Articles by Sanjukta Sharma
Farmers on camera
How and why 8 months of the farmers’ protests inspired filmmakers to chronicle it as a social-cultural revolution
Published on Sep 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Short Stream | Betelgeuse by Sunder Konar: In pursuit of the bright star
Sunder Konar’s Betelgeuse is a classic guerrilla project. It makes the compelling point that life offers a way out of grief and anger in unexpected ways
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 06:11 PM IST
Romance of the Indian Railways through chronicler Michael Portillo’s warm lens
India’s transformation from locomotives to high-speed modern trains is part of the story of Great Indian Railway Journeys.
Published on Aug 14, 2024 09:00 AM IST
Short Stream | A look into the life of a climate visionary
A heartwarming documentary about effective climate activism — Babulal Gandhi is behind a man-made forest with astounding biodiversity in a region in Maharashtra
Published on Aug 01, 2024 08:15 PM IST
Bleeding vaginas don’t need bleeding hearts
The CJI’s view on menstrual leave rings true. After all, aren’t we that ancient civilisation that equates the female biological system with impurity, shame?
Published on Jul 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST
In Mumu Shelley, a heartwarming tale of finding connections in unexpected places
How two women, worlds and ages apart from each other, hang out on a night they are forced to spend together in this funny, absurdist tale
Published on Jul 01, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Short Stream | In Son of the Soil, who is a native, and who is a foreigner?
Akanshya Bhagabati’s award-winning film on immigration, land rights and the sense of belonging is set in rural Assam
Published on Jun 01, 2024 05:37 PM IST
In Teen Adhyay, the birds' flight brings a contemplative approach to the pandemi
Subhash Sahoo’s documentary on the interplay of the natural and human world during the pandemic is an atmospheric chronicle that leaves a lot to interpretation
Published on May 03, 2024 08:30 AM IST
Chintu, a young boy living with HIV, is saved by unlikely heroes
Director Tushar Tyagi covers a wide canvas in this tear-jerker of a film, but its greatest strength lies in the way it conveys emotions with minimal dialogue
Published on Apr 02, 2024 12:49 AM IST
Kangana Ranaut: The unapologetic outsider in Bollywood
The actress’s outspokenness has proved to be her biggest asset and her Achilles heel in the film industry. How she makes use of her strengths remains to be seen
Published on Mar 26, 2024 06:32 PM IST
The many worlds of Elk
A new biography by Ebrahim Alkazi’s daughter Amal Allana is a sharp spotlight on the father of modern Indian theatre
Published on Mar 16, 2024 04:23 PM IST
In Chithi, the past is not rose-tinted, but harks to stranger times
The short indie Bengali film with English subtitles is more than about personal memory. In it, the protagonist grapples with ageing, loneliness and past trauma
![In its short running length, Chithi, [Bengali for letter] is able to portray an expansiveness of emotions(Author)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/03/01/148x111/Chithi_Still_1709326801405_1709326906975.jpg "In its short running length, Chithi, [Bengali for letter] is able to portray an expansiveness of emotions(Author)")
Updated on Apr 01, 2024 12:39 PM IST
In Binnu ka Sapna, an Indian man comes face to face with his toxic masculinity
Kanu Behl’s award-winning short film is a meditation on the lessons men learn as children watching their angry fathers and placatory mothers.
Updated on Jan 17, 2024 11:44 PM IST
When Ram appeared before us all
How Ramanand Sagar’s 1980s morality drama transformed television consumption in India—and the nation’s imagination of the age-old revered Hindu epic
Published on Jan 12, 2024 09:54 PM IST
Short Stream | In ‘Shera’, two boys set out to fulfil a small, wild dream
The film is an ode to Kumaon’s gritty residents, leopards included. Migration threatens to end a friendship, the wild helps to cement it in Arun Fulara’s short
Updated on Jan 14, 2024 12:25 PM IST
50 years of Shyam Benegal
As he completes five decades in cinema next year, a look at Shyam Benegal's incomparable oeuvre
Published on Nov 28, 2023 08:30 AM IST
'This could be a Serbian new wave brewing'
A world cinema gem by a young Serbian filmmaker, Nina Ognjanović, was recently shown in Mumbai. An interview with the director
Published on Nov 08, 2023 06:34 PM IST
LEGACY | Dariush Mehrjui: The slain pioneer
The murdered Iranian director inspired a generation of filmmakers and taught us that all cinema is political
Published on Nov 01, 2023 03:34 PM IST
Conditions are ripe for climapocalypse or cli-fi films
A slew of recent shows and films show the way for climate change fiction—India’s entry to Oscars 2024 is a case in point; Martin Scorcese’s new film is another
Published on Oct 21, 2023 08:27 PM IST
Why are Bollywood screenwriters still so miserable?
Hollywood screenwriters are on strike seeking better wages. Back home, a recent Delhi HC order on intellectual property rights points to a longstanding issue
Published on Jun 30, 2023 10:59 PM IST
Prithvi Theatre marks 40 years with a retelling of Prithviraj Kapoor’s plays
The festival will open with Sunil Shanbag’s reinterpretation of Kapoor’s Deewar, written in 1945.
Updated on Nov 04, 2018 01:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
What the first foreign show of the Progressives says about Indian art now
Curator Zehra Jumabhoy talks about the tradition-shattering group and what led to the exhibition
Updated on Oct 06, 2018 09:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
25 years of Jurassic Park: Giant reptiles that walk on the screen
In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film Jurassic Park showed dinosaurs as terrifying predators. The sequels became more about saving the wild, but the franchise continues to rake it in
Updated on Jun 24, 2018 07:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
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