When the story of Johny Gaddaar was narrated to me, I was of the opinion that the film should be set in the ’60s. Everyone had the same...

Ahmad Shah Abdali's introduction was a crucial point in PANIPAT. He was introduced with an action scene in his palace. I wanted the...

A tough location. Full of mirrors, no place to hide lights. Parvati Bai (Kriti Sanon) walks into this room with a lamp in her hand. I...

​ When I joined the film industry around three decades back, my title was “Cameraman”. A decade later it became ‘Cinematographer’. Then a...

A cold morning of 1984 winter. I was sweating standing outside the FTII interview room. I was not worried about the questions; I was...

After I started the blog I got many requests to write about this song. The song had captured attention of many viewers, because the...

Summer of 1996 Four of us were in Pune National Film Archives- Monica, Jeebesh, Shuddha, and I, searching through old issues of ‘Film...

The song ‘Samjho ho hi gaya’ grabbed lot of attention when ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ was released. This song was shot towards the end of the...

In the age of ‘Gravity’ and ‘Life of Pi’ what I am about to write may sound very simple and old fashioned. More than the technology, what...