Story: Set in the ancient city of Varanasi, Jhini Bini Chadariya follows Rani, a determined street dancer striving to give her deaf daughter a better life, and Shahdab, a reclusive weaver who forms an ...

Ritesh Sharma’s Jhini Bini Chadariya (The Brittle Thread) has scenes not usually associated with Varanasi. The dancer Rani writhes on a stage to a song whose lyrics leave nothing to the imagination.

Ajira Rungta remembers watching Ritesh Sharma’s directorial venture, Jhini Bini Chadariya, at the 2021 Dharamshala International Film Festival. Right then, she knew it was just the kind of film she ...

Director Ritesh Sharma's film Jhini Bini Chadariya has received significant acclaim, blending personal storytelling with rich cultural insights. Inspired by a Banarasi adage, the film features ...

Many actors are known to resort to method acting to get into the skin of their character, but rarely has it been said about a director. Ritesh Sharma, the director of Jhini Bini Chadariya, which was ...

There’s an under-represented aspect of the holy city of Varanasi that filmmaker Ritesh Sharma wants to show his viewers. And that has earned him an international audience too. His debut feature film ...

In the quest to modernise the ancient, in concrete and character, can the sarvashreshth stand on slippery ghat (slope)? Benares, Mark Twain had said, is “older than history, older than tradition, ...

The first major international event after the 2020 Olympics, the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival has two Indian entries in the official selection. Advisory Alert: It has come to our attention ...

At the recently organised Water Festival in Ahmedabad, Rajasthani folk singer Mir Mukhtiyar Ali captivated audiences with his soulful renditions of Kabir’s verses. Known for his melodious ...