Bollywood

Scheduled Cast

Satyen K Bordoloi

Almost every big-budget movie is losing money in Bollywood. And yet, even if a small-budget movie makes thrice its cost, the industry does not count it as a blockbuster. Welcome to the warped economics of la-la-land

Smokin’ Hot Sheila

Sudha G. Tilak

Farah Khan has the country tripping on a Bollywood number with a difference: an item girl who hints at onanism and has hearts throbbing all the more for it

MoTown

Sohini Chattopadhyay

The moustache, that original marker of male vanity, has made a comeback. Even a cursory look at Bollywood’s Mo Bros will confirm this.

The Truth Behind Bollywood Lies

Shradha Sukumaran

From adoption of kittens to underworld calls from Dubai, there’s an entire industry of spin doctors churning out fake news.

Bollywood on Trial

Baradwaj Rangan

Can mainstream Hindi cinema defend itself against the charge that it is creatively bankrupt?

It Just Happened

Manjula Negi

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, arguably the funniest Indian film ever made, was made on a meagre budget, featured mostly unknowns, and hardly anyone involved believed in it. It became a classic, and almost all its alumni went on to highly successful careers. A celebration