Sanjna Kapoor: A New Junoon

Sanjna Kapoor: A New Junoon

 Sanjna Kapoor was about 10 when she shot the horrific church massacre scene with her grandfather Geoffrey Kendal in Shyam Benegal’s Junoon (1978). The film was produced by her father’s production company  Film Valas. She also appeared as her mother’s childhood reverie in another family production, 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981). But the biggest ever family […]

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Who’s Death Is It Anyway?

Who’s Death Is It Anyway?

“Murda Paraston ki Duniya” , is perhaps my father’s favourite line. Loosely translated it would mean, “this is a world where the dead are greatly appreciated.”  Over the years, I have come to believe that this is in fact true. It’s amazing how an untimely death can propel you to win a posthumous Oscar or […]

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Dare to Dissent

Dare to Dissent

  A coal blackened board welcomes us as we drive through ‘Desh ki Koyla Rajdhani – Dhanbad.’ Coal and Capital. Our country’s current obsession. Just a few people shy of complete coverage of human rights issues in all of Jharkhand’s 24 districts, a colleague (at the time snoozing on the back seat) and I were travel-tripping […]

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