She could change expressions as quickly as clouds pass over the sun. In moments, it could change from sad, happy, adoring or scared to surprise. Her huge eyes with long lashes seem too exaggerated to be real, and when she rolls them in silliness, winks in naughtiness or fills them with tears, they are unmissable. She wrinkles her nose and pouts, bites her lip and smiles

Aunts don’t really get their due in Hindi cinema

There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes

His image off and onscreen was of a sophisticated and elegant cosmopolitan, but he was also a theth Punjabi, a Kapoor, who lived life big, fond of his drink and food

The national scene

The central character badly needs that award to emphasise his heroism

It’s the rhythm of life in Hindi cinema

The state of the union

Why mainstream Hindi cinema rarely raises caste as a social issue

But in Indian cinema it’s oppressive and unpleasant

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