Bringing Back the Popcorn: Is the future of Indian Films in OTT or the Theatre?
The OTT vs. theatre competition isn’t a challenge, but a delightful opportunity, writes Sanchit Gupta. We can have the best of both worlds: both the mediums need equal space to grow where different films with different objectives can find their home.
Blood Spilled and Blood Shared
Season 2 of Prime Video’s hit show Mirzapur continued its debauchery of gore, lust, back-stabbings, and politics from the UP/Bihar belt. But at its core, the series is an exploration of fathers and sons, of expectations and fallouts, of family lost and family found. By Karan Madhok
Personal Essay by Devanshi: ‘Your favourite movie is probably not your favourite movie because it was the best film you have ever seen. It is your favourite because Zee Cinema played it a zillion times in the summer of 2014 while your mother folded clothes in the next room, and you unconsciously absorbed its dialogues through domestic osmosis.’