Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy, based on Vikram Seth’s 1993-novel of the same name, transports its audience to a world of its own When the first look of Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy released on social media, the netizens could not keep calm. After all, it’s not every day that Nair creates (screenplay by Andrew […]

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Bollywood, in the last decade, has proved its worth in the horror genre. Here’s how Hideous prosthetics. Poor animation. Deafening background score. Creepy creatures. These are often used to describe the horror films Bollywood made before the 2000s – helmed mostly by the Ramsay brothers. But then came Ram Gopal Varma’s Bhoot (2003), and the […]

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Will Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb make a difference in Bollywood’s depiction of the transgender community on-screen? If there’s one actor in Bollywood who is known for being politically correct – in both reel and real life – it’s Akshay Kumar. But 2020 is known for its unpredictability and thus a trailer of his upcoming film […]

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Bigg Boss has always been notorious for its content. But hate it or love it, you just couldn’t avoid it Imagine being locked up in a big house with 13 strangers for three months. Sounds scary? And if that isn’t scary enough – imagine the whole country watching your life unfolding in that house. Though, […]

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Bollywood’s history of manhandling mental health goes a long way, but there’s still hope It was 2016 when a film created waves for depicting a social issue aptly on-screen. The “issue” I am talking about is mental health – which, even in the 21st century, remains a taboo. People find it difficult to openly converse […]

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Bollywood’s #MeToo marks two years of the movement that started with allegations of sexual misconduct against Nana Patekar and has now stung Anurag Kashyap. But India’s legal system has been sluggish whereas Hollywood predators are already in jail It’s a comeback, but not a pleasant one. The MeToo movement seems to have resurfaced yet again […]

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A community media organisation, Video Volunteers, gives voice to our society’s unheard voices and puts a face to the statistics about poverty and marginalisation What’s the best way to portray the story of one community? The common answer to this would be by making a film or video, by documenting the issues faced by them.  But […]

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Two women have lately been hogging all the limelight – but for all the wrong reasons. One is Rhea Chakraborty – who needs no introduction (unless you are living under a rock!). And another is none other than our very own ‘Jhansi ki Rani’ aka Kangana Ranaut. Ranaut has been on a rampage of explosive […]

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