Shanmugam Studio/Wikimedia Images Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan will introduce four of his films at the Logan Center for the Arts. Considering how rarely Indian art cinema is exhibited in Chicago, the ...

Shyam Benegal, known as a pivotal figure in the Indian parallel cinema movement of the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 90. “He passed away at 6.38pm at Wockhardt Hospital Mumbai Central. He ...

Kumar Shahani, one of the pioneers of India’s arthouse parallel cinema movement, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Feb. 24 after a period of illness. He was 83. Shahani studied screenwriting and ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

The late actress, Smita Patil's name will forever be associated with courage, grace, and authenticity. As one of the foremost stars of India’s parallel cinema movement, she created a space for women ...

Asia Society presents Parallel Days/Bollywood Nights; a summer-long celebration of popular and arthouse Indian cinema placed side-by-side. In Hindi with English subtitles. Ten years after his film ...

Anil Kapoor is all set to unleash his action avatar in Subedaar this week. But it's a little known fact that when he entered the film industry, all he wanted was to be a part of was films from ...

Sen’s emergence as a filmmaker in the 1980s occurred within a specific historical context. The Indian parallel cinema movement had created space for art-house filmmaking that engaged with social ...