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The Mystique of Tabu

Kaveree Bamzai

She has been sensual and subservient, rustic and cosmopolitan. She is as much at ease in a lavish BBC series as she is in her latest, a Hindi horror comedy blockbuster where she plays a ghost

Varanasi Calling

What happens in Varanasi resonates throughout India

Crossing the Flyover

It is a metaphor for many young women in Bollywood now who are slowly overcoming their fears, choosing to expand their art rather than stay in the groove

Bollywood’s Barometer

Mukesh Chhabra is the first port of call for most major directors who want a cast that is authentic and diverse

The Subtitled Generation

Now the actors won’t have to quarrel with each other on Twitter to take a position on the national language

Haobam Paban Kumar: Voice from the Valley

A Manipuri director highlights the faultlines of his state in a unique bilingual film

Stars Still Rule

Bollywood knows streaming is the future for most of its entertainment with the big-budget spectacles

Mise-en-Soviet

Can Indian cinema make it big in Russia again?

Saurabh Shukla Reloaded

He has been extremely productive

Southern Mystique

In the southern film industries, silence and invisibility work as weapons of mass distraction

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