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‘We are shadows: Brick Lane’ – Family show is innovative and imaginative

Best known as an area for its curry houses, a new show takes you on a journey of discovery… By…

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Venice 2020: Director Ivan Ayr on ‘Meel Patthar’ (‘Milestone’) and the lonely road of Indian truck drivers through the eyes of poets ‘Ghalib’ and ‘Pash’

Truck drivers and two famous artists whose words are still very much with us – one who wrote ghazals in…

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Venice 2020: Indian director of ‘The Disciple’ Chaitanya Tamhane wins two awards… (wrap)

🎥 Indian director Chaitanya Tamhane wins screenplay and international critics awards at Venice for film about young musician and Guru…

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Venice 2020 – ‘The Disciple’ director Chaitanya Tamhane talks about working with Alfonso Cuarón and exploring the world of Indian classical music in film…

We catch up with the filmmaker behind one of two Indian films to premiere at the Venice Film Festival (La…

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Jashn-e-Rekhta – Urdu festival celebrating poetry, music, and cinema comes to London for the first time and in a digital edition

Urdu and Hindi are phonetically the same and gave rise to a rich literary tradition that itself gave birth to…

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Pandit Jasraj – ‘A Remarkable God Given Voice’, Jay Visvadeva (tribute and obituary)

One of the world’s great Indian classical music singers died recently, prompting many including the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

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‘A Suitable Boy’ – Few could have seen this coming as series explodes with major character incidents (review) Episode 5/6

If you have seen episode 5, here’s a recap, if you haven’t, don’t read this, there are major plot spoilers……

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‘Churails’ director Asim Abbasi: Changing the narrative with this unique web series set in Karachi…

Digital offering is ambitious, challenging and director wants people to be exercised by its content… DIRECTOR Asim Abbasi has broken…

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‘Churails’ star Mehar Bano: ‘This is the moment I’ve been waiting for my entire life’

New web series about women who take on abusive and unfaithful men was a life-changing project for this young actor……

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‘A Suitable Boy’ – Romance makes the world go round and round (review)…

Still not sure about this TV adaptation? Perhaps Episode 3 will change or reinforce your position…? LOVE is very much…

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