Shruti Das

The Oscars did it again!

The Oscars did it again!

With Riz Ahmed becoming the first Muslim to be nominated as the Best lead actor in the Oscars, cinema going…

March 22, 2021

All hail the queen…

Netflix’s Bombay Begums depicts women in their rawest, purest and vulnerable best A 49-year-old woman confesses a horrifying chapter of…

March 16, 2021

Will gender neutral acting awards be the new norm?

While such an idea sounds like a monumental achievement towards eradication of gender biases in the film industry, it might…

March 9, 2021

Inspired but legit

Bollywood’s tryst with Hollywood film remakes isn’t new but this time it’s official When the first look of Parineeti Chopra…

February 23, 2021

A prize too far

Despite being the country which produces the highest number of films every year, India has never bagged an Academy Award…

February 16, 2021

Be your own Valentine, they say

Some films make you want to fall in love all over again – with yourself “You truly cannot love another,…

February 8, 2021

BBC documentary gives an insight into Jiah Khan’s controversial death

Death in Bollywood, a three-part investigative documentary on BBC, attempts to further dig out the ever elusive truth Amid a…

February 3, 2021

Rocky landing, smooth takeoff

A paraplegic woman draws inspiration from an injured magpie in Netflix’s Penguin Bloom What happens when a bird, despite having…

February 1, 2021

Creative freedom under fire?

What happened with Amazon Prime Video’s Tandav gives an indication of what’s yet to come Bholenath aka Lord Shiva questions…

January 26, 2021