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Ready to produce a film, but don't know how to navigate the legal process? How many types of agreements would you require while producing...

There are a lot of career options in Cinema.Today, a Screen Writer charges anything between Rs.5 lakhs to 50 lakhs and more for a film.

Making movies is a job of passion but at the same time its art and science that requires understanding of market, target audience, geography

The story by Akshat Ghildiyal, set in middle class Delhi’s Central Government quarters remains centre-stage while Priyamvada’s doting husban

Yashraj Films gets 50 per cent marks – for trying. Actually, that’s unfair. The same marks should be divided between performances, concept a

Saadat Hasan Manto was a writer far ahead of his times – at least 75 years ahead. But this measure is rather literal and I am saying this be

The well-known actor Victor Banerjee’s latest outing ‘The Answer’ gives plenty of food for thought – especially since he essays the role of

Here is a genuinely funny film. The wise cracks are novel, treatment different and the genre ‘horror comedy’ (as its maker likes to define i

For a film which had the potential and possibly the vision of examining the very sensitive issue of ‘us’ and ‘them’ (read Hindus and Muslims

Dhulia, Gill and Sheirgill are back. ‘Thanks Gods’? Well, depends on how much you love the franchise. Sheirgill as Saheb a.k.a Vijay Pratap

Set in Udaipur, Dhadak tries to capture the local flavors in its use of the local dialect, Mewari. But it doesn’t capture caste divisions in

Let’s talk about the problematic part first. One of the places where Shaad Ali fails to deliver in Soorma is when Sandeep Singh - portrayed

When you walk into watch Sanju and watch it you should – you will see only Sanjay Dutt. That is right. Please don’t look for Ranbir Kapoor b

Race 3 just doesn’t have that zing and pizzazz. There is a lot of noise - heightened and enhanced by Dolby Atmos but it is only lots of nois

Are producers Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor attempting a version 2.0 of Lipstick Under my Burkha – which they distributed? Because that is i

And the diminutive, petite Alia Bhatt stands the tallest amongst all the others in Raazi – a film that revolves around her and appears as th

Anil Mehta’s cinematography is something you do not even notice when you sit down to watch a film. He keeps it simple, keeps himself out of

Satyajit Rays' 1975 article on film festivals.

When friends rally around but move on because its more practical – remember October When relatives in your hour of crisis stay back only t