I have mom, but I need my dad too: Bollywood’s father hunger explained

Anurag Basu’s ‘Jagga Jasoos’ is the latest movie to explore the sometimes troubling and sometimes enriching father-son relationship.

Damini Kulkarni

· Jul 16, 2017 · 12:00 pm

What the nose pin knows, and why Aamir Khan is wearing one

The importance of the piece of jewellery cannot be underestimated in the Hindi film universe (it is a marker of honour for one thing).

Damini Kulkarni

· Jun 22, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Bhansali’s 4D adaptation of ‘Devdas’ to get a 3D version

The 2002 blockbuster, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit, will be re-released on July 12.

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· Jun 12, 2017 · 03:14 pm

Has Hindi cinema lost its taste for London?

Brexit has proven to be the culmination of a slump in the soft-power industry that Hindi films represent.

Arup K Chatterjee

· Jun 11, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Reincarnation films are condemned to repeat the mistakes of the past

A potentially exciting and imaginative genre has been ossified by a slavish dedication to formula compulsions.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jun 03, 2017 · 04:00 pm

Priyanka Chopra’s 'Baywatch’ movie will make up for the lack of swimwear moments in Indian cinema

Indian actresses have paid the price for appearing in one-piece suits and bikinis on the screen. Will the Hollywood movie change the script?

Nandini Ramnath

· May 23, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Film flashback: ‘Shiva’, from the days when Ram Gopal Varma was truly great

The director’s downward spiral, most recently seen in ‘Sarkar 3’, is nowhere in evidence in his remarkable debut in 1989.

Nandini Ramnath

· May 16, 2017 · 03:00 pm

In ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Meri Pyaari Bindu’, cassette tapes get a rewind

A staple of the 1980s, the analogue device stands out in the latest superhero blockbuster.

Aakash Karkare

· May 11, 2017 · 03:00 pm

Watch: Objects get as emotional as the characters in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films

Curtains tremble, chandeliers shake, lights, typewriters and swords get agitated, and even the costumes seem to come alive.

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· May 10, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Hindi cinema’s long-neglected sister is finally coming into her own

Virtue is no longer her only contribution to the plot.

Manish Gaekwad

· May 09, 2017 · 04:00 pm

Before Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, there was Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vetri Vizha’

The 1989 Tamil movie drew heavily from Robert Ludlum’s novel ‘The Bourne Identity’ but came before the Matt Damon thrillers.

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· Apr 23, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Meet Bollywood’s avenging angels, from Rekha to Vidya Balan

The Raveena Tandon starrer ‘Maatr’ is the latest in a series of cathartic vendetta dramas featuring women in the lead roles.

Damini Kulkarni

· Apr 23, 2017 · 03:00 pm