Lucknow: Commercialisation has made parallel cinema lose its charm. This was the crux of deliberations by experts during a thought-provoking discussion on ‘Pillars of Parallel Cinema', at The Metaphor ...

If one goes through veteran actor Pankaj Kapur’s recent filmography, one might conclude that he has become quite selective. Last year he had a minor role in the ZEE5 thriller Lost and gave an ...

While making her niche as a serious actress in the clutter of glamorous stars in 1970s, Shabana Azmi's debut coincided with the birth of parallel cinema in India. NEW DELHI: While making her niche as ...

Shanmugam Studio/Wikimedia Images Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan will introduce four of his films at the Logan Center for the Arts. Considering how rarely Indian art cinema is exhibited in Chicago, the ...

Kumar Shahani, one of the pioneers of India’s arthouse parallel cinema movement, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Feb. 24 after a period of illness. He was 83. Shahani studied screenwriting and ...

In my tribute to Vasantha Obeysekere two weeks ago, I noted that Sri Lanka was never really open to the kind of parallel cinema that invaded India. There are reasons for this, prime among them being ...

Today, as we remember the legendary Shyam Benegal, we’re revisiting an insightful interview where Mayank Shekhar caught up with him and Anurag Kashyap to discuss the past 40 years of cinema. Shyam ...

Celebrities are always under public scrutiny. Every step they take or the statements they often make are watched by people. Many celebs often fall prey to trolls or criticism for their statements.

In one of the interviews during the promotion of his film JugJugg Jeeyo, actor Varun Dhawan had said that Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor had started the parallel cinema movement in India. Later, he was ...