Banned it

Film historian Dhruv Somani recalls 11 controversial films, which ran into trouble with the Indian film censors.

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Valentine’s Day: Ishqbaazi or Dramabaazi

Monojit Lahiri investigates what this day of ‘love, Valentine’s Day, means to people at large. He asks, “Dif...

Welcome to Ashok Mishra

The two Hindi films that writer Ashok Mishra is popularly associated with in the cine-goers’ mind are Shyam Benegal’s Welcome to Sa...

Thirty-Seven Years Later

Today, the media is full of crimes against women, victims are coming forward to file complaints, there are many more arrests and even few convictions even if they are not a...

Gender Parity Initiative Alters Views On What Is Masculine: ‘A Man Is Not A Man If He Beats His Wife’

On May 9, when Yakub Kurne got his sister Tasneem married at 18, it was a transformation for the Muslims in Motyal, a sleepy village in Maharashtra. Until a few years ago, ...