The hit man

Rajkumar Hirani has done it again with his biopic Sanju, not only by casting Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt but by making it a top grosser Director of superhit films, Rajkumar Hirani has added another big feather in his cap with Sanju, based on the life and style of Bollywood veteran Sanjay Dutt. He not […]

Laughing with the stars

Daughter of a popular villain in Hindi films, Payal Goga Kapoor has been making her presence felt on stage, particularly in comedies like Golmaal – The Play If the name Payal Goga Kapoor sounds familiar, it’s because her father Goga Kapoor was a popular Hindi film actor who played a part in hit films of […]

Love fest goes on

The streets of Russia project its connection with india. its people speak of Bollywood influence, leaders and poets India is not unknown to most Russians, who still adore Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. And, of course, the Bollywood movies. A 25-year university student Nikita Mikhalkov, on duty as a security steward at the […]

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 being molested in Nalanda district of Bihar was reported. Within a span of three months, it’s the third such case. Earlier videos of girls being molested in Jehanabad and Gaya went viral in April and […]

Theatrical entry

TV star Shilpa Raizada will be playing Sita for Luv Kush Ram Leela this Dussehra   Shilpa Raizada, the famous television actress of Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai fame, is popularly known by her first name Shilpa. She has performed in many television serials, two of which got her into the limelight: Ye Rishta Kya […]

Kamal Haasan’s new avatars

The superstar’s multiple roles are not just for the camera, as he splits time between his political party, Bigg Boss 2 and Vishwaroopam 2 Fans of actor Kamal Haasan have been waiting nearly a year for the release of Vishwaroopam 2. More than the fans, Kamal himself is anxious to deliver the release of the […]

The 1975 drama

What Hindi cinema said about the turbulent years of the Emergency, which shook up the Indian polity 43 years ago on June 25 On 25th June, the country will hauntingly recall the 43rd year since Indira Gandhi government declared the Emergency in 1975 to negate her disqualification from electoral politics for six years — a […]

Wicked women

The Hindi film Veere di Wedding tells us that it’s okay for a woman to drink, smoke and have sex even if she’s not married Could it be that the Hindi film industry has finally stepped into the 21st century? That it’s realised that you no longer need to be a “good girl” to get […]