After a Pause

Film historian Dhruv Somani, writes on Bollywood’s comeback syndrome, or why top stars quit and then reboot their careers.

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The South Wave

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, rewinds to the time when there was an influx of heroines from Southern cinema to Bollywood.

Bhanu Athaiya: Best of the Best

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, picks his 10 favourites from the vast collection  created by the late doyenne of film costu...

Rich & Infamous

Khalid Mohamed reviews the documentary web series Bad Boy Billionaires, the film Serious Men and more, streaming on channels c...

Big wins for Article 15, Soni and Gully Boy

SWA Awards 2020 were presented to 15 winners in Feature Films, TV & Web series categories and Vishal & Rekha Bhardwaj and Varun Grover ...

Against all odds

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, takes you right into the storm of Bollywood’s films revolving around natural and man-made ...

Coming of Age: Child stars that could make it big

Film historian, Dhruv Somani, looks back at Bollywood’s babies and moppets who could make that tough transition to leadi...

Chann Pardesi: Reuniting with the cult-classic

Aparajita Krishna writes, Chann Pardesi would be a stranger to the young cine-goer, India 2020, including the young diaspora g...

Bollywood celebrates Supreme Court’s decriminalisation of Section 377

The Supreme Court of India, after much delay, scrapped portions of Section 377, resulting in decriminalization of gay sex in India. There&rsquo...