cinema

Queer Love Story

Kaveree Bamzai

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

The White Swan

Kaveree Bamzai

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

Amitabh Bachchan: National Coach

Kaveree Bamzai

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

Dysfunctionally Functional

Kaveree Bamzai

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

Daily Heroes

Divya Unny

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

Kaveree Bamzai

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

KPAC Lalitha (1947-2022): A Cultural Icon

Madhavankutty Pillai

Among the greatest actors of Kerala, she leaves an indelible imprint on the Malayali mind

The Godfather at Fifty

Kaveree Bamzai

The Godfather embodies the American dream, which is not merely about money and the immigrant making it big, but also keeping the family together while doing so