In an era marked by rising nationalism, propaganda, and manipulation of information, Utpal Dutt’s 1972 thought-provoking play—“Barricade” resonates powerfully with contemporary audiences. Directed by ...

Amitabh Bachchan's first full-length English film tentatively titled The Last Lear is a tribute to veteran actor Utpal Dutt. Directed by Rituparno Ghosh, the film is based on Utpal Dutt's play Aajker ...

Barricade is a poignant political play for today's times. IMAGE: A scene from the play Barricade. Photographs: Kind courtesy Raj Lalwani A certain political play is gaining popularity in Mumbai. Its ...

Portraying the balding, pot-bellied, mustachioed, and regimen-imposing Bhawani Shankar in a brace of Bollywood laugh riots, or ACP Dhurandhar Bhatawadekar or Kailash Pati in more Hrishikesh Mukherjee ...

Amitabh Bachchan's Bhaskor Banerjee in "Piku" had traces of Utpal Dutt's screen persona, says Shoojit Sircar who feels surprised that his attempt to capture the mundane everyday family life with ...

MUMBAI, (IANS) – His portrayals of the idiosyncratic, moustache-fanatic, and rule-imposing Bhawani Shankar or the stern ACP Dhurandhar Bhatawadekar in a brace of breezy Bollywood comedies are ...

Thespian Vijaya Mehta, in her foreword to Collected Plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar, Volume II, recalls late actor Utpal Dutt's remark: "Mahesh is the most popular Bengali playwright who happens to write ...

Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol and Farhan Akhtar made the boys road-trip adventure popular in Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. But much before these relatively younger actors made road trips seem ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. The great Indian director Satyajit Ray chose this charming, small-scale human drama (with decided comedic overtones) as his swan ...

“Piku” features Bachchan as a 70-year-old widowed father and Padukone as his headstrong daughter. They embark on a road trip from Delhi to Kolkata. Irrfan Khan played Rana Chaudhary, a taxi business ...