Jimmy Shergill has not given up just yet. His acclaimed performances in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster I and II and Bullett Raja may revive his Hindi cinema career—or so he hopes
01 February 2014Leading man and the hero’s best friend in the early 1990s, Pandey went to Bangladesh when his career was on a decline and became a superstar. In the past couple of years, Pandey has made his way back to A-list Bollywood, albeit with silly films
26 December 2013Atul Dodiya’s work is replete with influences and references. But it also raises critical questions about how we see art
12 December 2013Prabhudheva’s journey from southern dance sensation to hit actor to one of Bollywood’s most wanted directors
12 December 2013A new exhibition brings together works by all 13 of the ballsy youngsters who formed Bombay’s Progressive Artists’ Group
06 November 2013Salim-Javed’s Zanjeer case and the good turn it may do Hindi film scriptwriters
02 October 2013A new book revisits the film Amar Akbar Anthony and shines light on director Manmohan Desai’s enduring legacy
15 September 2013Once Bollywood’s girl-next-door, the actress has had several setbacks to take in her stride, not least her son’s recent arrest
16 July 2013Director Kiran Rao talks about her cinematic influences, marriage as partnership and why she gave her son Azad Rao Khan a double-barrelled surname
03 July 2013Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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