Films

Two years after the first big-screen version of the television series, SATC is back with all its characteristic bling and fun. And this time the four women are blazing across the Middle East. Padmalatha Ravi presents a review

On 15th August, 2000, I sat in a darkened hall, watching the evening scene fill with Jai's mournful mouth organ tune, as Radha silently dimmed lamps one after the other. It was the 25th anniversary of Sholay. TV channels were airing interviews, streets were full of posters, and cinema halls were overflowing with nostalgia-filled, mad fans like me. And, by god, watching Sholay on the big screen that day, I fell in love with Amitabh Bachchan all over again.

Women directors are automatically classified as makers of "women-oriented" films. But here are two talents in the Kannada film industry who have broken that mold. Rehmat Merchant talks to Kavitha Lankesh and Sumana Kittur.

 Will  silver screen divas ever get real?

Just Femme Women's Film Festival

8th March 2008

Geetika Sudip sat through the International Film Festival of Kerala, and now she counts the feathers the women there gathered for their collective dainty hat

Charulata, Tutul, Devi these are just some of the characters in Satyajit Ray's films. Rina Mukherji analyses the several female characters made immortal by the filmmaker.