Wife-beaters Beware: Set in the Muslim populated area of Mumbai—the old buildings with a sense of community, where everybody minds everybody’s business, and speak a slang-y language that is peculiar…

Coach For India: Two seasons of the Netflix series Kota Factory exposed the education racket in the Rajasthan town, which, from a modest doria sari weaving centre has grown to become the coaching…

The Runaway Brides: If a series is set in small town India, it is de rigueur for the characters to be batty. The new comedy series on Voot Select, The Great…

He Directs!:   On Kishore Kumar’s birth anniversary, August 4, looking back at the first film he directed: Kishore Kumar is fondly remembered as a singer, a comic actor and…

August 4 marks the 60th death anniversary of one of the biggest stars of Hollywood. She was found dead of a drug overdose in her Los Angeles home, and so many…

The Dreamers: There is—always has been—a subset of people drawn to Mumbai, the city of showbiz, hoping for their talent to be discovered, getting that elusive break and maybe reaching…

Darkness in 3D: For a film that aimed at a pan-Indian release, the title, Vikrant Rona, does not fit. In Hindi ‘rona’ is to weep, and no, the hero is not a tragic…

Style Files: Masaba Masaba starred the mother-daughter team of Neena and Masaba Gupta, playing fictionalized versions of themselves, and giving the show a likeable reality show vibe. Now Season 2 (Netflix) is…

Through The Looking Glass: It is pleasantly surprising to see a young director pick up a difficult play, like GP Deshpande’s Udhwastha Dharmashala (Marathi), and attract a full house for the…

Double Trouble: Like the lead character in the film RK/RKAY, writer-director-actor Rajat Kapoor makes small, interesting films that win critical acclaim and do the festival rounds, but, as a snippy assistant…