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The Marathi movie dream run continues… Baapya (loosely translating as a ‘grown-up man’) is a film whose title may suggest a comedy. But it actually deals with a serious issue that…
Houston’s cultural calendar gets a vivid South Asian spotlight this spring as Rūng Film Fest returns to MATCH – Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston on May 16–17, 2026. Set…
The fifth month of the year is here and we have already had Anushka Sharma celebrate her birthday on May 1 and legendary character artiste and one-time leading lady and producer Aruna Irani observe…
Actors Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi are all set to bring audiences a refreshing dose of entertainment as they come together for the very first time as hosts for their…
A wise man once said, “The most valuable gift one can give one’s child is time.” Is that also true in reverse? Do parents too need time from their children?…
Something is stirring in the world of prestige cinema, and if the whispers making rounds in certain creative circles are anything to go by, the story of one of the…
As the global film industry gathers once again for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where stories from around the world will premiere and compete for global attention, one film already…
An untold story of India’s 1990s financial crisis—the intriguing and hard-hitting teaser of Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s GOVERNOR: The Silent Saviour has just been released. The film narrates yet another untold story—of yet…
If a textbook is written on how to make a good movie, this can be included as great example. Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam, planned as the first of a tri-lingual trilogy,…
In films in particular and Art in general, there is no discrimination between Hindu and Muslim, and even less between Hindi and Urdu. As Hasrat Jaipuri had asserted once, the…
Filmmaker Karan Johar walked the carpet at this year’s Met Gala wearing a custom ensemble designed by Manish Malhotra. The outfit was conceived as a tribute to renowned Indian painter…
I chose to watch the bilingual in Marathi, not Hindi. The essence of many a dialogue can be lost completely in translation. Having watched both Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) and Chhaava (2025), I…
With Hera Pheri (2000) turning the tide in favor of very successful comedies that were clean, Hindi cinema moved beyond the increasingly trope-driven, actor-driven and even double-entendre comedies, most of which tended…
Time and again, romantic triangles have been box-office fodder. And ditto rom-coms. When these two genres are blended, we have the rom-com triangles: Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978) and its reboot in…
Irrfan Khan was an actor par excellence. It was his restraint and minimalism that marked every character that he essayed. He used his eyes to convey his emotions with effortless…
It was a unique introduction to the film’s music score, which is already available online. Aamir Khan’s production, Ek Din, was intended to be his son Junaid Khan’s first release, as…
