English, August

It's this novel I've been reading. It's possessing me, doctoring my mind with the blasphemous and sometimes bordering on the sensational and bizarre, thoughts of Agastya Sen, the protagonist of this Indian story. I had watched the film based on... Full review

The movie is hilarious, balanced and representative of the Upamanyu Chatterjee novel. Although Rahul Bose doesn't quite fit the description of the urban dislocated youth of the novel, he's done a truly wonderful job. The lack of expensive camrawork et... Full review

english, august released in 1994 was one of the first indian movies in english. this brave effort and its relative success paved the way for many such movies later in the 90s. this movie which is based on the brilliant... Full review

The movie is awesome - cannot imagine anyone else but Rahul Bose playing Agastya Sen - poor urban Indian caught in the madness of rural India - where everything is chaotic and illogical - the movie is awesome - just... Full review

English, August managed to neatly balance both Bollywood and art house cinema traditions. YOU WATCHED and loved him in Dev Benegal's English, August , the film based on Upamanyu Chatterjee's eponymous novel. ... Full Review

For the first time in the cinematic history of Indian cinema, the international sales agent Fortissimo Films has completed a deal to represent a Hindi film titled Road , Movie , directed by Dev Benegal (of English August and Split... ... Full Article

When I first heard that Indian journalist and author Raj Kamal Jha, had written Fireproof , a historical novel set around the 2002 Gujarat riots, I was excited to read the final work. ... Full Article