Deepanjana Pal

Jan 11, 2025 | htsyndication.com | Deepanjana Pal

India, Jan. 12 -- All We Imagine as Light (AWIAL) is finally streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. This is not good news for director Jahnu Barua, who was on the jury that failed to select it as India's Oscar entry, and then attempted to explain that failure by calling it "very poor technically". But it is also not good news for the many critics who have swooned over Payal Kapadia's film.

Jan 11, 2025 | hindustantimes.com | Deepanjana Pal

Payal Kapadia’s award-winning film, All We Imagine as Light (AWIAL), is finally more easily accessible, on Disney+ Hotstar. This is not good news for director Jahnu Barua, who was on the jury that failed to select it as India’s Oscar entry, and then attempted to explain that failure by calling it “very poor technically”. But it is also not good news for the many critics who have swooned over Kapadia’s film.

Jan 11, 2025 | htsyndication.com | Deepanjana Pal

India, Jan. 11 -- Payal Kapadia's award-winning film, All We Imagine as Light (AWIAL), is finally more easily accessible, on Disney+ Hotstar. This is not good news for director Jahnu Barua, who was on the jury that failed to select it as India's Oscar entry, and then attempted to explain that failure by calling it "very poor technically". But it is also not good news for the many critics who have swooned over Kapadia's film.

Dec 7, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Deepanjana Pal

Two weeks before the release of Pushpa 2: The Rule, the small indie production All We Imagine as Light began its theatrical run in India. The former is director Sukumar’s mainstream money-spinner, the much-anticipated sequel to the highest-grossing film of 2021, Pushpa: The Rise. Long before it hit theatres, Pushpa 2 had made records.

Nov 9, 2024 | hindustantimes.com | Deepanjana Pal

Last week, the Hindi film industry delivered two of its shiniest offerings of the year: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Again. It was a box-office face-off that had trade analysts and fans buzzing. Asked if this could be called “the Indian Barbenheimer”, I just about managed to answer “Not quite”, before my brain melted at the thought of Anees Bazmee being our Greta Gerwig and Rohit Shetty, our Christopher Nolan.