This lovely new book has arrived with lots of in-depth and fun pieces on the Hindi cinema of the 70s. I have written a piece on the underrated lyrical geniuses from the decade. Edited by nirupama kotru and Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri. Available on Amazon: amazon.in/Swinging-Seven…

Thanks to everyone who's signed up for A Suitable Agency's brand-new book club! We're kicking off on May 18 with a chat between Jai Arjun Singh, me and you — this filled up fast, but there's room for one or two more. If you'd like to join us, sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to join in despite the heat — 43.7 degrees in Delhi and climbing — and Jai Arjun Singh, great to have the Jabberwock and Hurree Babu share a stage. This was fun!😎

A personal piece about Guru Dutt (after a recent re-acquaintance with the "big" films - Pyaasa and Kaagaz ke Phool - as well as the lighter ones like Aar Paar)

Watch our inaugural #SuitablyBooked book club session, at India Habitat Centre, featuring Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 in conversation with Jai Arjun Singh, where they discussed Roy’s fascinating book, ‘Black River’. The full video is now live on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=glg9fM… Westland Books

#OutlookMagazine | The art-vs-#artist discourse has become increasingly simple-minded. That’s why mirrors, including the mirrors provided by “nasty” #art, are important. Jai Arjun Singh writes. outlookindia.com/national/the-v…

Kundan Shah's iconic film ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’ completes 41 years. Jai Arjun Singh's book 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Seriously Funny Since 1983' recounts the story of how an accountant became a filmmaker. Here's an excerpt. scroll.in/reel/853217/ja…

First there were the print critics. Then, the TV critics. In the early 2000s, Jai Arjun Singh Jai Arjun Singh, Raja Sen & I were among the first critics in the blog/website era -- with unlimited Internet space to write on cinema. Jai's blog turns 20. Congrats 🙂 jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2024/09/bees-s…

A new book about the early years of video technology in India evokes cultural memories for someone who grew up in that transitional era, writes Jai Arjun Singh livemint.com/mint-lounge/ar…

An enjoyable series of conversations/exercises with some very engaged young critics

'His Three Daughters' is a beautiful film about siblings coming together at the dying time of their ailing father. Recommended by Jai Arjun Singh in ET a few days back. Nice writeup, as usual.

On December 6, a conversation around an excellent debut novel

Saturday evening at Kunzum GK2 - do come by if you enjoy crime fiction (especially the good old-fashioned sort)

Thoughts on the parent-child relationship in Shuchi Talati's Girls will be Girls, a film I enjoyed a great deal: jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-par…

On the 25th evening at Kunzum GK, a conversation with Samyukta Bhowmick about her delicious novel A Fatal Distraction (a murder mystery that is a sharp, amusing look at the worlds of Delhi journalism and publishing). Come!

A new exhibition of paintings by Varad Bang pays tribute to Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love. My piece for Open Magazine: openthemagazine.com/art-culture/sc…

"I wanted a touch of mischievousness - but I also think it’s notable that in the film the only physical contact occurs when they are both sad, not in moments of happiness"

Wrote this essay for Frontline's Raj Kapoor special - now on the stands

It has essays by Jai Arjun Singh , MK Raghavendra, CS Venkiteswaran, Prathyush Parasuraman , Juhi Saklani, Trisha Gupta , Lawrence Liang, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, a Nasreen Munni Kabir interview and more. A true collectable.

Sholay, perhaps the greatest popular film made in India, turns 50 this month. It can sometimes resemble an oral epic, surprising those who believe there is nothing more to learn, writes Jai Arjun Singh livemint.com/mint-lounge/ar…