Review
Reel Review: Desire and Conciliation in Raj Kapoor’s Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, God, Beauty) is the story of Rupa (Zeenat Aman), an archetypical abhagan (wretched girl), whose misery begins at her birth when her mother dies. She is immediately declared an accursed child and is shunned by others. Later, a freak accident results in scalding oil splashing across one side of her face, leaving her permanently scarred. Nevertheless, she goes about her daily life – alone, yet content.
By Syed Saad Ahmad
Reel Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color
There are many ways of looking at Blue is the Warmest Colour, last year’s French release about a love story…
By Bishakha Datta
December 1, 2014
Reel review: Bend it like Beckham
‘All I have to say is sporty spice is the only one without a bloke’ is the warning given by…
By Debanuj DasGupta
September 1, 2014
Reel Review – Revolutionary Road
To their neighbours, as to themselves, Frank and April Wheeler are ‘special’.
By Asilata Karandikar
April 1, 2014
Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Fangirl’, and Everything it Gets Wrong About Fandom
With the shifting nature of perceptions around fandom, the discourse around Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl has witnessed an interesting shift. While earlier, the book found almost unanimous acceptance, in recent times, it has completely faded into irrelevance.
By Rohini Banerjee
Queering Silence: Sandip Roy’s “Don’t Let Him Know”
Using silent actions and secret fulfillment of what society considers as sin and the law condemns as illegal, the text offers an example of the silence of resistance.
By Jayaprakash Mishra
December 3, 2018
Qandeel: The Story Of A Small Town Girl With Big Dreams
Fouzia Azeem, more popularly known as Qandeel Baloch,was called Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian. Madiha Tahir, a journalist and filmmaker who is interviewed in the documentary,questions this comparison. To quote her: “She (Qandeel) is not Kim Kardashian at all. She is not famous for being rich. An upper-class woman would have her class protection and it’s unlikely that an upper-class woman would be supporting her family from these social media videos.”
By Zulfiya Hamzaki
Prying Eyes, Peeping Toms
Wicked Little Letters (2023) is based on a true story of a scandal in the early 1920s in the seaside…
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
July 22, 2024
Progress towards universal access to SRHR: A review of the MDGs and the SDGs
The year 2015 is a momentous year as it marks the target date for reporting the achievements of the Millennium…
By Sai Jyothirmai Racherla
September 15, 2015
Paromitar Ek Din: Recalling Memories of Sexual Solidarity
Paromitar Ek Din is a study in female subjectivity – it is essentially a woman telling the story (or rather, recollecting the story) of another woman, and reflecting upon themes of sexuality, oppression, and gender-based discrimination.
By Rohini Banerjee
Outlander: A Review
Time and time again, Galbaldon asks us, through the character of Claire, to remember that we are travelers, we move and are moved by the interactions and environments around us.
By Dana Burton
September 17, 2018
Of “unapologetically flawed” women and feminism-lite: A review of Four More Shots Please!
Four More Shots Please! moves in the right direction when it comes to women (of a particular social stratum), their lives, and feminism at large – even if it takes small, stumbling, baby steps towards it.
By Srishti Gupta
Nothing Lasts Forever
These two films were refreshing because they didn’t have the fairytale endings of girl-meets-boy, they fall in love, overcome difficult challenges and live happily ever after. Instead, they were set in everyday reality where life takes over and choices have to be made.
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
October 5, 2020
Not Just A Portrait Of A Lady On Fire…
As the fire rages on and licks of flames get higher and higher, the burning desire, tension and sexual chemistry between the two rises to a crescendo. Heloise gets so consumed that a part of her dress catches fire, but it is quickly put out by the other women present there.
By Anubha Sarkar
December 2, 2019