Sci-Fi @Gandhinagar

Never Let Me Go (2010)

This quiet and beautiful adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s science-fiction novel of the same name, shall forever count among those occasional cinematic classics that went largely unnoticed in the crowd of more mainstream offerings. The film is a sensory delight; soothing cinematography used…

Skin Deep Society

by Nikhil Marathe

Science fiction dystopias or comments about social order and personal behaviour is often a slightly exaggerated version of current society rather than mind-blowing new ideas. It serves as a watchdog for society’s intellectuals, highlighting possible…

Alien (1979)

Set in an undated future, the 1979 science fiction movie Alien depicts the tale of a 7 member crew trapped with a barbaric alien.

by Pavan Daxini.

Love as a Counter to Dystopia

by Nikhil Marathe.

Dystopic societies are a mainstay of science fiction, owing to the various ways that they can be represented, people educated about its implications and the way it can be brought down.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a title that does not hold back too much about the movie’s story-line. However, it does manage to conceal its heavily satirical undertones quite cleverly.

Old Khichri

by Prof. Aditinath Sarkar

Is the Movie Bladerunner a tragic or even a pathetic meditation on the futility of human life? As Roy Batty states it:

‘…washed away like tears in the rain.’