By Renu Mehta Toronto: I go to India to get stories, says Director Shekhar Kapur on September 8, speaking at the launch event of the India pavilion at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8. “Everywhere you turn in India, there is a story. It’s provocative,” he says. “I may not make that […]
TIFF Cinematheque to Celebrate the centenary of legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray -August 4-27
By Renu Mehta, Toronto As part of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) summer lineup, TIFF Cinematheque is celebrating the centenary of legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray from August 4-27. The showcase of ten films will be presented exploring life and struggle in post-independence India, including Charulata and Nayak, along with films from Ray’s parallel cinema contemporaries, like Mani Kaul’s Siddheshwari and […]
SUCH BIG DREAMS BY REEMA PATEL – A Review
Such Big Dreams by Reema Patel is a book about India
Paka was inspired by the Mahabharata, says director Nithin Lukose
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Nithin Lukos is the director of the film Paka (River of Blood) that debuted at the recent Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) held from September 9 to 18, 2021. The film, produced by Anurag Kashyap and Raj Rachakonda, had its world premiere at the 46th edition of TIFF and is an […]
True Crime Story leaves us with more questions than answers
Docuseries on Netflix about Aaron Hernandez who goes from NFL star to convicted killer
FACE TO FACE WITH FARHAN AKHTAR
Farhan Akhtar talks about his character in THE SKY IS PINK, his music, Women’s rights
Australian actor is brilliant as HALA at TIFF
Geraldine Vishwanathan straddles two cultures – living in the West and her Pakistani background
Shonali Bose talks about her film, relationships and death
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO – (with excerpts from press notes): It was September 13, 2019, the day I went to interview Shonali Bose. It happened to be the death anniversary of her son who had died in a freak accident in 2010. She had made a film – Margarita with a Straw – about this […]
Dakota Johnson sparkles in The Friend at TIFF
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: The Friend, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, was presented on the second day of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) at the prestigious Princess of Wales theatre and attended by quite a few members of the cast and crew. Based on a true story, the film is about a man (Jason Segel) […]
DEV PATEL RETURNS TO TIFF AS DAVID COPPERFIELD
BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: Dev Patel returned to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), this time with Director Armando Iannucci’s film The Personal History of David Copperfield. Charles Dickens classic autobiographical novel had a stellar cast that besides Patel included Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Capaldi, and Ben Whishaw. The film is set […]
