personal essay

Dancing with herself

Sthira Bhattacharya thinks about why two dance sequences from Indian cinema of the 90s have stayed with her.

4 years ago

Mysteries of Monsoon

Sripad Sridhar shares his experiences as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

5 years ago

A stream of thoughts inspired by Zarina Begum…

...and her performance of ‘Nazar Lagi Raja Tore Bangle Par’, Richard Singer writes.

6 years ago

On Location

Naveena tags along with a film crew and lives to tell the tale.

6 years ago

A song across generations

A short essay by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, about the potent power of nostalgia, and a song from the Hindi film…

6 years ago

How Studio Ghibli brought Japan back to me

Julia Shiota writes about growing up Japanese-American; with art work by Clinton Tham.

6 years ago

Why Bergman? Why not?

Amitava Akash Nag tells us what Bergman’s films mean to him.

6 years ago

The AV Room

Mukesh Manjunath was once a boy who watched too many movies. He writes a personal essay about the cinema that…

6 years ago

Coexistence

Jayanthi Sankar shares with us film-inspired art work, and a couple of anecdotes.

7 years ago

Brooklyn and Me

Maeve Rafferty writes about Brooklyn the novel and Brooklyn the movie, through the prism of her experience as an Irish…

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

செம்மீன்: நாவலும் திரைப்படமும்

மலையாள நாவல் செம்மீனின் தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பின் வாசிப்பனுபவத்தையும், மலையாள திரைப்படம் செம்மீன் பார்த்த அனுபவத்தையும், அதியன் இக்கட்டுரையில் விவரிக்கிறார்.

7 years ago

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…

7 years ago

மனிதர்களின் நகரம்

பாலா சத்யஜித் ரேயின் படங்களில் கண்ட கொல்கத்தாவிற்கு சென்று வந்த அனுபவத்தைப் பற்றியும், அவரின் படங்கள் நமக்கு கொடுத்த கொல்கத்தா அனுபவத்தை பற்றியும் எழுதியுள்ளார்.

7 years ago