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Jagat Murari served as the principal of the Film and Television Institute in Pune for a decade and then some. His stint was pivotal – he helped shape up the curriculum, set up practices that are still being followed, and handled increasingly intransigent bureaucrats in Delhi. Murari’s daughter, Radha Chadha, captures the audacity of the times in her rigorously researched book The Maker of Filmmakers – How Jagat Murari and FTII Changed Indian Cinema Forever.
Dharmendra has passed on – and already, the world seems less bright.
Acclaimed costume designer Manish Malhotra has turned producer, with the just-released Gustaakh Ishq out in cinemas and Saali Mohabbat out on ZEE5 in December. He tells Udita Jhunjhunwala about why he made the move, and what he hopes to achieve as a producer.
Gustaakh Ishq is an old-fashioned romance about Urdu poetry.
The other film about romance, Tere Ishk Mein, is by Aanand L Rai and stars Dhanush and Kriti Sanon in a toxic relationship.
Director Sivaranjini talks to Scroll about her Malayalam film Victoria, in which women and a rooster spend a day together.
Perfect Family is about the imperfect – and very relatable – Karkaria clan.
The Tamil series Regai is inspired by the world of cult crime fiction writer Rajesh Kumar.
The documentary Dining with the Kapoors is bland fare.
The pick for the ‘Start the week with a film’ series is Mari Selvaraj’s sports drama Bison Kaalamaadan.
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