Bollywood

Some Transparency, Please

Kaveree Bamzai

The space for the small films and the weaker voice remains limited

The Deepika Era

Kaveree Bamzai

With her undeniable beauty and greater depth to her acting, there is no reason why Padukone’s career as a leading lady shouldn’t last longer

The Indian Pastoral

Rachel Dwyer

The cinematic evolution of the countryside sends out a social message

You Khan’t Touch Them

Kaveree Bamzai

Aamir Khan has given up his mobile phone

At 49, she considers it a great privilege to be asked to play her age onscreen. Pooja Bhatt, feisty teen idol and magazine cover magnet of the 1990s, is back, headlining one of this summer’s biggest streaming series

Skimming the Cream

Kaveree Bamzai

With a solitary shoutout on Instagram costing as much as Rs 40 lakh, top stars made money in their version of work from home

Entitled Siblings

Kaveree Bamzai

The conversation is about meritocracy and not inheritocracy

Magic Mountains

Rachel Dwyer

Hindi films and the eternal romance of snow

The Curious Case of Vaani Kapoor

Kaveree Bamzai

This is precisely what is wrong with Bollywood. It still doesn’t understand that the era of power without accountability is over

Priyanka Chopra Jonas: Undone

Kaveree Bamzai

In a new memoir, Priyanka Chopra Jonas opens up about favouritism in Bollywood, heartbreak, depression, but equally about the joy of making movies across continents and finding her prince charming in the unlikeliest of places