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About the twentieth issue

A small issue, but one we hope you'll find interesting.

4 years ago

Powerful Sequences, Defining Soundtracks

Konstantinos writes about musical scores that never fail to move him.

4 years ago

Non-Acting in Satyajit Ray’s Cinema

Amitava Nag writes about actors, acting, and the auteur Satyajit Ray.

4 years ago

Paava Kadhaigal’s Thangam

Ramchander compares the short film and the short story it is based on.

4 years ago

Movies, Music, Migrant

Manishankar’s notes from the Global Migrant Festival 2020

4 years ago

The Single Screen Cinemas Project

A few questions for photographer and ex-cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi

4 years ago

About the nineteenth issue

Our third anniversary issue!

4 years ago

Short Story Contest 2020

The World of Apu announces its very first short story contest. What is this all about?

4 years ago

Oh The Horror!

Konstantinos, whom you might have spotted often in these pages, is now a podcast host!

4 years ago

The Tamil Villain

Karthick RM thinks it’s time we paid more attention to the villain in Tamil cinema.

4 years ago

Titillation and perversion: the cis lens of Super Deluxe

Arvind argues that this widely loved Tamil film does a grave disservice to trans people.

4 years ago

Tawaifs and Hindi Cinema

Nihira discusses the history of tawaifs in India, their relationship with Hindustani music and Hindi cinema.

4 years ago

India on Film: Fascinating, but half-hearted

Ramakrishnan M. writes about the newly released documentary India on Film, pieced together from archival footage.

4 years ago

A gun, some blood, and Mysskin

Ramchander writes on Mysskin’s film Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum and translates passages from the filmmaker’s book about the film.

4 years ago

Dancing with herself

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

4 years ago

New Girl

Anusha attempts to write a short story, but it will not be entered in our contest.

4 years ago

About the eighteenth issue

Find out what's in store!

4 years ago

The importance of dystopia in sci-fi

Konstantinos makes a case for dystopian films.

4 years ago

Murder on the Orient Express: A Grand Tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood

Maneesh Krishnan writes about Sidney Lumet’s classic.

4 years ago

Films with a purpose

We spoke to Aanchal Kapur, the founder of Kriti Film Club.

4 years ago

Kalyani’s act of courage

Parshathy J Nath speaks to Garggi Ananthan, who played the lead role in the Malayalam film Run Kalyani.

4 years ago

Off the beaten track

An interview with journalist and author Namrata Joshi

4 years ago

Hallucinating Tamil Cinema

Denin Rajkumar’s artwork presents Tamil film personalities in new and unexpected ways.

4 years ago

A meditation on the meaning of family

Harini Pryor writes about The Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or-winning film.

4 years ago

Soldiers of Cinema

An excerpt from Reel India: Cinema Off the Beaten Track, a nonfiction book by Namrata Joshi.

4 years ago

About the seventeenth issue

Find out about the features in this issue!

4 years ago

The making of Wade

Upamanyu takes us through the process of making Wade, a climate change horror film.

4 years ago

Of displacement and memory

Paroma writes about the animated film, The Breadwinner, set in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

4 years ago

Smells like inclusion

Amit Agarwal writes about the newly released Netflix film, Axone.

4 years ago

Influential, Dissuasive, and Thought-Provoking Monologues

Konstantinos lists ten of his favourite monologues from films and television shows.

4 years ago