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Violence is a deeply-rooted problem in our society. We need solutions to address this problem and, if not wipe it out altogether (which is a...

Films like 'Gandhi' or 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' may propagate virtues of nonviolence and racial tolerance, but I wonder if t...

Why do filmmakers show violence in their films? Is it to create shock for shock’s sake? Or, is it to communicate an important message that v...

The recent film ‘Blood Diamond’ attempts to influence our ethics, our sense of morality, as consumers while selecting a diamond for purchase...

It’s not everyday that you find a Hollywood film influencing social change. But, with ‘Blood Diamond’, director Edward Zwick may make a diff...

In the past week, while writing about film directors Francois Truffaut and Satyajit Ray, I had brought up the matter of films influencing ou...

“I would like to suggest that the educated audience often uses ‘art’ films in much the same self-indulgent way as the mass audience uses the...

Like me, a lot of avid film-viewers and fans of Satyajit Ray may have wished they had met and spoken to the man Satyajit Ray. Whether you ha...

It’s been said that Satyajit Ray used to believe that if storytelling is wedded to truth, then it is also wedded to art. Although I’m not su...

Around the time Francois Truffaut was bringing in a wave of change in the world of cinema in Europe, closer home, Satyajit Ray was creating ...

“Truffaut’s passion for cinema, the desire that it stirred in him, animates every movie he ever made, every scene, every shot.” – Martin Sco...

“This question has tormented me for thirty years: is the cinema more important than life?” – Francois Truffaut Cinema plays an important par...

Sanjay Gadhavi’s comment (see my previous post) that Indian audiences identify with larger-than-life characters in his film ‘Dhoom:2’ has a ...

To whom is the Hindi/Bollywood film ‘Dhoom:2’ targeted? I asked this question around Mumbai, indiscriminately, sometimes stopping people in ...

Storytelling. Truth. Art. And the cinema. It’s not easy to bring all these elements together, but great filmmakers know how to achieve this ...

In the beginning, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film ‘Babel’ is disconnected and confusing. There are four stories: two in Morocco, one cris...

The coming of the New Year was a somewhat poignant moment for me. It slipped quietly over two days without a song and dance, leaving behind ...

"Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever ...

“The term ‘guided imagery’ refers to a number of different techniques, including visualization; direct suggestion using imagery, metaphor an...

Dreams, daydreams and fantasies are overlooked for all the good they do – or can do – for us. On the contrary, we scold people for fritterin...