Category Archives: Indian Cinema

Om Dar-B-Dar (Kamal Swaroop, India, 1988)

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Mohit

Kamal Swaroop’s cult film Om Dar-B-Dar (1988), which finally got a theatrical release over 25 years after it was made, could be described as, among many things, a pathbreaking postmodernist cinematic essay on India. It is a fantastical tale set … Continue reading →

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On ‘Ship Of Theseus’ and ‘Mithya’

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Mohit

WARNING: Contains spoilers. “At what precise moment does an individual stop being who he thinks he is? You cut off my arm, right? I say me and my arm. You cut off my other arm. I say me and my … Continue reading →

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Gangs Of Wasseypur (Anurag Kashyap, 2012)

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Mohit

Warning: Contains spoilers. (Note: I’m writing about Gangs Of Wasseypur almost a year after I saw it, with a huge gap between the viewings of the two individual parts and only recently did I get a chance to watch them … Continue reading →

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