***** Gulf Times Columns & Features
By Gautaman Bhaskaran
***** The school of hard knocks...February 22 2012 Crime and punishment...February 15 2012 Man behind murder...February 8 2012 The critical difference...February 1 2012 When the stars shine down...January 25 2012 Super Men sing, sway and slam...January 18 2012 A spirit called Smita Patil...January 11 2012 A Separation -- ties that bind dilemmas...January 4 2012 *** India needs to learn some film fest lessons...December 29 2011 Truth or dare?...December 21 2011 Tempests in tinsel teacups...December 14 2011 The man who never knew winter...December 7 2011 IFFI all bright and shining this autumn...November 30 2011 Back to the tent...November 23 2011 A twisted view...November 16 2011 Plotting in a palace...November 9 2011 An Arab spring in autumn...November 2 2011 Cinema on the desert...October 26 2011 An anguishing voyage...October 19 2011 A classic revisited...October 12 2011 Season without reason...October 5 2011 What tangled webs they weave...September 28 2011 Scandal, shame and glory at Venice...September 21 2011 A beguiling cocktail of hits and misses...September 14 2011 Behind the greasepaint...September 7 2011 Stormy saga by the sea...August 31 2011 A love story written in blood...August 24 2011 Missing the point...August 17 2011 Taking off on wings of fire...August 10 2011 The news on the Rialto...August 3 2011 Directors in need of a clear direction...July 27 2011 Naseeruddin Shah at his candid best...July 20 2011 Mani Kaul, the man the world forgot...July 13 2011 Getting the scissors out...July 6 2011 Pregnant pause...June 29 2011 Two different celluloid journeys...June 22 2011 Bengali films adapt to changing tastes...June 15 2011 Labouring over lunch...June 8 2011 Feasting on disinformation...June 1 2011 Different standards for different folks...May 25 2011 A criminal side to Cannes... May 18 2011 India is all over Cannes...May 11 2011 Filming the radical...May 4 2011 Going, going, gone...April 27 2011 Grinning and baring it...April 20 2011 Cannes spells out its charms...April 13 2011 Mani Ratnam's next epic saga...April 6 2011 Wedded to quality films...March 30 2011 India's celluloid heritage fades away...March 23 2011 Powerful slices of reality...March 16 2011 The man behind myriad faces...March 9 2011 Scripts make the movie...March 2 2011 Serial killer seductress trips up on her plots...February 23 2011 Censor board should cut out meaningless dogmatism...February 16 2011 Waiting for the PRO...February 9 2011 Not a rewarding experience...February 2 2011 Stories between the clothes lines...January 26 2011 The Black Tulip takes on the Taliban...January 19 2011 A hazy picture...January 12 2011 An actor named Kamal Hassan...January 5 2011 *** Hits and misses of the year...December 29 2010 Fearless tales to the fore...December 22 2010 DIFF spreads out a wide canvas...December 15 2010 Dubai Film Festival aims for diversity...December 8 2010 Too many cooks..Love found in boat wreck...December 1 2010 The travails of an Indian film festival...November 24 2010 The last-minute stumble...November 17 2010 Sen's unfinished letter...November 10 2010 Mumbai Medley...November 3 2010 The brightest Khan...October 27 2010 The legend of Satyajit Ray haunts Abu Dhabi...October 20 2010 Abu Dhabi trailer...October 13 2010 The puzzle that is Rajnikanth...October 6 2010 The importance of being an Aamir Khan production...September 29 2010 Yellow Boots, but where's the thrill?...September 22 2010 Films with a view...September 15 2010 Educating Frieda...September 8 2010 Venetian Vista...September 1 2010 Out of focus...August 25 2010 An idea of India...August 18 2010 Crumbling history...August 11 2010 Nothing official about it...August 4 2010 Big brother Bollywood...July 28 2010 Villains of the real kind...July 21 2010 Fact, fiction and a Raj romance...July 14 2010 Slaves to an idea of beauty...July 7 2010 The pen and the pal...June 30 2010 An epic disappointment...June 23 2010 The art of politics...June 16 2010 'Lion' stars wound Tamil cinema...June 9 2010 Drifting Kites, sinking hearts...June2 2010 Faltering in the festival circuit...May 26 2010 Repressing cinema...May 19 2010 Documenting India...May 12 2010 Benegal's cocktail of comic and caustic...May 5 2010 From silver screen to political podium...April 28 2010 Hope soars with 'Udaan'...April 21 2010 Reel visions of the real...April 14 2010 Piracy bane of film industry...April 7 2010 | 
