At Cannes in 1960, famed Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni decreed man’s preoccupation with eroticism as an ill responsible for our collective woes. ‘This preoccupation with the erotic would not become obsessive if Eros were healthy –,’ he says, ‘that is if it were kept in human proportions.’ Eros is sick, man is uneasy. Agra co-writer-director Kanu Behl seems to agree, turning the lens of his camera on these excessive erotic impulses, picking up where Antonioni supposedly left off but drops…

All We Imagine as Light is Payal’s debut feature as a filmmaker. A multi-lingual narrative (with predominantly Malayalam dialogues) set in Mumbai populated by working-class women, is brimming with female desire. But the difference between the portrayal of female desire written by men and by women is the difference between consumption and absorption. The director’s portrayal of women and their desires can’t be consumed. It has to be absorbed, lived. It comes with an interiority. Flick finds its protagonists in…

Writing this only for Alice (Tilottama Shome), favorite character of mine from this flick.

Just finished by watching Monsoon Wedding for a first time(when I'm writing this it's early morning and time is 4:34AM). And the first entry of Alice (Tilottama Shome) reminds me someone close to me. A shy girl with a beam smile, a heart full of desire and an unquenchable passion to connect with beautiful people. She is a reminder that a true soul lies not in…