Dibakar Banerjee

Manoj Bajpayee-starrer 'Despatch', which released on Zee5 on December 13, is a procedural in the world of crime/investigative journalism rather than a thriller. It takes a critical look at the individual that makes up the system.

Why Netflix dropped TEES, whose death drove Dibakar Banerjee to make it & sameness in Bollywood

In continuation of the trend of OTTs dropping films that seem political, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee’s TEES, which was commissioned and later shelved by Netflix, was recently screened at the 13th Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) to a packed hall and received a roaring standing ovation. Spread across three timelines, a contested past, a complicated present and an algorithm-controlled future, the film — starring Naseeruddin Shah, Manisha Koirala, Neeraj Kabi, Divya Dutta, Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin, Shashank Arora, among others — is about three generations of a Kashmiri Muslim family, about the idea of home and belonging. In this exclusive interview to Moneycontrol's Tanushree Ghosh, filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee talks about making cinema in post-modern, post-truth times, about artistic freedom and censorship, about being an Indian, why he doesn’t like watching his older films, why Malayalam cinema is the most successful in the country right now, what is the reason behind the crisis in Bollywood, and why his films and his sense of humour are getting darker. Read the full interview on Moneycontrol

Dibakar Banerjee: ‘I’m an Indian; an Indian can be everything, I can be Hindu & Muslim, Bengali & Kashmiri’

MC EXCLUSIVE: Why filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee, whose Netflix-shelved film ‘Tees’ screened at the recently concluded 13th Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF), refuses to become a victim of the ‘sameness’ that has gripped Bollywood.

13th DIFF wrap-up: Dibakar Banerjee, Shahana Goswami, Rima Das, film fraternity elevate conversations on South Asian cinema

Dharamshala International Film Festival 2024: Global award winners, local flavour, diverse stories, indigenous storytelling and a greater number of films by women filmmakers made the 13th edition of DIFF an indie film festival to reckon with.

Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘shelved’ Tees, All We Imagine as Light, Pooja, Sir to screen at DIFF 2024

13th Dharamshala International Film Festival is bookended by Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘All We Imagine As Light’ & Nepal's Deepak Rauniyar's ‘Pooja, Sir’; will screen Rima Das' Village Rockstars 2 & Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Tees’, among 24 (of 45) feature films by women.

Shuddh desi appeal: Sushant Singh Rajput

The 27-year-old Rajput had another dream while he was taking baby steps in the film industry. He wished to be featured in Forbes India! “It was my dream ever since I saw Shah Rukh Khan on the cover,” he says.

Indian cinema freak show for Cannes goers: Dibakar Banerjee

The last time an Indian film made it to competition for the prestigious Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival was 1994, with the little known Malayalam film Swaham, post that films like Udaan and this year Dabba and Monsoon Shootout made it to competition, but in the section reserved for first-time directors.

B-Town's serial kisser speaks about his stardom on A-List

Emraan Hashmi is the unlikeliest of film stars. Since 2010 and Once Upon a Time In Mumbai Emraan has gone into reinvention mode. We met up with Emraan Hashmi at Shangri-La's Eros Hotel to talk about his brand of stardom on the A-List today.

Bombay Talkies: An ode to 100 glorious years of Bollywood

Ashi Dua may not be a household name yet but she has potential. 28 year old Mumbaikar, Ashi is the co-producer of the highly anticipated film Bombay Talkies which is a celebration of 100 years of Indian Cinema.

Shanghai is a deeply political film: Dibakar Banerjee

From Khosla ka Ghosla to Shanghai, Dibakar Banerjee is just four films old, yet bit by bit each of these films have contributed to his formidable reputation as one of the most distinct and relevant film makers of our times.