A Longing for Home: An Interview with Theja Rio
In a small, idyllic village in Nagaland, two young boys skip Sunday school to explore on their own. Ade (On a Sunday), a delightful short film in the Tenyidie language shot on 16mm that premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, has lately been making its presence felt at film festivals across the globe. With […]
For the Love of Acting: An Interview with Prashansa Sharma
Actor Prashansa Sharma has lately been in the limelight for her powerful performances in two of the most popular shows on Indian OTT in recent times – Mirzapur and Dahaad. In Mirzapur, her character Radhiya is a fly on the wall, but has been much-discussed over the three seasons of the show. Rooted in theatre […]
The Road Less Travelled
Hemant Chaturvedi, once a Bollywood cinematographer, left the industry and now concentrates full-time on his passion for documentary photography. Till now, he has documented a formidable 1045 single screen theatres across India, and continues to do so. A guy who doesn’t really ‘get bored’ of working on a project for a long time, he has […]
‘SalamKa’
A film projectionist at Pune’s NFAI for many decades, PA Salam, or ‘SalamKa’ as he is fondly known, was recently conferred the Film Heritage Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for Cinema Projection. Sourajit Saha speaks to him on behalf of ind.igenous I might have seen ‘SalamKa’ once or twice at NFAI in my few months as […]
