Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives Season Two Review -The Bombay Stepford Wives Haven’t Lost Their Groove, Haters Be Damned

Karan Johar’s Andy Cohen-esque Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives came out when the world needed it the most, in 2020, the world’s annus horribilus. When death, sickness and panic gripped the entire world, people needed to switch off. Some turned… Continue Reading

Gully Boy Film Review – An Emotional Sucker Punch of a Film That Joins The Pantheon Of Other Great, Inspiring Hip Hop Films

Gully Boy, a biopic on Mumbai’s slum resident turned MC megastar, Naezy, stumped me because it shouldn’t have worked. A blockbuster masala film that’s set in despondent Dharavi and whose two lead characters are practicing Muslims – a bold move in… Continue Reading

Lust Stories Review – Bollywood’s Auteurs Don’t Want To Talk About Sex But Rather, What It Can Do

Released in 2013, Bombay Talkies saw the joining of forces of four of Bollywood’s biggest filmmaking talents (Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar, Dibanker Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap) to create an anthology film that celebrated Bombay and the 100 year anniversary of its… Continue Reading

In Bollywood, The Adage Is Changed To “There Are Only Small Roles For Small Actors”

It was Russian theater legend, Konstantin Stanislavksi who once uttered the evergreen words, “there are no small roles, only small actors.” Actors across the world are not only familiar with this adage but firmly believe in it. Take Mendes’ cinematic masterstroke,… Continue Reading