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Bala

  • Yami Gautam interview: How a ‘closet brat and closet performer’ occupied front and centre

    Yami Gautam interview: How a ‘closet brat and closet performer’ occupied front and centre

    Udita Jhunjhunwala
    · Oct 08, 2020 · 04:00 pm
  • Bollywood has an offensive history of using blackface – and it’s still doing it

    Bollywood has an offensive history of using blackface – and it’s still doing it

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 05, 2019 · 08:00 am
  • Ayushmann Khurrana comedy ‘Bala’ to clash with ‘Ujda Chaman’, new trailer out

    Ayushmann Khurrana comedy ‘Bala’ to clash with ‘Ujda Chaman’, new trailer out

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 10, 2019 · 03:44 pm
  • ‘Bala’ teaser: A bald move by Ayushmann Khurrana

    ‘Bala’ teaser: A bald move by Ayushmann Khurrana

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 26, 2019 · 05:49 pm
  • ‘Varma’ teaser: Enter Dhruv Vikram as the angry young man in ‘Arjun Reddy’ remake

    ‘Varma’ teaser: Enter Dhruv Vikram as the angry young man in ‘Arjun Reddy’ remake

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 24, 2018 · 01:09 pm
  • The movie ‘Naachiyar’ has many problems, but Jyothika isn’t one of them

    The movie ‘Naachiyar’ has many problems, but Jyothika isn’t one of them

    Archana Nathan
    · Feb 17, 2018 · 07:30 pm
  • Trailer talk: Jyothika is a police officer from hell in Bala’s ‘Naachiyaar’

    Trailer talk: Jyothika is a police officer from hell in Bala’s ‘Naachiyaar’

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 14, 2018 · 12:07 pm
  • Picture the song: ‘Elangathu Veesuthe’ is a spot of colour in the relentlessly dark ‘Pithamagan’

    Picture the song: ‘Elangathu Veesuthe’ is a spot of colour in the relentlessly dark ‘Pithamagan’

    Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
    · Dec 19, 2017 · 08:15 am