Films

In the last phase of the 1962 Sino-Indian war, Jaswant Singh Rawat fought off an entire Chinese troop for three days, all by himself, according to legends. His story has inspired Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, of the Bhaag Milkha Bhaag fame, to make a biopic highlighting his brave deeds.

There have been many hard working women behind the scenes in Indian films – right from the time when cinema was not considered a respectable profession even for men. Here’s remembering some of them.

Sayani Gupta has been making waves with her unconventional approach in the movies. She has been lauded for her talent in the past and is slated to appear in Fan.

Watch these 7 short films that will inspire you to change the way you think about issues such as religious fanaticism, discrimination against sex workers, eve teasing, AIDS and cleanliness.

Anshul Sinha started making films with a mobile camera in 2011. From covering a blind school to talking about the issue of bio medical waste – all his movies are based on social issues and are made with the aim of creating awareness and impact. Today, he has won 102 awards for work.

This excerpt from Suchitra Sen: The Legend and the Enigma by Shoma A Chatterji looks at Sen as the quintessential working woman, who effortlessly portrayed the dedicated professional woman in many of her films, someone who attempted to create a balance between the demands of love and romance and work.

A quadriplegic, also known as tetraplegic, suffers from paralysis caused by illness or injury that results in the partial or total loss of use of all four limbs and torso. Jitendra Biswal, a quadriplegic, has just made and acted in a film about a person with such extreme disability and his relationship with a normal girl.

Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-educated mathematician, pioneered brilliant discoveries of theorems. He was aided by Professor G. H. Hardy in England. The Man Who Knew Infinity, starring Dev Patel, is a biopic on his life.

One of our most loved and adored book characters of all times, Mowgli, is coming back on screen. The nostalgia, the memories and the excitement - it’s all in the air.

Documentary filmmaker Paromita Vohra's hilarious new short film answers all your questions about consent, sex and why men and women have different meanings for yes, no and maybe.