New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Param Sundari is assemble-your-own-Kerala for dummies. Start with backwaters. Add elephants. Better still: elephants being sung the Malayalam lyrics from 'Jiya Jale'. Toss in a M... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- There are four key pieces of information on the Coolie poster. Above the title: 'Superstar Rajinikanth'. And below: 'Written & directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj', 'An Anirudh musical'... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Metaphors in Hindi films come with brass bands and neon signs. War 2 opens, as Pushpa 2 (2024) and Thug Life (2025) did, with dreams of Japan. A yakuza family is sitting down to ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Saare Jahan Se Accha spends most of its time listing differences between India and Pakistan. But Netflix's new spy series can't help draw attention to a common heritage: language... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Saare Jahan Se Accha spends most of its time listing differences between India and Pakistan. But Netflix's new spy series can't help draw attention to a common heritage: language... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- It's rare to see architecturally attuned Hindi films. Basu Chatterjee in the '70s had an eye for it. Last year, Atul Sabharwal's Berlin used Brutalist buildings to suggest forbidd... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- Flush with pride from having joined law school, Neelesh (Siddhant Chaturvedi), the first in his Dalit family to attend college, brings home a problem from class. He opens it up fo... Read More