Blog Posts by Kunal Guha

‘The Artist’ may have clocked in $12 million at the French box office, bagged 5 Oscars and even won the best actor award at Cannes (Jean Dujardin) but what is more laudable is the fact that it is the first silent movie to be nominated and to win at the Academy Awards since ‘Wings’ in 1927.

Being a silent film, actress Berenice Bejo had to work without dialogues for the first time but what she found exciting and challenging was trying to imitate an American actress who was very unlike her. She says, “The challenge was to try and focus on the body language, but the rest of it was finding a way of being an American actress. I think of American actors -- they take up a lot of space, they talk really loud, they talk with their hands. So I had to find that, since being a French actor, everything is more petite.”

Since ‘The Artist’ showcases the decline of the lead character (George Valentin) played by Jean Durjardin in the film, it was a challenge for director Michel Hazanavicius to create a

While ‘The Artist’ and ‘Hugo’ stole the show with 5 awards each, the Oscars ignored a lot of good work. Here is our list of films that deserved a nomination

The Academy has always rigidly awarded a certain type. A type that confirms to the jury’s checklist. Moving-tick, social message-tick, racially democratic-tick etc. But every year (including this one), there are some cinematic gems that offer something more and beyond, even if it doesn’t score with the ticks. So, here we attempt to draw up a list of such films that deserve a mention, regardless of whom the Academy decides to crown.

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The first thing about this striking British thriller is that it’s incomprehensible without subtitles for the cockney accent. Because when the Irish gargle out English, it really doesn’t speak volumes of how close Ireland is from England, geographically. But looking beyond that, it offers a nail-biting shocker to remember. What opens and continues to be, for the large part, a straight out

It’s a big deal since her fans will get to see the TV show ‘Missing’ before the rest of the world

For the first time in the history of Indian television an international show will premiere in India four days prior to its launch in the US. MISSING, an internationally acclaimed series is an espionage drama. The show boasts of a huge cast starring Hollywood actor and humanitarian Ashley Judd, England’s most versatile actor Sean Bean and Cliff Curtis the actor from Oscar nominated film ‘The Piano’ in the lead.

The show revolves around Becca Winstone (Ashley Judd) who is in search of her missing son. It soon becomes clear that she isn't just an ordinary woman but a former CIA agent who will stop at nothing to retrieve her son.

Commenting on the occasion, Saurabh Yagnik, General Manager and Senior VP, English Channels, STAR India Pvt. Ltd said, "It has been our constant endeavor to bring new Hollywood shows to India to match their date and time in the US. As leaders in the