Anand Vardhan

A Modiesque speech

A Modiesque speech

If Modi goes down as one-term PM, his 2018 Red Fort speech would be judged against the speech he delivered…

August 17, 2018

The Brazenness of Bhojpuri songs

How popular songs in Bhojpuri legitimise sexual harassment. Earlier this month another case of a viral video of a girl…

July 16, 2018

Virat Kohli’s Federer moment

Coming months will tell how the application of technical adjustments helps him on the english pitches. the test for Virat…

July 16, 2018

The 1975 drama

What Hindi cinema said about the turbulent years of the Emergency, which shook up the Indian polity 43 years ago…

June 14, 2018

All night long

How the dancing uncle clicked and what would be his undoing (Revenge of the 80s) A 46-year old professor unknowingly…

June 7, 2018

Nehruvian vibes

To mark Jawaharlal Nehru’s 54th death anniversary, it’s interesting to analyse how Hindi cinema portrayed the leader Independence had come…

July 16, 2018

Weak Wicket

Why did a film chronicling the life of India’s most celebrated cricketer Sachin Tendulkar fail to leave a lasting impact?…

May 24, 2018

Chronicling child abuse in cinema

Hindi films have portrayed child sexual abuse in their films time and again, whereas in India this hasn’t figured in…

May 18, 2018

No paeans to ‘jaan’

Film-makers seem to have fallen out of love with Mumbai, the city in which they live and work. No ode…

May 15, 2018