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Hamlet to Bhumika: Benegal and Bombay’s theatre world

With such backstage expertise acquired in Bombay’s English theatre of the 1960s, Benegal could direct his magnum opus, Bhumika (The Role). (HT Archive)

Published on Dec 23, 2025 08:24 pm IST

Ritwik Ghatak Birth Centenary: Cloud-capped star, auteur of Partition

Ghatak knew every aspect of filmmaking, including camera operation and the optics, and was an accomplished actor both on stage and screen — his role as Neelkanth Bagchi in his last film Jukti Takko Aar Gappo is considered to be so pure and pristine. (HT Archive)

Published on Nov 01, 2025 09:58 pm IST

In Gujarat, Gandhi lives on in stories, in craftsmen

The political centre of Gujarat, Ahmedabad still retains visible Gandhian footprints in its various ashrams and institutions. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Oct 01, 2025 09:00 pm IST

Filmistan Studio: Bollywood giants walked the floors of Mumbai’s iconic glory

Mumbai, India - March 21, 2025: A view of Filmistan, a historic Indian film studio located in Goregaon, Mumbai, India, on Friday, March 21, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)(HT)

Updated on Jul 06, 2025 08:48 am IST

Reel life in the dark room of Emergency

Playback singer Kishore Kumar was another artiste who fell out with the authorities during the Emergency. (HT Photo)

Published on Jun 20, 2025 08:36 pm IST

A poet with camera, and his cinema of humanism

A poet with camera, and his cinema of humanism

Updated on May 02, 2025 09:31 pm IST

Films as representations of history & social reform

**EDS: TO GO WITH STORY** New Delhi: A poster of Netflix film 'Maharaj', starring Aamir Khan's son Junaid Khan. (PTI Photo)(PTI06_13_2024_000154B) (PTI)

Published on Aug 16, 2024 09:26 pm IST

In Guru Dutt’s life and art, frames of disenchantment

Guru Dutt - HT Photo by SL Purohit.

Published on Jul 06, 2024 09:30 pm IST

The interconnected world of Vinoba, Ray and Saul Bellow

30 November 1951 - Acharya Vinoba Bhave accompanied by his party arrives at Gandhi Ashram, Meerut from Kharkhoda at his prayer meeting Vinoba Bhave studying Bhoomidan Papers - HT Photo.

Updated on Jun 22, 2024 09:03 pm IST

The Mahatma before Attenborough filmed ‘Gandhi’

In 1931, Charlie Chaplin met Gandhi in London (London Express / Getty Images)

Published on May 31, 2024 11:24 pm IST

Circuitous churning of Benegal’s film Manthan

Made at a budget of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10 lakh, Manthan was the first crowd funded Indian film. (HT Archive)

Published on May 23, 2024 10:05 pm IST

Kumar Shahani, a lingering luminosity

Kumar Shahani in Kolkata just a couple of months prior to his sad demise, photographed by Basab Mullik(Author)

Updated on Mar 05, 2024 03:39 pm IST

The untutored but versatile all-round scholar who guided many

The untutored but versatile all-round scholar who guided many

Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:43 am IST

Why Chhello Show is both transcendent and rooted

Pan Nalin’s Chhello Show.

Updated on Sept 25, 2022 08:37 pm IST

A weekend with Ingmar Bergman

The Swedish film director with one of his favourite leading ladies and later partner, Liv Ullman.(Photo: Getty Images)

Updated on Mar 23, 2018 03:43 pm IST

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