What people are being too nice to tell you. Akshay Kumar’s Pad Man is a big bore
Pad Man is Toilet Ek Prem Katha Part II, minus the obvious propaganda
Author: Premankur Biswas
Anurag Kashyap pulls no punches in ‘Mukkabaaz’
Mukkabaaz is Anurag Kashyap telling us that the gau rakshaks we demonize, the caste politics that we want to unsee, are all products of our misgivings.
An open letter to Subramanian Swamy from ‘a gay’
Today, the gays want more
#ProfessorShonku: Why we can’t risk another adaption of a Satyajit Ray classic by his son
We don't want that fate for our beloved Professor Shonku. Please spare us that tragedy Mr Ray
Lawyers by the day, drag queens by the night
Ayush has a wig emergency. His eye make-up is almost complete. The sequinned gown is basking in the dressing-room light. His lips are lusciously crimso…
Why we needed Shashi Kapoor in an Amitabh Bachchan world
In a career spanning almost fifty years, Shashi Kapoor repeatedly showed us that men needn't be brutes to be heroes
Looks like India is experiencing a bad bout of ‘Padmavitis’
I know, I know. This is not the time to say something like this. The left-liberals will think we are being puerile.
Why Tumhari Sulu is a rare feminist triumph for Bollywood
Tumhari Sullu, like English Vinglish or its spirit sister, Queen, might have all the makings of a coming-of-age tale, but it is a film that also obstinately celebrates status quo too