Indian films

John Abraham: An Ode

Remembering John Abraham through friendship, activism, cinema, and memory

Unheralded Composer Behind “Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein” and Other Timeless Emotional Classics

Unconventional songs like “Dekho Dekh Raha Tha Papiha” broke Hindi film-song conventions with its unconventional composition, pace, and playful musical defiance.

Women film workers fight back against sexual harassment

Governments and industry associations have failed to address the question of safety of women in the entertainment industry.

Red alert: How cinema helps the Modi myth

Cinematic fiction has become the convenient way of ‘correcting’ historical frictions, especially where facts are inconvenient

‘I would rather all movies were made as great art’

Ophelie Wiel speaks to Amit Sengupta on European cinema, the difference between arthouse and box office movies in Mumbai, great and stupid cinema, and why she likes Shah Rukh Khan so much.