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Vandana Kataria: Social Realism

Lhendup G Bhutia

Vandana Kataria makes a Shakespearean tragedy out of bullying in her new film

Sicario – Day of the Soldado Movie Review

Should Hollywood movies be considered the ‘soft power’ of the US - presenting robust American ideals in a positive, soft focus light - this film does just the opposite

Girl Power Steals the Scene

The struggle for dignity and civility

Male and Malevolent in Kerala

Only in Kerala. Where an actor accused in a rape case is feted and protected by a powerful brotherhood in the industry while the victim, a popular heroine of South Indian cinema, supported by a few of her feisty female colleagues, fights alone for justice in the face of rising insensitivity and indifference from the patriarchs of Malayalam cinema

Slap and Strut

Malayali matinee idols and their vulgar masculinity

Pulp Paradox

By pandering to the prurient fantasies of Malayali men, Kerala’s popular culture has abetted misogyny in life and politics

The Odd One Out

Not Quite a Money Spinner | End of the Affair

Sanju Movie Review

Isn’t ‘Sanju’ a movie that consciously attempts to 'fake' our perception?

The Last Anti-Hero: Sanjay Dutt in Life and Art

Can we expect objectivity from an industry that has always made excuses for India’s most polarising star?

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