"There was a robustness to (Rashid Irani’s) film criticism…It was straight from the heart…When he liked a film, he spoke about it with enormous conviction… When he did not, he could be very angry… but he was always generous… He respected the art of filmmaking,” noted photographer and filmmaker Rafeeq Ellias, about cinema critic Irani who passed away at 72 years of age on July 30, 2021. Irani wrote for The Times of India and Hindustan Times, among others. Ellias is making a documentary on Irani and hopes to release it "in a few days’ time,” he told us on......