who seek to break free from the tyranny of expectation. Defiantly, they go "nowhere"
Book review of Bollywood Does Battle: The War Movie and the Indian Popular Imagination
Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday
More than two-third of Indian cinema's revenues were wiped out last year
In a conversation with Ritwik Sharma, Benegal recalls their partnership and what made Bhatia a very special music director
Trained in art at Bombay's J J School of Art, and Baroda's Maharaja Sayajirao University, he drew on a vast treasure of mythological lore
The pandemic has devastated the film business. It will take years to pick up the pieces. Part 1 of a two-part series
Maharashtra has localised lockdowns and night curfew in place; and restrictions are increasing in states such as Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi as the daily caseload increases
Permission to operate at full capacity, healthy content pipeline fuel optimism
Book review of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life
The country's biggest cinema operator, which runs about 835 screens across 71 cities, is currently operating most theaters at half capacity due to Covid-related restrictions
Yasser Usman, author of Guru Dutt: An Unfinished Story, speaks to Chintan Girish Modi on Guru Dutt's life
An experienced biographer of Bollywood stars offers a fine understanding of the overlap between the actor-filmmaker's personal and professional life
The 51st edition of the International Film Festival of India begins in Goa today
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians and put them off its national pride, cinema
VJ Chitra's husband Hemnath was arrested after he was questioned for several days
The screen guises he donned, be it for Ray or other directors, projected a modern man vacillating between personal urges and social constraints
President Ram Nath Kovind said the Indian cinema has lost one of its legends with the passing of iconic Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who made an immense contribution to the craft of acting