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'Ashutosh Gowariker's Mohenjo Daro does what many history books could not have done.''He awakens interest in the ancient civilisation of Harapppa and Mohenjo Daro,' says Asim Siddiqui.

It was a crazy week for the world. Sukanya Verma cannot claim to be any different.

He had no airs about his talent, he did not intellectualise it, he just lived and breathed acting.

Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week marks a star-studded start to the year

Read about Rishi Kapoor's page-turning debut, SRK's super-charged turn in Raees, Sridevi as potential Dhoom vamp, Sanjay Dutt's contribution to Andaz Apna Apna and more in Sukanya Verma's super-film week.

J Jagannath on how he expects to see the Trump effect at the Academy Awards.

'While there cannot be any doubt that the national anthem should be shown utmost respect, cinema halls are not the most appropriate places to play the national anthem.'

A lesson for Jeetendra from Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor delivering gas and Susan Sarandon-Jessica Lange's caustic retelling of the infamous Bette Davis-Joan Crawford feud, Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week turned out to quite a blast from the past.

Kamal Haasan's unrivalled make up skills, Jack Nicholson's haunting imagery, Asha Parekh's life as a Hit Girl and the surprise package of Beauty and the Beast, it's all there in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.

Aseem Chhabra sensed an internal turmoil in Vinod Khanna, which sometimes showed the moody person on screen.

Bollywood doesn't care for the fading star, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

'I don't give a f****. I am old enough now.''You just have to white-knuckle it and ride through it.''But really, who cares?''At the end of the day, just get on, feel the pain, embrace the suck.'

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this feature.

Over the last decade the Indian film industry has reinvented itself. Do film critics need to do that too?

Sridevi's amazing dedication, Ranveer Singh's Scarface, Ranbir-Alia on nepotism and more in Sukanya Verma's emotionally charged Super Filmi week.

The lasting influence of Amitabh Bachchan's Supremo, hitchhiking with Salman Khan, a taste of Tom Alter, Padmaavat's best scene and more in Sukanya Verma's Super-filmi Week.

'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.''Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.

Bolly Gupshup from Subhash K Jha.

Shabana Azmi knew Rita closely, as they were FTII batchmates, and she tells Subhash K Jha how deep their friendship was.

Priyanka Chopra plays mum to an 18 year old!Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.

'The very idea that Kamal Haasan would retire from active acting for active politics is as ridiculous as to suggest that Lataji would give up singing to weave handloom dupattas for destitute girls in Muzaffarpur,' declares Subhash K Jha.

'It started as a kind of joke. Now I think it has gone far enough.'

As electric they are on silver screen, Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt aren't quite chat show meat, feels Sukanya Verma.

Aseem Chhabra salutes the late Italian Master and his cinema.

The recently released poster Mental Hai Kya is like an abuse aimed at those who are fighting a disorder that demands support and social understanding, says Tarun Vijay, the former BJP MP.

Jaspal Bhatti's feel for the grime, the confusions, and the madness in our system was so complete that he could take on every kind of woman or man God ever gave to the institutions of India, feels Sreehari Nair.

Quentin Tarantino, declares Sreehari Nair, will be remembered as someone who made just two great movies, and who then brought misery upon himself.

Parasite's razor-sharp characterisations ensure that the picture is thoroughly entertaining though it falls short of greatness, declares Sreehari Nair.

'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.'Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.

'Are we too close as well-off Indians, all with servants and drivers and tuition teachers ourselves, to be able to understand why it is all so awful?', asks Aakar Patel.

'Ever since I heard about his death this morning, I have not been able to control my tears,' says Patcy N who interviewed the actor often

Much can be said about this song’s sacred and secular connotations. At first glance, one might assume that the song speaks to its religious roots; however, given the environment in which the song was created, the song can be taken literally. Taken from The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s enhanced CD, From Ear to Ear, and adapted from field recordings by John and Alan Lomax, this song was known to have been sung by the 1871 Fisk University Jubilee Singers.

From the Summer 2002 Journal: "Making "Cents" of Colonial Money"