Rachel Dwyer is an author and culture critic based in London. She has written extensively on Hindi cinema and is an Open contributor
Can Indian cinema make it big in Russia again?
The globalisation of South Indian cinema began with Rajamouli
Identity markers in a new Turkish series echo the melodrama of Hindi cinema
Lata sang for all of us. Her voice was instantly recognisable. Whoever the star, she brought us into the heroine’s inner life
A perfumed passage to nostalgia
Jai Bhim and the search for justice in Indian cinema
Tracing the masculinity of star power in Hindi cinema
India through the prism of counterculture
The Parsi journey across history and cultures—with a stopover at Irani café
From the martyrdom of Thomas Becket to the holy relics of Hindi cinema
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