Cinema

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Ajit Duara

A film as rootless and rife with loose ends as the pretty people in it

Ishkq in Paris

Ajit Duara

Preity Zinta’s Before Sunrisesque comeback film doesn’t hit the spot

Birth of the Indian Undead

Devika Bakshi

What makes zombies interesting and why Go Goa Gone gets it right

Wearing Blinders

Annie Zaidi

Why do women filmmakers in India not want to talk of sexual violence?

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Ajit Duara

Mira Nair’s translation of Mohsin Hamid’s novel into cinema is riveting

The Poor Man’s Pop Star

Shaikh Ayaz

For years, Mithun Chakraborty has been a victim of elite prejudice—what multiplex goers call a ‘downmarket’ star. But the emergence of filmmakers from small-town India can change that

Star Trek Into Darkness

Ajit Duara

A super villain whose name is Khan, a confusing plot and some superb action

Bombay Talkies

Ajit Duara

These four shorts films are a beautiful tribute to Hindi cinema

Karan Johar’s Gay Revolution

Madhavankutty Pillai

The filmmaker may have taken a realistic turn with homosexuality in Bombay Talkies, but he deserves credit even for silly gay portrayals in commercial films like Dostana