Sthira Bhattacharya thinks about why two dance sequences from Indian cinema of the 90s have stayed with her.
Tag: personal essay
Mysteries of Monsoon
Sripad Sridhar shares his experiences as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker.
A stream of thoughts inspired by Zarina Begum…
…and her performance of ‘Nazar Lagi Raja Tore Bangle Par’, Richard Singer writes.
On Location
Naveena tags along with a film crew and lives to tell the tale.
A song across generations
A short essay by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, about the potent power of nostalgia, and a song from the Hindi film Pakeezah.
How Studio Ghibli brought Japan back to me
Julia Shiota writes about growing up Japanese-American; with art work by Clinton Tham.
Why Bergman? Why not?
Amitava Akash Nag tells us what Bergman’s films mean to him.
The AV Room
Mukesh Manjunath was once a boy who watched too many movies. He writes a personal essay about the cinema that made him.
Coexistence
Jayanthi Sankar shares with us film-inspired art work, and a couple of anecdotes.
Brooklyn and Me
Maeve Rafferty writes about Brooklyn the novel and Brooklyn the movie, through the prism of her experience as an Irish immigrant in the US.
Chemmeen: The novel and the film
Athiyan writes about his experience of reading a Tamil translation of Chemmeen, the Malayalam novel, and watching Chemmeen, the classic Malayalam movie.
செம்மீன்: நாவலும் திரைப்படமும்
மலையாள நாவல் செம்மீனின் தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பின் வாசிப்பனுபவத்தையும், மலையாள திரைப்படம் செம்மீன் பார்த்த அனுபவத்தையும், அதியன் இக்கட்டுரையில் விவரிக்கிறார்.
The City of People
Bala writes about experiencing the Kolkata of Satyajit Ray on his travels, and experiencing Ray’s films as a window to Kolkata.
மனிதர்களின் நகரம்
பாலா சத்யஜித் ரேயின் படங்களில் கண்ட கொல்கத்தாவிற்கு சென்று வந்த அனுபவத்தைப் பற்றியும், அவரின் படங்கள் நமக்கு கொடுத்த கொல்கத்தா அனுபவத்தை பற்றியும் எழுதியுள்ளார்.