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Suparna Sharma
Berlinale: A teacher, a porn clip and the hypocrisy of a nation
Radu Jude’s 'Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn', won the Golden Bear award for Best Film at the 71st International Film Festival of Berlin
05 Mar 2021 9:28 PM
#Metoo: Court throws out Akbar's defamation case against Ramani
Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court
17 Feb 2021 9:37 PM
Churuli: When gibberish pretends to have meaning
The eagle eye view injects mystery and suspense to the film
13 Feb 2021 9:28 PM
'Serious Men' review: Ancient prejudice posing as a post-liberal narrative
Sudhir Mishra's film based on Manu Joseph's book tells the story of a calculative Dalit on the sidelines of science
04 Oct 2020 1:40 PM
TIFF Diary | Meet Greta, a real ‘pain the a*se’ of world leaders
'I Am Greta' challenges the rightwing’s concerted attempts to dehumanise this incredible school kid
19 Sep 2020 6:21 PM
TIFF Diary: The mendacity of Duranty and the truth of Mr Jones
Agnieszka Holland’s film 'Mr Jones' takes us back to a famine in Ukraine of the early 1990s
16 Sep 2020 12:16 AM
TIFF Diary: At last, the female gaze upon the world of yakuza
In Under the Open Sky, Miwa Nishikawa makes a foray into a genre that has until now been the preserve of alpha-male directors
14 Sep 2020 9:52 AM
TIFF diary: The audacity of Regina King and an imagined evening
'One Night In Miami', about a fictional conversation between Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, Cassius Clay is a sure-shot Oscar contender
12 Sep 2020 4:35 PM
TIFF Diary: Here at last, a film fest you can watch in your pajamas
The Toronto International Film Festival gets going with digital screenings and virtual red carpets
11 Sep 2020 2:45 PM
The feminism of Churails: Sometimes fiery, sometimes faux
But towards that end, it's is an excellent start
07 Sep 2020 12:31 AM
Sadak 2: This road to boredom is paved with eighties' cliches
Watching Sadak 2 felt like he had regurgitated the indigestibles of Sadak, which wasn’t a great film to begin with
30 Aug 2020 6:38 PM
Shakuntala Devi review: A feminist in a sexist setting
Along with Shakuntala Devi's dazzling mind, the film wants us to also see the warts and ugliness of this “amazing” woman
02 Aug 2020 3:08 PM
Indian Matchmaking: When girls do the checking out
The Netflix series shows that the marriage market is no longer in the control of boy log and Mummyjis
26 Jul 2020 1:50 PM
Dil Bechara review: Sushant Singh Rajput shines and overwhelms in his last film
Dil Bechara cradles an overwhelming grief over an approaching death
26 Jul 2020 12:21 PM
Bulbbul review | A fiercely feminist tale with characters from classic myths
Bulbbul’s story and story-telling are both shrouded in mist and mystery. It finds power in stuff left unsaid.
28 Jun 2020 6:11 PM
Aarya review | Yes, women’s heads and feet turn in rage
Aarya is based on the Dutch series Penoza (meaning, the underworld), which began airing in 2010, was a huge hit and went on for five seasons
28 Jun 2020 5:52 PM
Suparna Sharma | The etiquette of dying
In certain cultures, certain suicides are deemed honourable
21 Jun 2020 5:25 PM
Mirza Chunnan Nawab aur Fatima Mahal ki gajab prem kahani
In Gulabo Sitabo, Fatima Mahal is both, a character and the set it is the stage that carries, encases and showcases its cast of characters
14 Jun 2020 6:57 PM
Choked review: A plumbing miracle that loses the plot
Choked is concerned mostly with the family of three wife Sarita, husband Sushant and their bright but often neglected son, Sameer
07 Jun 2020 5:07 PM
Panchayat is about small-small baatein, petty politics
The show, which follows the slow pace of life in the village, has an excellent ensemble of actors and characters
19 May 2020 9:22 PM
Columns
If Narendra Modi and his 56-inch chest is the epitome of male power, the barely 60-inch frame of Ms Banerjee is the epitome of woman power
It may appear far-fetched but there is a connection between the West Bengal election and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s future
A neighbour, an amateur historian, happens to believe that all good things come from India
Frankly, in my view, Freedom House, the Washington based global democracy watchdog, should be booked by our ever-vigilant govt for sedition