Five Best Moments // Vicky and Katrina Tying the Knot We were in dire need a lift in 2021, a moment of pure escapism, and for many, it was seeing two of India’s Sweethearts tying the knot. The wedding was… Continue Reading
I spoke to Netflix’s Little Things star, Dhruv Sehgal, on his show’s final season, his childhood in Kuwait and how his newfound fame changed his life. Click on the link below to read the interview in full: https://bazaar.town/dhruv-sehgal-kuwait/?v=85 … Continue Reading
It broke my heart when Diljit Dosanjh, the self-made Punjabi prince of song and screen, someone whom I personally love and admire, recently revealed to media outlet, Film Companion, that he doesn’t “care about getting work in Bollywood” and that “(he’s)… Continue Reading
Most of us remember where we were when we heard about 9/11. Indians, and those who are connected to India, however also remember where they were when they heard about 26/11. Bombay might have been the only target that day… Continue Reading
Before people come at me, I’d just like to set the record by saying that Adoor Gopalkrishnan is one of my absolute favorite Indian filmmakers. Mathilukal is a cinematic tour de force. But come on, let’s get real for a… Continue Reading
The sorely underappreciated 2014 rom-com Hasee Toh Phasee, a collaboration between two diametrically opposed production houses (the larger-than-life Dharma Productions and the doom-and-gloom Phantom Films), introduced us to then new filmmaker, Vinil Mathew. He seemed very promising. Hasee Toh Phasee… Continue Reading
I never took a liking to Monster Movies. To me, they’re cheap and pedestrian. Yet what I find fascinating about the vast majority of them, like Jaws, Frankenstein, Jurassic Park et al., is how they use their Monster not only to… Continue Reading
The following piece was recorded for the Bombay-based film critics podcast, India Independent Films, – run by Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur – prior to its publication on this site. You can listen to this essay in the audio track… Continue Reading
A Styzyga is a terrifying Slavic mythological demon with two hearts and two souls intertwined in the same body. While I would never assume that Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra are the after remains of a malevolent demon of Polish origin,… Continue Reading
Amid one of the most distressing weeks in recent years of the Israel-Palestine conflict Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine, a growing number of celebrities and influential figures across the world have been voicing their support for the Palestinian plight. Among them… Continue Reading