Berlinale

Berlinale ‘Shadowbox (Baksho Bondi)’ review: Tillotama Shome pulls punches to power this Bengali drama on mothers & Others

75th Berlinale: Shome, in cinematographer Saumyananda Sahi & film editor Tanushree Das’s directorial debut Baksho Bondi (Shadowbox), competing in the new Perspectives segment, eternalises the lower-middle-class working woman, invisibilised mothers & mental health on screen as Chandan Bisht puts on a devastating show.

Natesh Hegde on Vagachipani, first Kannada film at Berlinale: ‘Let me make my films; that’s the power I want’

75th Berlin Film Festival: Karnataka filmmaker Natesh Hegde, of Pedro fame, is at Forum competition of Berlinale with Tiger's Pond (Vagachipani). His co-producer Ranjan Singh & Hegde talk about the Dileesh Pothan-starrer film, why Hegde is an outcast in the Kannada film industry & for whom he makes films.

MAMI Taak Review: Jyoti Dogra knocks it out of the park as a failed athlete turned bouncer in Kafkaesque surveillance state

MAMI Mumbai Film Festival: Cinematographer Udit Khurana's directorial debut, the mid-length 'Taak', on female bouncers at a Delhi nightclub, starring theatre actor Jyoti Dogra & Ambika Kamal, is a meditation on women's lives & acts of surveillance impinging on individual rights.

Cannes 2024 Exclusive: 'The Shameless' actor Tanmay Dhanania on his Un Certain Regard film, independent cinema and Bollywood hegemony

'Scoop' actor Tanmay Dhanania, for whom Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov's Un Certain Regard-premiered neo-noir ‘The Shameless’ was his first ticket to Cannes Film Festival, talks about Indian indies and Hindi film industry’s systemic problem.

Kamal Haasan unveils Sivakarthikeyan-Sai Pallavi’s Amaran teaser

This week, the teaser of Sivakarthikeyan's Tamil-language action war film SK 21, now titled Amaran was released. Sivakarthikeyan is also the producer of PS Vinothraj's sophomore Kottukaali, which premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2024.

Allu Arjun hints at Pushpa 3 at Berlin Film Festival 2024

Extolling the virtues of Indian cinema at the India Pavilion at the ongoing Berlinale 2024, Telugu superstar Allu Arjun confirmed his plans for expanding the Pushpa universe with a potential third installment of the franchise.

How indigenous filmmaker Chhatrapal Ninawe made Ghaath, a rare Adivasi thriller, and fought to save it

The debut feature has the rare feat of having been re-invited by the prestigious Berlinale last year for a premiere after it was retracted following a legal tussle between its producers.

Martial arts epic to kick-off Berlin Film Festival

The 2013 Berlin Film Festival kicks off on Thursday with "The Grandmaster", a martial arts epic from Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai who is also presiding over this year's jury.