Articles by Sanjukta Sharma
From Satya to Sacred Games: The agony and ecstasy of seeing Mumbai on screen
As the web series based on Vikram Chandra’s novel premieres on Netflix, a look at how differently the city of its birth has been reflected in cinema through the years.
Updated on Jul 08, 2018 10:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
25 years of Jurassic Park: Giant reptiles that walk on the screen
In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film Jurassic Park showed dinosaurs as terrifying predators. The sequels became more about saving the wild, but the franchise continues to rake it in
Updated on Jun 24, 2018 07:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
To Titanic, the most Bollywood Hollywood movie ever made
The film is 20 years old, the ship is still at the bottom of the sea. So why can we still not let go of James Cameron’s epic?
Updated on Dec 24, 2017 10:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjukta Sharma
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has nothing lofty but is unapologetically patriotic
The patriotism in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is primarily furthering one of the most widely publicised social change campaigns of the government, even as the rural hero exposes some of the pitfalls of the scheme
Published on Aug 11, 2017 11:20 AM IST
Sanjukta Sharma
Should the CBFC be made powerless? Will that stop Indians from taking offence?
Offence is our historical burden, an inherited right, which constitutionally elected governments over 70 years have protected and encouraged. It does not matter which political party we belong to or which side of the ideological axis we tilt towards.
Updated on Jul 20, 2017 07:21 PM IST
Sanjukta Sharma
Women can’t ask for condoms, no to ‘intercourse’: What’s wrong with censor board
Cinema is always the soft target. Censorship is an old gag in India; under this BJP regime, voices against it are louder than ever before. No sensible mind in the government would likely find any artistic or cerebral match in the CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani, director of asinine Bollywood films in the 1970s and 1980s
Updated on Jul 03, 2017 01:09 PM IST
Sanjukta Sharma
Poll register
Of the 900 political parties registered with the Election Commission, some small, fringe parties stand out. Here are five that made us sit up and take note
Updated on Apr 07, 2009 09:46 PM IST
None | Sanjukta Sharma and Seema Chowdhry
The new political Indian
Urban-centric parties, 20-something party workers, management principles in campaign strategies -- a movement gathers in the periphery to redeem the meaning of Indian politics
Updated on Apr 07, 2009 05:07 PM IST
None | Sanjukta Sharma
Madonna guru to serve city Hot Yoga
Now 56-year-old Choudhury believes India is ready to embrace his multi-million dollar enterprise, reports Sanjukta Sharma.
Published on Jan 11, 2007 04:21 AM IST
None | Sanjukta Sharma, Mumbai
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