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Bollywood

Ray of Light

Kaveree Bamzai

Say hello to Ray in the new Netflix series

Queer Love Story

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

The White Swan

The film Gangubai Kathiawadi wants to valorise sex workers on the margins of society but its morality is confused

Amitabh Bachchan: National Coach

Who better than the grand patriarch of Bollywood to make caste visible and audible in his new film?

Dysfunctionally Functional

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

Daily Heroes

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

Madhuri Dixit: The Return of the Queen

Madhuri Dixit set the template for the modern-day heroine in Bollywood and now she is back to challenge it in a new series that casts her as an ageing diva

The Depths of Deepika

Deepika Padukone is reshaping the idea of the Hindi film heroine and of the Indian woman, one movie at a time

Paying It Forward

Shakun Batra is happy to describe himself as a team player who is eager to share credit

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