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Kartik Aaryan recalls failed auditions

Kartik Aaryan recalls failed auditions

22 July 2024 11:04 PM IST
Kartik Aaryan wowed fans with his epic transformation in his last movie, the sports drama ‘Chandu Champion’. The actor has come a long way from...
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Madonna gets candid about her struggle with motherhood

Madonna gets candid about her struggle with motherhood

19 Jan 2023 10:28 PM IST
The Queen of Pop, Madonna, opened up about the struggles of motherhood, confessing it has been ‘the most difficult battle’. The ‘Hung Up’ hitmaker...
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Painting a picture
"Broken Lines and Rainbows" | Painting a picture

Author: Raja Chakraborty

Publisher: Hawakal Publishers

Price: 350

Raja Chakraborty’s creative repertoire includes verse collections in both English and Bengali. While...

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India’s irrepressible gadfly
"Rebels with a Cause" | India’s irrepressible gadfly

Author: TT Ram Mohan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

In early 2014, Arundhati Roy wrote a lengthy introduction to one of B.R. Ambedkar’s most powerful...

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Star of the Millennium
"Amitabh Bachchan: A Kaleidoscope" | Star of the Millennium

Author: Pradeep Chandra & Vikas Chandra Sinha

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 1500

Don is the only Hindi film directed by Chandra Barot. Both Don and Barot have interesting histories....

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Building India’s technological edifice
"Midnight's Machines: A Political History of Technology in India" | Building India’s technological edifice

Author: Arun Mohan Sukumar

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

Technology has always been detrimental in a nation’s progress and its standing in the world. The...

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Agitating the chessboard
"Mapping the Great Game" | Agitating the chessboard

Author: Riaz Dean

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

The Great Game has an interesting place in history. During its course, its players considered the...

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Weeding out culpability and repentance
"No Regrets: The Guilt-Free Woman's Guide to a Good Life" | Weeding out culpability and repentance

Author: Kaveree Bamzai

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 299

Complete women are those who can obey every word of their parents before marriage, take good care of...

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Socio-political canvas of Myanmar
"The Lacquered Curtain of Burma" | Socio-political canvas of Myanmar

Author: Eugene Lawrence

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 495

March 26, 1971: Bangladesh, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declares its independence from Pakistan....

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Confronting adversity & inequality
"Lady, you're the boss" | Confronting adversity & inequality

Author: Apurva Purohit

Publisher: Westland

Price: 299

It is critical for men to understand the thought processes of women and recognise that their...

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Post-Colonial Assam
"Assam’s shifting geopolitical landscape" | Post-Colonial Assam

Author: Mrinal Talukdar

Publisher: Nanda Talukdar Foundation & Kaziranga Books

Price: 800

Mrinal Talukdar’s new book Post-Colonial Assam (1947-2019) covers 72 years of Assam’s political...

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CADENCE and FOOTPRINTS OF LIFE
"Kaifi Azmi" | CADENCE and FOOTPRINTS OF LIFE

Author: Sudeep Sen

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: 499

Poetry can provide genuine solace, pleasure and a sense of connection. But it is the language,...

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The anchorage of Bangladesh’s liberation
"Operation X" | The anchorage of Bangladesh’s liberation

Author: Sandeep Unnithan and Capt. M N R Samant (MVC)

Publisher: Harper Collins

Price: 499

After Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won an electoral mandate to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the...

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From steam engines to metros
"A Short History of Indian Railways" | From steam engines to metros

Author: Rajendra B Aklekar

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 295

Rajendra B. Aklekar’s first work of non-fiction was Halt Station India- The Dramatic Tale of the...

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Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

"One Mic Stand" | Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

Director: Sapan Verma

Star Cast: Shashi Tharoor, Bhuvan Bam, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha

Skip to episode five and watch Shashi Tharoor and Kunal Kamra’s gigs if you are in speedwatching...

Humour in a time warp

"Motichoor Chaknachoor" | Humour in a time warp

Director: Debamitra Biswal

Star Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Athiya Shetty

The biggest killjoy for a joke is a situation where you have figured out its punchline long before...

Sensitive but soppy

"The Sky Is Pink" | Sensitive but soppy

Director: Shonali Bose

Star Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Zaira Wasim

The statutory note first: Don’t forget a box of tissues. Sky, pink or white – take your pick in...

A tribute to the era of 80’s

"Pranaam" | A tribute to the era of 80’s

Director: Sanjiv Jaiswal

Star Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Sameksha Singh, Vikram Gokhle

The Eighties films in Bollywood were all about revenge and drama, when the hero-turned-villain was...

Frothy adventure

"Dora and the Lost City of Gold" | Frothy adventure

Director: James Bobin

Star Cast: Isabela Moner, Eva Longoria, Danny Trejo

Despite a strong cast, clean fun with the perils of adventure and teen angst, Director James Bobin’s...

Message in a Mess

"Khandaani Shafakhana" | Message in a Mess

Director: Shilpi Dasgupta

Star Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Sharma, Priyanshu Jora

Sex is not a dirty word. Khandaani Shafakhana opens with that intrepid assertion. A little over a...

Super 30 anything but super

"Super 30" | Super 30 anything but super

Director: Vikas Bahl

Star Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Mrunal Thakur, Pankaj Tripathi

The film is a biopic of Patna-based educationist Anand Kumar (played by Hrithik Roshan), a math wiz...

A compelling film with social message

"Nakkash" | A compelling film with social message

Director: Zaigham Imam

Star Cast: Inaamulhaq, Sharib Hashmi, Kumud Mishra, Pawan Tiwari, Rajesh Sharma and Gulki Joshi

Religion often creates conflict if not preached and understood properly. Though meant to unite...

More personal than cricket

"22 Yards" | More personal than cricket

Director: Mitali Ghoshal

Star Cast: Barun Sobti, Amartya Ray, Chaiti Ghoshal, Rajit Kapoor, Panchi Bora, Geetika Tyagi, Rajeev Sharma

22 Yards is a cricket film that’s not actually about cricket. The actual game takes up less than 15...

Familiar but taut thriller

"Escape Room" | Familiar but taut thriller

Director: Adam Robitel

Star Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Tyler Labine, Deborah Ann Woll, Nik Dodani, Jay Ellis

Adam Robitel’s Escape Room is a taut thriller that surely keeps you enthralled. It is an escape room...

Jack and Dil: Goes down the hill

"“Jack and Dil”" | Jack and Dil: Goes down the hill

Director: Sachin P Karande

Star Cast: Amit Sadh, Sonal Chauhan, Arbaaz Khan, Evelyn Sharma

For serious lovers of cinema in India, “romantic comedy”, have become muted words in the last few...

Bollywood salutes a true hero

"“Soorma”" | Bollywood salutes a true hero

Director: Shaad Ali

Star Cast: Diljit Dosanjh, Tapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi, Satish Kaushik, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Vijay Raaz

At a time when supposedly responsible filmmakers are glorifying gangsters, terrorists and sociopaths...

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