Poulomi Das

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Poulomi Das

Writer-director Karan Kandhari’s mischievous and daring feature debut Sister Midnight is a fever dream that veers wildly and often thrillingly between tones: psychological drama, dark domestic comedy, surreal horror fable, and something more inscrutable still.

3 weeks ago | thejuggernaut.com | Poulomi Das

When Wes Anderson included a scene featuring a quirky memory game in Asteroid City (2023), it wasn’t just a creative flourish — it evoked Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri, the beloved 1970 Bengali classic. From the earthy color palettes of (2007) to the episodic narrative structure of (2021), Ray’s imprint runs deep in Anderson’s oeuvre. But his love for runs deeper. is a deceptively simple story about ego and epiphany.

1 month ago | thenodmag.com | Poulomi Das

ADVERTISEMENTOne sign of the state’s rapidly changing identity is Solene, a luxury members-only club that opens this month in MoiraUntil I decamped to Goa five years ago, I had always looked at the small coastal state as a stop-gap destination. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, upending the lines between work and play, and like thousands of others, I took it as a sign to turn susegado into a permanent lifestyle.

2 months ago | livemint.com | Poulomi Das

There is little separation between the way Shukla writes and the way he lives, and its ripple effect is evident in his son’s worldview. Gopal speaks of how there’s no moment when his father is not creating. Shukla writes everyday and then recites each piece to his son, an exercise that can span days and, at times, months. It’s why Gopal suggests that before being a reader of his father’s compositions, he is first “a listener of his creative process".

2 months ago | htsyndication.com | Poulomi Das

New Delhi, March 13 -- In Gamak Ghar (2020) and Dhuin (2022), Achal Mishra's previous features, the filmmaker displayed a preoccupation with the many worlds that can be contained within the confines of a house. A similar throughline informs Chaar Phool Hai Aur Duniya Hai, Mishra's latest outing, which follows renowned Hindi poet and novelist Vinod Kumar Shukla over two afternoons at his home in Raipur.