Our Ultimate Guide To India’s New Wave: 10 Essential Parallel Cinema Gems
Led by Shyam Benegal, Mani Kaul, Govind Nihalani and Saeed Mirza, Hindi parallel cinema advocated uncompromising realism. Its influence can still be felt on contemporary
Read MoreA Sci-fi and Manga Fiend, Sahej Rahal’s Art Blends Comics, History and Myth
The Mumbai-based artist presents an alternate civilization with ‘Juggernaut,’ a world of dystopia and local legends
Read MoreFinding Absurdity: Pratap Morey’s New Solo Decodes Mumbai’s Ever-Changing Cityscape
Pratap Morey investigates Mumbai’s notorious lack of spaces, the haphazard and rapid gentrification in the last few decades
Read MoreArtist Krishen Khanna Talks About His Long Friendship with the Late Sayed Haider Raza
Sayed Haider Raza’s art engaged with the transcendental realities. He evolved his own style, known as the meditative ‘bindu’
Read MoreICONIC – A Fashion Film For Bridelan Jaipur III
Jaipur is ICONIC. Creating a new voice of bridal fashion and aesthetics in the universe of Indian fine jewellery
Read More‘I Watched Every Film in a Video Parlour:’ Nitesh Tiwari, The Director’s Cut
Filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari reminisces about his early life and the advertising stint before entering Bollywood
Read More‘B Movies Were Giving a Finger to Bollywood and I Really Liked That:’ Daddy director
Filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia talks about the influence of Mumbai on his filmography. He also revisits his films Miss Lovely and Daddy
Read More‘If You Want To Say Something You Might As Well Say Interestingly:’ Rakeysh Mehra
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is a Delhi boy. Here he talks about the Capital, his influences and his key film, Rang De Basanti
Read MoreA Master of Pulp Fiction: Director Sriram Raghavan’s Heart of Darkness
Sriram Raghavan knows how to pump out thrilling capers, with their delicious pulpy flavour very much intact
Read More‘Stories Have Medicinal Qualities. They Can Heal But Can Also Turn You Sick’
Kamal Swaroop’s Om-Dar-Ba-Dar is an underground cult outside the ambit of anything that Hindi cinema has ever seen
Read MoreGulzar’s Lesson to Vishal Bhardwaj: ‘In Cinema, Emotion is Stronger Than Logic’
Vishal Bhardwaj talks about the influence of William Shakespeare and Gulzar on his filmography. He also revisits his films Maqbool and Haider
Read MoreA Painter on a Paris Pilgrimage
Drunk on Hemmingway, modern art and Woody Allen, an artist goes nosing around yesterday’s art havens in Paris
Read MoreTracing S.H. Raza to the French Riviera
What drew the modernist master to Gorbio, a hilltop hamlet near Nice? An admirer drives up to find out
Read MoreToast to Tbilisi
Tiny but historically rich, Georgia is shaking off its Soviet past to stride into the spotlight
Read MoreBaku Through a Poet’s Eyes
Azerbaijan’s Nasimi Festival brings out Baku’s beauty as scholars and poetry lovers descend upon this artistic epicentre
Read MoreCoast To Coast
Melbourne has chic food, buzzing nightlife and great coffee culture. But for unspoiled Aussie splendour, hit the Great Ocean Road
Read MoreMuseum Hopping
Moscow’s museums are reshaping our thoughts about art, its purpose, and influence on contemporary society
Read MoreDreaming of Home
‘Films That Take Us Home’ is a Conde Nast Traveller mini-series where the Indian diaspora discusses films and nostalgia
Read MoreIn Search of Modern Art
From SH Raza to Akbar Padamsee, nobody really knew what modern art was. It was Paris that nudged them towards modernit
Read MoreDirector’s Special
Hansal Mehta, Nagesh Kukunoor and Onir on their love affairs with Mumbai, Hyderabad and Srinagar
Read MoreIn the Garden of Earthly Delights
Jayasri Burman refashions the Hindu pantheon into her own private dreamscape of feminine and divine beauty
Read More1970s Numero Uno
Despite his good looks and the only voice that could match Bachchan’s, fame did not come instantly to Vinod Khanna
Read More100 Years of Ray
Satyajit Ray changed cinema with poetic realism and humanist concerns, turning the medium into an art form
Read MoreMan from Another Sky
Exploring Saadat Hasan Manto’s Bollywood years in the 1940s and his portraits (and friendships) of the matinee idols
Read MoreSoulful Voice
Just imagine the world of Bollywood playback singing if Geeta Dutt hadn’t died at a relatively young age of 41
Read MoreAn Old Coot in Love
10 years of Ishqiya’s ‘Dil toh baccha hai ji’: The Naseer-Vidya Balan number plays out like a fantasy of an old man loopy in love
Read MoreYoung Beats
Mani Ratnam at 65: Even though ‘Made in Madras’ his youthful and spry songs speak to all of urban India
Read MoreBig B: Banner Year
1981 saw seven Amitabh Bachchan releases, including his only Punjabi appearance in Walayati Babu
Read MoreThe Trojan Horse of Karnan
Dhanush’s recent films have addressed issues like land and caste politics, feudalism, injustice and police violence
Read MoreCelebrating 60 Years of James Bond
Is James Bond a suave charmer or a misogynist dinosaur, as Judi Dench’s M put it?
Read MoreMove over ‘Hallyu,’ the ‘Malyu’ is here
With their cutting-edge stories and technical virtuosity, the impact of Malayaman New Wave cinema is now being felt outside Kerala
Read MoreEchoing Lost Childhoods And Vanishing Homes
Baaraan Ijlal’s cross-disciplinary practice straddles multiple mediums and forms of expression
Read MoreThe Unbearable Lightness of Dissent
Shilpa Gupta’s immersive works interrogate censorship and celebrate language
Read MoreIndian-Origin Inspired By Their Own Ancestry
Asha Vaidyanath and Zakee Shariff bring a personal spin to Park Royal Design District 2022
Read MoreOlive Ridleys Have Put Lost Velas On The Map
Konkani villages like Velas and Anjarle are being saved by the endangered Olive Ridley turtles they work to protect
Read MoreShailesh B.R Marries David Hockney With Henri Matisse
The solo exhibition Shooting Stars tell a compelling parable about the nature of rituals and myths
Read MoreSudhir Patwardhan: The People’s Painter
An anthology maps Sudhir Patwardhan’s interpretation of Mumbai’s struggles, hopes and aspirations
Read MoreHusain in Dubai
In 2006, MF Husain made UAE his home. The decision was a “game-changer,” according to friends
Read MoreWant to See Some Stimulating Art This Month? Here’s Our Curated Guide For You
A roundup of five art shows across India to mark on your calendar this May
Read MorePhotographer Sunil Gupta Challenges the Limits of Queer Aesthetics
The New Delhi-born Gupta has been a major voice for gay freedom
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