The once-next-to-god icon Rajesh Khanna and his rising son-in-law Akshay Kumar personify the quirks of superstardom
Bollywood isn't shy when it comes to exploring taboo love
BY Naman Ramachandran 5 February 2022
As a silent film gets its moment at the Oscars, how does our own take from the ’80s, <i>Pushpak</i>, hold up? As it happens, very well indeed.
BY Naman Ramachandran 5 February 2022
It’s difficult being a superstar in the South. Some manage it well.
BY Naman Ramachandran 5 February 2022
BY Naman Ramachandran 5 February 2022
The masterly Mani Ratnam is both artful and guileless in this brilliant addition to Indian film literature
BY Naman Ramachandran 5 February 2022
With those famous tosses of head, shoulders, cigarettes, he rules the silver screen. Off-screen, his humility and philanthropy have made him Thalaivar of people’s hearts.
BY Naman Ramachandran 5 February 2022
Short accounts of the four cinemas of the South discuss threadbare the caste and political realities underpinning them. Only, a colossus is missed.
BY Naman Ramachandran 2 September 2017
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