cinema

Action, Indian Style

Kaveree Bamzai

India has unique action to offer, just as its song and dance is so spectacularly distinct

Aamir’s Introspection

Kaveree Bamzai

Aamir Khan is spending his days in deep emotional catharsis

Vicky Kaushal: Taking the Lead

Kaveree Bamzai

His career began as an extra but it is now in full flight. With Sardar Udham, Vicky Kaushal brings to life a character often overlooked by history

Boss Ladies

Kaveree Bamzai

When women are in charge, it’s good for business

Figurative Expressions

Kaveree Bamzai

Have Bollywood’s wellness ambassadors created yet another impossible ideal?

Romancing the Pathan

Rachel Dwyer

Tracing the masculinity of star power in Hindi cinema

Taapsee’s Fitness Test

Kaveree Bamzai

Taapsee doesn’t believe in following the conventional feminine prototype of the coy, vulnerable heroine

Cinema Halls: Opening Wide

Kaveree Bamzai

Will audiences return to watch content that was effectively made at least two years ago?

The Heroine’s Straitjacket

Kaveree Bamzai

The rise of the woman writer and director

Saif Ali Khan: A Star is Reborn

Kaveree Bamzai

Choosing acting over celebrity is a tough call but it is one that Saif Ali Khan has taken successfully, immersing himself in a world where he can go from playing a wild-eyed ghostbuster in a comic caper to Indian mythology’s greatest villain in a retelling of the Ramayana