Stories with messages that are not thrust in our faces but are subtly incorporated into a saga that is completely fresh, riveting and entertaining are not very common. This film …

As we have seen a few days ago (The Travails of Hindi Cinema: Part 1), the Hindi film, as we have known it for decades, is sinking. In a morass …

While reams have been filed on Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar’s works with composers like Shankar-Jaikishan, Madan Mohan, Naushad, Salil Chowdhury and others, there is precious little on the truly voluminous …

One hopes that this film is the last in the seemingly never-ending parade of South remakes. That such a contingency, post-Covid and post-OTT in particular, spells bad luck for even …

Shahid Kapoor has spent over two decades in the film industry, evolving from a romantic hero to taking on complex, layered roles. From Udta Punjab to Kabir Singh, he has consistently chosen characters with …

He is basking in the applause and appreciation for The Mehta Boys, with which he starts out as writer, director and (co-)producer. Among the most grounded human beings in showbiz, Boman …

An extraordinary artiste needs an extraordinary presentation for his life-story. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has no equal in the field of flute virtuosos and it is not for nothing that he …

By leaps and bounds, if India ever had a controversial figurehead, it was only one name. Indira Gandhi. The woman, also responsible for the biggest blot on free India’s history—the …

This is a film with one illustrious title predecessor (Azaad in the 1950s with Dilip Kumar in the title-role) and one quite successful 1978 film with Dharmendra. But this time, the …