Film Director

March 28, 2022

The Cult Of S. S. Rajamouli

S. S. Rajamouli is known for his fantasy and adventure films that are derived as much from Amar Chitra Katha as they are from Westerns like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Prathyush Parasuraman examines the defining elements of the Telugu director’s filmography, as well as the controversies of representation which have plagued the Baahubali series, which catapulted Rajamouli to the status of a pan-Indian icon
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Shakun Batra, Indian film director and screenwriter, Kapoor & Sons, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu

July 07, 2017

Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Film Director, IIFA awards

Meet Writer-Director Shakun Batra Who Goes Beyond Formula Successes

Text by Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena. Photograph by Prateek Patel. Make-Up and Hair by Vathingla, Jean-Claude Biguine Salon and Spa, Mumbai

Excited about his movie Kapoor & Sons being nominated for the IIFA awards, he reflects on his muses in a conversation with us....
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Carmen Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter, British and French actress and film director, All About The Benjamins, Tryst in Paname

March 29, 2017

Actress, All About The Benjamins, Carmen Chaplin

How Charlie Chaplin’s Granddaughter Is Carrying Forward His Legacy

Text by Sitanshi Talati-Parikh

In conversation with the actor and film director Carmen Chaplin...
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Gurvinder Singh, New Delhi, Chauthi Koot

August 06, 2016

Anhey Ghorhey Da Daan, Cannes Film Festival, Chauthi Koot

Chauthi Koot Director Gurvinder Singh On His Brand Of Cinema

Text by Ranjabati Das. Photograph by Sachit Paulose

He talks about the challenges of indie filmmaking and taking his film to Cannes
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josh radnor, ink talk 2015, ted, how, i met your mother, tv actor

October 26, 2015

actor, American TV show, Film Director

Meet Josh Radnor, The Man Behind Ted

Text by Tanisha Choudhury. Images courtesy Twitter

The 'How I Met Your Mother' actor gets candid and ends up needing to be very patient
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Reema Kagti, Film Director, Honeymoon Travels, Talaash

January 15, 2011

Film Director, Honeymoon Travels, Reema Kagti

Directing Aamir Khan

Text by Rukhmini Punoose. Photograph by Ankur Chaturvedi

From jumping a wall in Assam just to catch a movie, to being able to direct Mr Perfectionist with no film background, Reema Kagti’s nerves of steel have brought her this far. Verve interacts with the feisty writer-director
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