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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicIndian Cinema

Topic: Indian Cinema

How Old Delhi’s Delite Cinema outlived Golcha, Jubilee, Novelty. ‘Solution is romance’

The Raizada family has been keeping single-screen moviegoing alive in Old Delhi since the Nehru era. Cash registers are still ringing at Delite Cinema.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

Kantara, Dashavatar to Lokah—how tribal representation in films is changing

Lokah reimagined the tale of the yakshi while Marathi film Dashavatar blended myth and reality to spotlight a community's vulnerable existence in the Konkan region.

Not just V Shantaram’s wife, Sandhya was his artistic equal. She made his films timeless

Whether helping choreograph, developing characters, or mentoring young talent, Sandhya’s fingerprint was on every part of V Shantaram’s cinematic tapestry.

A Tamil Brahmin woman, a Muslim man and a bus called India. How Aparna Sen responded to Godhra

In 'Aparna Sen: A Life in Cinema', Devapriya Sanyal delves into the filmmaker's cinematic world, tracing the evolution of her women protagonists.

How big stars and bloated blockbusters are bleeding Bollywood dry

A Bollywood obit may be premature, but the writing on the billboards is crystal clear. Industry insiders say 2025 is the year to watch for a reinvention.

Shyam Benegal was the original periscope of India: Imtiaz Ali

I was exposed to Shyam Benegal because my parents watched his films with great relish. I'm lucky to have watched films such as ‘Ankur’, ‘Mandi’, and ‘Trikal’ while growing up.

What is wrong with Indian cinema? Satyajit Ray said melodrama and American influence

In ‘The State and New Cinema in Contemporary India’, Sudha Tiwari examines the setting up and roles of the Film Finance Corporation and the National Film Development Corporation.

The navel is making a comeback. Janhvi Kapoor’s Devara song not the 90s we want to return to

The song ‘Dheere Dheere’, from the Telugu film Devara, fixates on Janhavi Kapoor’s midriff in a most unsavoury way. If this is the pinnacle of ‘pan-Indian’ cinema, it’s hard to stomach.

Where is Northeast in Bollywood? India is finally growing an appetite

Bollywood has long exoticised and misrepresented the Northeast. But now, filmmakers and actors have taken matters into their own hands. The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Jawan gave a small nod of acknowledgment to the often-overlooked region.

On Camera

Trump’s fanboys in BJP are now proved wrong. Lesson here is to never personalise diplomacy

The only thing our deeply divided world can agree on is that Trump is a menace. Indians who once sang his praises have now turned viciously against him.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.