More Gone Girls: The 2021 film Chhorii, used the horror format to make a comment on the gruesome practice of female infanticide. A woman found herself trapped in a village in the…

A few years ago, there was some outrage over the discovery of a WhatsApp group by schoolboys in Delhi, on which they were sharing horribly misogynistic content about girls. Like…

Slithering Away: Sleuth (1970) is Anthony Shaffer’s most famous play—it has had multiple stage productions in various languages; it has been filmed twice—the first in 1972 by Joseph L Mankiewicz…

Little Shine: The first season of Rohit Jugraj’s Chamak was a celebration of the music of Punjab, couched in a fictionalised version of the sensational and unsolved murder of legendary folk singer…

The Original Mr Bharat: A look at Upkar, Manoj Kumar’s first film as director– a tribute to the star-filmmaker who passed away on April 4. At the peak of his…

Kolkata Confidential: The title song lists the various things Bengal is famous for and then promises to show a “ek aur rang”, which is the kind of macho, gruesome violence…

Gangs Of Vancouver: This crime show is set in Canada, and is titled Kanneda, because that’s how Punjabis pronounce it.  The characters are Punjabi migrants who have settled in Vancouver, after…

Goan Monster: The new true crime documentary, The Dupatta Killer (on Docubay), bears an uncanny resemblance to Reema Kagti’s Dahaad. Both the fictional and non-fiction shows bring out the misogyny embedded in Indian…

Guns And Heists: In 1995, the arms drop in Purulia had caused quite a sensation. The man, responsible for it, who gave himself the swashbuckling name of Kim Davy, was…

Another International Women’s Day went by, with the usual memes, GIFs and greetings forwarded, programmes to celebrate women, laud them for their strength, multi-tasking abilities, etc.  Maybe it’s time to…