The culture, evolution, values, social attitudes of a society so often rest on the clothes people—particularly women—wear. In Iran, people are out in the streets protesting the hijab forced on …

Girl Interrupted: Much too soon after Dhaakad, another espionage film, Code Name: Tiranga, sets a female RAW agent against the shadowy underworld of terrorists, gangsters and spies. Unfortunately, Parineeti Chopra is less of a …

Romancing The Movies: Pan Nalin’s Gujarati film, Chhello Show (English title: The Last Film Show) has got an inordinate amount of attention because of its status as India’s entry to the Oscars, beating crowd …

Such Is Life: The film claims to be based on an “incredible” true story, which is overselling it a bit—humane may be, but by no means extraordinary. At the end …

No Redeeming Features: In the British TV series, Fleabag, the protagonist says this of herself, “I have a horrible feeling that I’m a greedy, perverted, selfish, apathetic, cynical, depraved, morally bankrupt woman who can’t …

Brooding Bachchan: On the occasion of Amitabh Bachchan’s 80th birthday, a look at Parwana (1971), an early film, in which his brooding intensity was on full display: Two years before …

Dancing Queen: Here’s another film competing in the wokeness race, and stumbling right after the starter pistol goes off.  Maja Ma, directed by Anand Tiwari from Sumit Bhateja’s script (streaming on Amazon …

Crowd Pleaser: The Malayalam film, Lucifer, on which the Telugu film Godfather is based (a Hindi dubbed version has also been released) was directed by star Prithviraj Sukumaran. It was a deft blend …

Those Were The Days: It is possible that many of the young audiences below the age of 40, watching D For Drama’s  Golden Jubliee have no idea what the term …

Tragedy Queen: This year marked the sixtieth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and because it is still shrouded in mystery, there has always been a ghoulish interest in the events …