Hanuman For an Indian viewer, the question raised by Nolan’s Odyssey is almost irresistible. Why should Homer have all the fun? India possesses not one but an extraordinary constellation of epic and mythological traditions. The Ramayana and Mahabharata have survived not merely as texts but as living traditions, continuously retold through languages, theatre, dance, painting, folk performance, television and cinema. WeContinue reading “From Odysseus to Hanuman — II”
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From Odysseus to Hanuman — I
Odysseus What does a filmmaker do when he has almost unlimited technological power and chooses to tell a story that is nearly three thousand years old? Christopher Nolan’s answer is The Odyssey. It is an audacious choice even for a filmmaker whose career has been built on audacity. He has taken one of the foundational worksContinue reading “From Odysseus to Hanuman — I”
The Actor I Never Met
Some actors enter our lives through films. A few somehow enter our memories and stay there, long after the film itself has faded. Anant Nag has been one of those actors for me. I have never met him. Yet the news that he is to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024 made me feelContinue reading “The Actor I Never Met”
The Fury and the Faith: Why Dhurandhar Resonates
There are films one watches, and there are films one experiences—as surge, as spectacle, as a kind of collective pulse. Dhurandhar: The Revenge belongs emphatically to the latter. It does not unfold; it detonates. To borrow the vivid phrasing of The Economist, it feels like an impossible cocktail—John Wick’s choreographed brutality, Kill Bill’s stylised vengeance, and InglouriousContinue reading “The Fury and the Faith: Why Dhurandhar Resonates”
