Devapriya Sanyal has a Ph.D in English Literature from JNU. She is the author of From Text to Screen: Issues and Images in Schindler’s List and Through the Eyes of a Cinematographer: The Biography of Soumendu Roy, which has recently been published by Harper Collins. When she is not teaching she is usually busy writing and watching world cinema, Bollywood and Bengali cinema. She also loves reading and has a lively interest in photography, travelling, and sketching.

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Dunkirk: Reading Nolan’s War Odyssey

The dreadful story of the betrayal at Dunkirk is told from three interconnected perspectives, although quite different substantially, for each, the stakes are different.

Rangoon – A Complex, Intricate Yet Incomplete Tapestry

Rangoon review. Vishal Bhardwaj’s metafilm deals with the business of film-making coupled with a love triangle at the backdrop of World War II.