It’s time to press rewind on the last seven days.

'Star Wars’, ‘Mad Max’ and the real vs digital effects non-debate

Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has been praised for avoiding computer generated effects, but why does CGI get a bad rap? Read more here.

‘Fan’ and the always strange world of the movie double

Five films prove that the image in the mirror is not always pleasant.Read more here.

Kausar Munir: ‘I don’t like to be bracketed, in life or in anything else’

The acclaimed lyricist, poet and screenplay writer speaks about moving between forms.Read more here.

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How a movement to ban Indian cinema led to two Pakistani remakes of the same Hindi film

The Geeta Bali-starrer ‘Vachan’ became both ‘Hameeda’ and ‘Lakht-e-Jigar’.Read more here.

Some music composers really need to stop singing their own songs

Serial offenders include Himesh Reshammiya, AR Rahman and Amit Trivedi.Read more here.