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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
TopicHindi cinema

Topic: Hindi cinema

Khufiya to Kadak Singh, India is warming up to Bangladeshi actors. ‘Talent is finally getting shared’

For many Bangladeshi actors, Bollywood is a natural progression from Tollywood, the film industry of West Bengal.

2 counts on which Amazon Prime’s Dahaad won at showing caste—and 1 where it utterly failed

Caste criticism in Hindi cinema is broadly based on three grounds. I examine the extent to which Dahaad has stayed true to the tenets of caste depiction.

SubscriberWrites: Indian cinema needs to entertain & make an impact too

Cinema is a tool for impacting society—a single picture, a million viewers & humongous validation from all over the world, writes Shreya Sharma. 

The Muslim can never be completely erased from history, cinema – Shyam Benegal’s Mammo is proof

'ReFocus: The Films of Shyam Benegal' dissects the legendary filmmaker's extraordinary work through 13 analytical essays.

Mughal-e-Azam, Pakeezah to Gadar, Hindi cinema’s Muslim characters are never Pasmandas

Dalit cinema in India has put marginalised Hindus on the silver screen but the Muslim Pasmanda community remains untouched.

‘My name is Prem, Prem Chopra’—India’s favourite villain is more than a Bollywood bad boy

With over 400 films to his credit, Prem Chopra remains one of the strongest pillars of Bollywood.

Keshto Mukherjee, the comical drunkard of Hindi cinema who was a teetotaller in real life

Keshto Mukherjee started his cinematic journey with Ritwik Ghatak’s Nagarik in 1952 but neither lived to see the success as the film was released more than two decades later.

‘Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar’ dancer Sheila Vaz was ’50s icon but Bollywood forgot to give credit

From 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya' to 'Ghar Aaja Ghir Aaye Badra', Sheila Vaz knew how to charm audiences with performance. Today, YouTubers agree with it.

Women politicians in Indian cinema emerged with Indira Gandhi. Now they’re just placeholders

OTT content like Dasvi or Panchayat 2 may have women leads. But their rise to power is often inorganic—the disturbing trend mirrors India's widening gender gap.

Guns, violence, revenge — Mothers in Bollywood are changing from sanskari to fiery

Mothers like Sheel, Aarya, Rukhsana, and Devki have no remorse for blurring the line between right and wrong. Hindi cinema has moved on from typecast roles.

On Camera

Climate change doesn’t just affect poor people, farmers. Cities and banks aren’t safe either

In India, only 17% of public sector banks and 25% of private sector banks claimed to have an internal strategy for integrating climate risks into their risk management framework.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.