Mr. Shyam Benegal is one of India’s best known film directors, and was part of the Hindi parallel or art cinema of India during the 1970s and 1980s. A prolific filmmaker, he has made feature and TV films and documentaries along with  hundreds of advertisement films in India.
In this series of conversations Mr. Benegal talks about [...]

Mr. Shyam Benegal is one of India’s best known film directors, and was part of the Hindi parallel or art cinema of India during the 1970s and 1980s.
A prolific filmmaker, he has made feature films, TV films and documentaries, and hundreds of advertisement films in India.
The conversation with Mr. Benegal is a multi-part episode, [...]

Dr. Salman Akhtar talks about Bollywood and the Indian unconsciousness.
In Part-II of our conversation he discusses the films made in the 1950s and 1960s right after India became independent. A hallmark of films made during this period is  the male sexuality anxiety theme that dominated the films points out Dr. Akhtar.Women were divided into two [...]

Dr. Salman Akhtar talks about Bollywood and the Indian unconsciousness. What are the unconscious undercurrents of Indian society and culture that are reflected in Hindi cinema or Bollywood as it has come to be known? Dr. Akhtar provides a framework of sorts to understand the history and evolution of Indian cinema. Recently Dr. Akhtar edited [...]