Cinema

Clear and present outrage 

Clear and present outrage

With the tragic demise of talented actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the debate on nepotism and power play in the Bollywood…

July 10, 2020

Gossip anonymous

Websites are devoted to scandalous anonymous gossip on celebrities, and the issue’s back in the spotlight with Sushant Singh Rajput’s…

July 3, 2020

Toxicity unleashed

Showing two sides of the coin called toxic masculinity the latest Indian films released on Netflix tell the stories of…

July 3, 2020

Suicide as spectacle

Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was turned into a spectacle by much of media, especially on TV it was speculative, sensationalised,…

June 19, 2020

Patna loses its star

After Shatrughan Sinha, Sushant Singh Rajput was probably the first actor from the state who could find space as the…

June 19, 2020

Scent of a community

Nicholas Kharkongor’s film Axone explores the travails of young North-easterners living in Delhi as they grapple with racism and the…

June 14, 2020

Virtuous simplicity

Basu Chatterjee's legacy is the endearing depiction of middle-class life shorn of melodrama Urban India’s middle-class young man of the…

June 12, 2020

Smaller screens, panoramic choice

For cinephiles across the world, a digital film festival – We are One -- will keep audiences riveted as most…

June 6, 2020

War of the cinematic worlds

With a host of films skipping the theatrical run and going for a digital release, the Indian film industry faces…

May 22, 2020

Brown girl in the ring

Netflix series ‘Never Have I Ever’ gives us a glimpse into the life of an Indian-American teen without putting her…

May 16, 2020