Our new podcast features film critics Rahul Desai & Tanul Thakur discussing the career of actress Vidya Balan (vidya balan), her path-breaking Bollywood legacy & the importance of the upcoming SHERNI in context of what she means to Hindi cinema: open.spotify.com/episode/5KAfpR…

Terrific terrific conversation!

Movies Are Us Episode 12 features Aerospace Engineering student Roopkatha Das who tells me how the films A Separation (2011) and Into The Wild (2007) influenced her life. Out now on India Indie Films open.spotify.com/episode/2UTghv…

NEW PODCAST: Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss their differing views – and problems – with the new Netflix anthology, RAY. (Stay on for the final 20 minutes for a passionate rant about spot-the-reference criticism and easter egg fanatics) open.spotify.com/episode/0xB9qn…

Our new podcast features Film Companion critic Rahul Desai and The Wire critic Tanul Thakur discussing the new Netflix movie that's making waves for all the wrong (right?) reasons: open.spotify.com/episode/72qDVs…

Our new podcast features film critics Rahul Desai, Tanul Thakur and Uday Bhatia discussing the new Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra movie, TOOFAAN: open.spotify.com/episode/2lcqN2…

Movies Are Us Episode 13 is here on India Indie Films My guest Jayasmita Dutta Roy talks about Eyes Wide Shut, Mulholland Drive, and The Sacrifice. open.spotify.com/episode/0DBBXn…

Shameless plug (but fun) podcast for Uday Bhatia's new book – where Tanul Thakur and I (try to) grill him about his writing process, the Satya legacy, the film criticism balance, the addictive agony of long-form writing and much more: open.spotify.com/episode/4Q1J1W…

Started a new podcast series called Indie Parishad on India Indie Films. This is aimed at capturing stories of indie filmmakers from around India. First episode features Delhi-based filmmaker Samya Mukt Kavita. Do listen and share. open.spotify.com/episode/00aQzY…

Our new podcast series is called INDIE PARISHAD, hosted by Sashi. It will feature independent filmmakers from across the country. The first episode features Delhi-based poet-filmmaker, Samya Mukt Kavita: open.spotify.com/episode/00aQzY…

PODCAST: Where Aditya Shrikrishna, Uday Bhatia and I get greedy with Pa Ranjith's masterful Sarpatta Parambarai: open.spotify.com/episode/5WGBVD…

The truth is: Some of us get lost in the dark so that we can reclaim the joy of finding ourselves. New Viewfinder column is about mental health, the terrific docu-series "I'll Be Gone In The Dark," and my own experiences as an isolated writer: firstpost.com/entertainment/…

Episode 2 of INDIE PARISHAD features Kolkata-based filmmaker Sayantan Bose: indiaindependentfilms.com/2021/08/09/ind…

Happy to start a new fortnightly column for News9 called FOCAL POINT – an intersection of movies, pop culture and life. My first one is a personal essay about why alcohol addiction in films has often felt like science-fiction to me: news9live.com/entertainment/…

Indie Parishad episode 3 features Bangalore-based filmmaker and comic creator Falah Faisal. Out on India Indie Films open.spotify.com/episode/4EzMIY…

Where film critics Rahul Desai & Poulomi Das discuss in detail the new Amazon show, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 (by Nikkhil Advani, Emmay Entertainment and Nikhil Gonsalves) – open.spotify.com/episode/0pVJdO…

Our new podcast features film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discussing the new horror comedy, BHOOT POLICE. As is usually the case, they also discuss the anatomy of the genre – and how film criticism these days tends to be a relative reaction: open.spotify.com/episode/65iXrw…

Indie Parishad Episode 5 features my long-lost school friend Harshajit Goyary who is now a sound designer and recordist in the indie filmmaking circuit in North East India. youtu.be/YXDmgoSgeaM via YouTube

PODCAST: Where film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss BREAK POINT, the engaging Lee-Hesh docu-series directed by filmmaker couple Nitesh Tiwari and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari: open.spotify.com/episode/4bWs2e…

An erudite long essay on the great Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis, @brendanhunting) by film critic Rahul Desai: news9live.com/art-culture/te…