Cinema

Back to the Village

Kaveree Bamzai

A docu-series on Punjab’s new pop stars B Praak, Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah and Harrdy Sandhu

Vivek Agnihotri: Fact Seeker

Kaveree Bamzai

The success of The Kashmir Files puts the focus on its director

The Elder Statesman?

Kaveree Bamzai

It won’t be a stretch if Aamir Khan takes on the role that the industry desperately needs at this moment—that of an elder statesman

Leading Ladies

Kaveree Bamzai

No longer restricted to tropes, women actors on OTT platforms are helming shows and playing a gamut of roles, from morally ambiguous characters to troubled mothers

Aditi Rao Hydari: Sparkling Star

Kaveree Bamzai

She is finally getting the due that the Hindi film industry was unable to give her

Ray of Light

Kaveree Bamzai

Say hello to Ray in the new Netflix series

Nagraj Manjule: The Troubadour of Our Times

Kaveree Bamzai

Nagraj Manjule’s third feature film is yet another sharp critique of upper-caste oppression, establishing him as the truthteller of Marathi cinema and beyond

Queer Love Story

Kaveree Bamzai

Queer people tend to be over-sexualised, says Badhaai Do’s director Harshavardhan Kulkarni

Dysfunctionally Functional

Kaveree Bamzai

What seems progressive in one era may well seem retrograde in another

Daily Heroes

Divya Unny

Three documentaries—about pioneering women journalists, brothers who rescue birds, and the lookalikes of Bollywood stars—are getting international recognition