In war, friendship and love: Looking back on Hindi cinema’s top 10 hero twosomes

Siddharth Anand’s ‘War’, starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff, is the rare two-hero Bollywood film these days.

Devarsi Ghosh

· 10 hours ago

The Joaquin Phoenix movie ‘Joker’ is perfectly timed: We are surrounded by clowns

The acclaimed movie by Todd Phillips is scheduled to be released in India on October 2.

Ari Mattes, The Conversation

· Sep 12, 2019 · 02:30 pm

Why John Abraham (the real one) was more than a ‘maverick genius’

The four films by the Malayalam director ‘portrayed journeys of escape as well as of self-discovery, boredom and purification’.

CS Venkiteswaran, Sahapedia

· Sep 01, 2019 · 10:30 am

‘Saaransh’ revisited: ‘The ‘watershed’ that set Anupam Kher on the road to success

Sanjeev Kumar was almost cast as BV Pradhan in Mahesh Bhatt’s movie, the actor recalls in his autobiography.

Nandini Ramnath

· Aug 25, 2019 · 08:00 am

Deepika Padukone’s gorgeous robes in ‘Bajirao Mastani’ and nine other iconic Bollywood costumes

The stories behind 10 of the 100 most well-known sets of threads in Hindi films, including ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, ‘Amrapali’, ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’ and ‘Dhoom 2’.

Sujata Assomull

· Aug 12, 2019 · 08:30 am

Hollywood revisited: What did Tarzan do when he came to India in 1962? Rescue elephants, of course

The cast for ‘Tarzan Goes to India’ included Simi Garewal and Feroz Khan.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 06, 2019 · 08:30 am

Only 29 of 1,338 Indian silent films have survived. One man is doggedly telling the story of the era

Who knows what’s out there, says Virchand Dharamsey, the writer of the authoritative filmography of the Indian silent film period between 1895 and the 1930s.

Nandini Ramnath

· Aug 04, 2019 · 09:45 am

Meet Zhao Tao, the brilliant actress from ‘Ash is Purest White’

The Chinese actress turns out an unforgettable performance in Jia Zhangke’s gangster drama.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 30, 2019 · 08:30 am

How ‘Mission Mangal’ production designer recreated ISRO Mars mission: ‘It had to look believable’

Sandeep Sharad Ravade tells ‘Scroll.in’ about how the Indian Space Research Organisation and its Mangalyaan rocket were recreated.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jul 28, 2019 · 08:30 am

The James Bond franchise badly needs an update – and what can be better than a black and female 007?

Why a ‘Daily Mail’ report that claims that Lashana Lynch will assume the mantle of the British spy is welcome news.

Darren Paul Fisher, The Conversation

· Jul 18, 2019 · 09:30 am

Super-bad: Meet movie teachers who aren’t like Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan plays the latest good teacher in Vikas Bahl’s ‘Super 30’.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jul 09, 2019 · 10:30 am

Anubhav Sinha on why ‘Article 15’ has a Brahmin hero: ‘The privileged should challenge privilege’

The filmmaker discusses the June 28 release, its key scenes, and the importance of the Indian Constitution.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Jul 01, 2019 · 09:30 am