cinema

Bollywood’s Mallika

Kaveree Bamzai

Eighteen years after Murder catapulted her to sex goddess status, Sherawat is basking in the glow of RK/RKay

Nagesh Kukunoor: The Lone Traveller

Kaveree Bamzai

Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor captures Hyderabad’s unique culture in an anthology of love stories

The Tribal Pursuit

Rachel Dwyer

The Murmu moment and cinema’s indebtedness to Adivasi culture

What Audiences Want

Kaveree Bamzai

Audiences—and algorithms—have their own way of getting the content they want

What Women Want

Divya Unny

A new show explores the urban Indian woman’s search for fulfilment and intimacy

Mohan Kapur: Mr Marvel

Kaveree Bamzai

Will Mr Marvel open doors for the actor globally?

Deepti Naval: The Girl from Ambershire

Kaveree Bamzai

Deepti Naval’s memoir is a love letter to her parents and the city of her birth

In Search of an Audience

Kaveree Bamzai

If mainstream Bollywood is a well-maintained expressway, it also has several highways and service lanes which carry movies to audiences, says Anubhav Sinha

Home Is Not Elsewhere

Divya Unny

An animated documentary recounts the story of an Afghan refugee. The Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen tells Divya Unny why he chose animation to reveal his classmate’s story

Varun Dhawan: From Boy to Man

Kaveree Bamzai

Varun Dhawan marks the tenth year of his career in Bollywood with a role that balances humour and drama, proving that the likeable star can also be an actor who wants to make good cinema