It broke my heart when Diljit Dosanjh, the self-made Punjabi prince of song and screen, someone whom I personally love and admire, recently revealed to media outlet, Film Companion, that he doesn’t “care about getting work in Bollywood” and that “(he’s)… Continue Reading
Before people come at me, I’d just like to set the record by saying that Adoor Gopalkrishnan is one of my absolute favorite Indian filmmakers. Mathilukal is a cinematic tour de force. But come on, let’s get real for a… Continue Reading
The following piece was recorded for the Bombay-based film critics podcast, India Independent Films, – run by Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur – prior to its publication on this site. You can listen to this essay in the audio track… Continue Reading
Amid one of the most distressing weeks in recent years of the Israel-Palestine conflict Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine, a growing number of celebrities and influential figures across the world have been voicing their support for the Palestinian plight. Among them… Continue Reading
The highly anticipated #FreeBritney HBO exposé, Framing Britney Spears, finally aired a few days ago and, among the many revelations the gut-wrenching documentary made, is that one of the catalysts to Britney’s notorious 2007 meltdown was Justin Timberlake’s repugnant and utterly… Continue Reading
The nightmare has subsided and the country I call home can exhale for the first time in four long, emotionally and mentally taxing years. As many have punnily put it, it’s the “the end of an error”. That being said, we should… Continue Reading
Indian media outlets are a thorn on everyone’s side and in 2020, they were especially problematic. From aiding and abetting the disgusting witch hunts of innocent actors (Rhea Chakraboty) to fanning the flames of hate towards Bollywood by giving bottom-feeding… Continue Reading
Making fun of Netflix India is like shooting fish in a barrel. The controversy-ridden Indian division of the streaming platform has fumbled more times than arguably any of their rivals. As such, they are reportedly the least successful streaming platform in… Continue Reading
Owing to its original, charming set-up of a cute kid abandoned at home during the holidays who uses his street smarts to sustain himself and outwit home invaders (and Macaulay Culkin’s iconic, impossibly cute interpretation of Norwegian Expressionist, Edvard Munch’s The Scream) Millennials hold the… Continue Reading
Over the years, after reading one issue of Filmfare or Stardust after another, I realized that the Hindi film industry and the media publications who write about them, commonly use certain English words that are exclusively theirs and – sans a… Continue Reading