Men win glory in the march of history, and the contribution of women is often forgotten. Whether it is India’s struggle for Independence or the World Wars, women not just…

Heart And Soul: Chris Whitaker’s We Begin At The End has been listed among the best thrillers of 2020, but to label it a thriller is to do it an…

The Great Indian Family: If there’s one thing Seema Pahwa’s debut directorial, Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi, does really well, it is evoking a strong sense of nostalgia among those whose…

Today, top actresses post photos on themselves in bikinis on social media. But there was a time when an actress who showed skin was a vamp or a sex symbol.…

The original Coolie No. 1 (1995), a remake of Santhana Bharathi’s Tamil film Chinna Mapillai (1993), was hardly a masterpiece of comedy that a filmmaker would want to remake. Back…

Plum Pudding: When things look grim outside (a pandemic will invariably cause a few lows), a Janet Evanovich book is just the right pick-me-up. The bestselling author has created one…

Stumbled upon a biopic—unauthorized though it was—of J.K.Rowling, who is undoubtedly a publishing sensation, the likes of which appears on the horizon like a rare comet maybe once in a…

December 8 is the birthday of Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore– here’s looking at a gem of a film starring the two. The Mumbai film industry does Hrishikesh Mukherjee a great…

During the ongoing pandemic, problems of the elderly came into sharper focus. In modern society, ageing is not a gentle easing into retirement and a peaceful rocking chair existence, surrounded…

Cinderella Of Mumbai: Some years ago, a married film star was accused of raping his domestic help; when he claimed it was consensual, the response to it was worse—could he…