Review: The Good, The Bad, & The WTF! of Biopic ‘Sanju’
A few years ago, Maanayata Dutt, Hindi film actor Sanjay Dutt’s wife, asked popular filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani to consider making a movie about the controversial … Read more
Ranbir Kapoor
Diwali Weekend Release Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Is The Real Deal
Since Karan Johar’s debut as a director almost twenty years ago, Dharma Productions has become synonymous with bringing glamour and polish to the world of … Read more
Review: Tamasha’s Tale Offers Style, Technique Over Comfort and Entertainment
Maslow lists self-actualization, including creativity, as the highest human need, much above love, money, and sex. Tamasha is a film about a storyteller (Ved, played by … Read more
Review: The Good, The Bad & The Innocent Bystanders of Bombay Velvet‘s Beautiful Disaster
Bombay Velvet has been in the news for a long time, and not for all the right reasons. Rumors ranging from actors feeling letdown, multiple … Read more
Jazz It Up Retro-Style With Our Bombay Velvet CD Giveaway
Inspired by James Ellroy’s Los Angeles-based crime fiction novels, Anurag Kashyap’s crime drama Bombay Velvet tells the story of street-fighter Johnny Balraj (Ranbir Kapoor) and aspiring jazz … Read more
Spotlight On: Bollywood-Hollywood Doppelgängers
I recently indoctrinated one of my non-desi friends to the world of Bollywood, and as we were watching Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, she couldn’t quite figure … Read more
Scene Classics: Drama on the Railways
The last time I rode a train in India was in July 2011 when I took the Shatabdi Express from Delhi to Rampur for a … Read more
A Look at the Many Ways Bollywood Mishandles Mental Health
Millions of Indians suffer from mental illnesses, yet to this day, the stigma associated with these medical conditions can be overwhelming. In a country with … Read more
Spotlight On: Bollywood Playback Singer Sunidhi Chauhan
When I found out about Sunidhi Chauhan’s Dhoom Again concert in Singapore that just happened to coincide with my family’s trip there to visit my brother and sister-in-law, … Read more
Celebrate Spring’s Arrival With Bollywood’s 10 Best Holi Songs
Spring is just around the corner, and Holi celebrations around the world have commenced! This celebration of spring, also known as the festival of colors, … Read more
