cinema

‘Fear can rule families more than love,’ says Karan Johar

Kaveree Bamzai

Karan Johar speaks about shades of love and his new blockbuster

In Veerappan’s Footsteps

Kaveree Bamzai

The documentary goes behind the obvious polarising views of Veerappan as a brigand/smuggler and folk hero

Diljit Dosanjh: Punjab’s Poster Boy

Kaveree Bamzai

There are few stars who have traded their goldplated status for serious cinema and even more serious messaging

Guilty of Dancing

Ullekh NP

Sarmad Khoosat’s recent film that has been banned in Pakistan records a man’s undoing

Tripping in Alliance Hall

MJ Akbar

And what Oppenheimer really said

Shah Rukh Skips the Media

Kaveree Bamzai

You may or may not have noticed but Shah Rukh Khan has quietly refused to submit himself to any media interviews now

Kajol: The Unfading Star

Kaveree Bamzai

Kajol likes challenging roles. The latest is a wronged wife in a legal drama

Oppenheimer Beats Barbie in India. Why?

Kaveree Bamzai

Oppenheimer was an event, much like a FIFA World Cup or the Olympics, which cuts across cultures and classes. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, with its close identification with American girlhood in a pink paradise, did not have the same resonance in India, where the Mattel doll has never been too popular