September 9, 2023
Bollywood and the Magic of Escapist Cinema
There’s red everywhere. A lot of pomp and show, a festival celebrated with vermilion and scores of dancers. Actors lip-syncing to a song that...
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May 23, 2023
Indian Audiences Cross Language Barriers for Evolved Cinema
When was the last time I went to the movies? Maybe in the first week of May? It was not a Bollywood movie (it starred Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,...
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May 2, 2023
Examining Caste Representation in Hindi Cinema
The only Indian film to have been ever awarded a Palme d'Or—earlier called Grand Prix du Festival International du Film—is Chetan Ananad’s 19...
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December 12, 2022
"Freddy" Review: A Romantic Thriller Gone South
In 2005, director Vikram Bhatt very discreetly gave us a Hindi remake of the 1999 American crime thriller Double Jeopardy in the form of Jurm...
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