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TV: WHEN FRAGRANCE BECAME THE TEACHER

In its first edition, Surabhi Diaries by Suhail Tatari revisits the beloved 1990s TV phenomenon Surabhi, cap...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CREATION BEGINS WHERE OPINION ENDS

Art is born from surrender, not control. While opinions about art come from privilege and position, creation emerges from vulnerability and courage — it&rsq...

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RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA

Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai Santoshi Maa and its aftermath — a cinematic cont...

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BOLLYWOOD: DINNER IS SERVED, SUSPENSE IS NOT

A dinner party that promised tension, mystery, and satire turns into a clumsy masquerade of colonial hang-ups and self-importance. Lord Cur...

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BOLLYWOOD: STORIES OF STRUGGLE AND SURVIVAL

The marginalised have never had it easy—but in our own fractured land, their journey is not just arduous, it is often soul-scarring, as N...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: OF PARADISE REGAINED

Khalid Mohamed interviews Saba Azad, who portrays the Kashmiri singer, Raj Begum, a quiet rebel with a cause, with boundless g...

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BOLLYWOOD: WHEN HISTORY MEETS HISTRIONICS

Using violence, it feeds into the stereotype, The Bengal Files weaponizes memory and history, turning past wounds into present propaganda, ampl...

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TRENDING: COMPLEXITY, NUANCE, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS & SHAM

From Aryan Khan’s debut to Dhadak 2, Heart Lamp, and fifty years of Sholay, this article by Sharad Raj...

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BOLLYWOOD: GULZAR’S SCREENPLAYS BEYOND HIS DIRECTION

Gulzar, one of Indian cinema’s most revered storytellers, possesses a distinctive voice as a screenplay writer, separate from his celebra...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: BOLLYWOOD HEROINES FROM GRACE TO GRIT

Monojit Lahiri attempts to objectively investigate this contentious issue, diving into generational perceptions of Bollywood h...

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