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Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss editing, cinematography, film criticism and the Oscars. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Nagraj Manjule's JHUND. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss Sanjay Leela Bhansali's latest, starring Alia Bhatt. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Poulomi Das discuss the film BADHAAI DO, "hybrid" masculinity and a bit of actor Tahir Raj Bhasin's golden moment. 

Film critics Rahul Desai, Tanul Thakur, Poulomi Das and Uday Bhatia discuss Shakun Batra's GEHRAIYAAN. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss George Clooney's THE TENDER BAR and Shaunak Sen's ALL THAT BREATHES, the Grand Jury documentary Prize winner at Sundance 2022. 

In the latest podcast, writers Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss film festival coverage, sound design, music and Shakun Batra's filmography. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss Maggie Gyllenhaal's gripping directorial debut, The Lost Daughter. 

Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss the craft of film criticism, reviews and more in the second part of their "Writing" series.

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss their strong feelings about Kabir Khan's 83 – while rounding up the abysmal year for Hindi cinema in 2021. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the new Aanand L. Rai film, Atrangi Re. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss BOB BISWAS, the Kahaani spin-off streaming on ZEE5. 

Rahul Desai and Pankaj Sachdeva discuss one of their favourite Hindi films, Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the excellent new SonyLIV show, TABBAR. 

Film critics Rahul Desai, Uday Bhatia and Tanul Thakur discuss Shoojit Sircar's Sardar Udham. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the Kangana Ranaut starrer, Thalaivii. 

In our new artist podcast, National Award-winning filmmaker Hemant Gaba discusses his films Shuttlecock Boys (2011), Japan In Nagaland (2015) and An Engineered Dream (2018) with host Sashi. He also speaks about choosing the indie way, taking the film festival route and the evolution of indie film distribution in India over the past decade. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Uday Bhatia discuss the ZEE5 sports documentary series about Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, BREAK POINT. 

In this special fifth episode, host Sashi catches up with his long-lost school friend Harshajit Goyary, who currently works as a sound designer and recordist in the film industry. Harshajit talks about his life as an FTII student, the technicalities of sound design, his thoughts on Assamese cinema and shares his experience of working in indie films in the north-east. Having worked with filmmaker R...

Megha Chakraborty is a writer, DP and producer working in Mumbai. In this 4th episode of Indie Parishad, she discusses the indie space and talks about her experience of making/distributing the films, Apoorna Viram and Kaali Peeli . 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the new Bollywood horror comedy on Disney+ Hotstar, BHOOT POLICE. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Poulomi Das discuss the new Amazon web series, MUMBAI DIARIES 26/11. 

This episode features Bangalore-based filmmaker, stand-up comic, sketch & comic creator and actor, Falah Faisal . He speaks of his superhero comic Musalman , his tryst with Brahman Naman and Shreelancer as an actor, and his love for low-budget indie filmmaking. He also reflects on how being in jail transformed his writing process, and how repression enhances one’s creativity. 

Writer-blogger Pankaj Sachdeva chats with film critic Rahul Desai about their shared love for cinema, writing and everything in between. 

Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the two Independence Day 2021 Bollywood releases, SHERSHAAH and BHUJ: THE PRIDE OF INDIA.