The Name’s BB: Akshay Kumar-starrer Bell Bottom, directed by Ranjit M. Tewari, releases in the theatres after the long lockdown drought, and it’s a pity that it cannot be watched …

Before the corona virus sent the world reeling, Christina Sweeney-Baird had written a somewhat prescient book about a similarly vicious virus let loose across the globe, the difference being that …

When two war movies release together on OTT to mark Independence day, looking back at Chetan Anand’s Haqeeqat (1964), one of the finest war films made in India: Very few …

Mangled History: When the chips are down, the male lead of Abhishek Dudhaiya’s Bhuj: The Pride Of India thinks of taking help from a woman, because “women can fix anything from broken …

Courage Under Fire: As far as Indian war films go—and there are not that many– there has been a set template; a lot of chest-thumping jingoism, not enough about the …

Race Against Time: Manoj Bajpayee and Neena Gupta have both built reputations as formidable actors, and the very fact that they are in the cast of Rensil D’Silva’s Dial 100, makes the …

Imagine a scenario in an Indian police station, where a young woman has gone to report a rape. The first thing she will go through is a visual sweep of …

Surf’s Up: Malibu, a city in California, is known for its gorgeous beaches, celebrity homes, surfing fans, proximity to Hollywood… and fires. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Malibu Rising set mostly in the …

Baby Blues: There is a worrisome trend, not just in India but around the world, that has conservatives trying to roll back women’s rights—what they wear, who they marry, how …

Not A Laugh In Sight: As far as his Hindi movies are concerned, Priyadarshan has missed the target more often than he has hit it. He mostly remakes Malayalam films, many …