Bhojpuri cinema

Remembrance of things future

The third wave of Bhojpuri cinema reveals much about India’s shifting class dynamics.

| Sep 15, 2013

The heartland values of Bhojpuri cinema

As Bollywood's Hindi productions spin away to cater to the upper classes and NRIs, Bhojpuri films take the audiences back to an era of family values — where the underdog becomes victorious, and where the …

| Oct 01, 2006

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