bollywood
The ‘i’ of the storm
The Bollywood hit ‘Padmaavat’, India’s anti-sati laws and the failure to confront misogyny.
Laxmi Murthy | May 14, 2018
About bread, beauty, and revolution
COLUMN: The life and work of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Taran N Khan | May 09, 2016
The Bollywood disconnect
COLUMN: India’s film fraternity needs to shake off its distaste for the ‘political’ and speak up.
Taran N Khan | Nov 03, 2015
Funny fatale
COLUMN: Just what is it about funny women that scares Bollywood?
Taran N Khan | Oct 06, 2015
Cinema and the melodrama of nationalism
Understanding the recent furore over Hindi cinema in Bangladesh.
Lotte Hoek | Sep 15, 2015
The mainstream and the margin
Reflections on the independent film scene in India.
Vineet Gill | Mar 13, 2015
Deadly Love
Obsessive male pursuit of women is commonplace in Indian cinema, reflecting deep-seated and worrying social norms.
Laxmi Murthy | Sep 15, 2013
In Defense of the Song Sequence
The song and dance sequence in Bollywood cinema is often dismissed as a frivolous filler, but there is substance to it
Jai Arjun Singh | Sep 15, 2013
Patriotism and Pakistani Cinema
Pakistani cinema has declined in output in recent decades, but does banning Indian movies help its revival?
Haroon Khalid | Sep 15, 2013
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