Critical Analysis “Masaan”- Life, Death and Beyond by Ananya Verma 6 Apr 20267 Apr 2026 “मुसाफ़िर हैं हम भी, मुसाफ़िर हो तुम भी किसी मोड़ पर फिर मुलाक़ात होगी।” As the sun shines on the stories of Devi and Deepak, there is chaos and conflict…
Personal Essay Column By Chance by Spandana 7 Dec 20257 Dec 2025 The story of me and my film column on our first anniversary Frames and Flashes turns one today! As I sit down to write this anniversary column, I feel a…
Critical Analysis… Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par (Pyaasa, 1957): Between the Craftsmanship of Sahir Ludhianvi & the Genius of Guru Dutt by Zainab S Qazi 30 Nov 20253 Dec 2025 It is one's miserable fate to watch something as reflective as Pyaasa (1957) for the first time in the centenary year of Guru Dutt, nearly seventy years after the film's…
Personal Essay Writing About Sholay by Purbasha Roy 18 Nov 20253 Dec 2025 In Jaipur’s Raj Mandir Cinema, a special screening of Ramesh Sippy’s blockbuster film Sholay was held in August on the completion of 50 years of its release. IIFA's 25th edition…
Critical Analysis… Smiling with a burnt heart by Spandana 14 Sep 20253 Dec 2025 In Dino and Qayde Se from Anurag Basu’s Metro films are the soundtracks of my one-sided love story Metro… In Dino is on Netflix. As is its spiritual prequel, Life…
Critical Analysis In Paris, to not be: An essay on how the cultural gaze shapes women’s cinematic journeys by Muskaan Chaudhary 21 Aug 202521 Aug 2025 There are few industries as familiar with stories of love as Bollywood. It would not be going too far to bet that for every bright covered chick lit novel, there…
Critical Analysis The Evil Dentist Trope by Agrima Thakur & Meghna Mukhopadhyay 8 Jun 20253 Dec 2025 The experience of excruciating dental pain has stood the test of time. Shakespeare once wrote, “For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently." Artists have…
Critical Analysis… Let’s talk about Sita and Gita by Spandana 23 Mar 20253 Dec 2025 Many years ago, two women on-screen showed me how to dream without hesitation and love without desperation No, not the 1972 Hema Malini film. This column is about Sita from…
Fan Culture… In conversation with veerszaara by Anushka Bidani 7 Mar 20258 Aug 2026 veerszaara (Shubhangi Singh) Shubhangi is a teenager in her 20s. A student of Political Science and Women Studies, she is driven by curiosity and a desire to create meaningful change.…
Letters [ISSUE II] Foreword by Paridhi Puri 21 Feb 202512 Aug 2026 In her Introduction to Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column, Anita Desai wrote, "In India, the past never disappears. It does not even become transformed into a ghost. Concrete,…