FML! Bollywood Is Now Hopping On The Hollywood Skincare Bandwagon

Celebrity skincare is the new celebrity perfume. It’s the new, dumb, ubiquitous trend that every vapid celebrity in recent years is cashing in on.  As a result, the market is now saturated with substandard, overpriced face crap fronted by dermatologically… Continue Reading

Five Reasons Why I Absolutely Hate Mindy Kaling’s Never Have I Ever

It’s always cause for celebration whenever audiences see Desi women or just women of colour being placed center stage and sharing their stories on a global platform. In an alleged post-racial world, it sadly remains a rare sight. Only a… Continue Reading

Is Hollywood Using Hijabis As Props?

Fans of the Harry Potter movies will remember the now successful actor, Alfred Enoch, as the black kid who always stood in the background and rarely, if ever, spoke. Despite appearing in the majority of the franchise’s eight films, Enoch… Continue Reading

The 10 Best And Worst Bollywood Moments Of 2021 – A Retrospective

  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

Let’s Get Real For A Minute – Malayalam Films Are Slightly Overrated

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 Truth About F.R.I.E.N.D.S – India’s Favorite American Show // A Collaboration With India Independent Films Podcast

  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

Bollywood Supports Palestine!

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

Hollywood Will Not Cancel Justin Timberlake Because He’s White

The highly anticipated #FreeBritney HBO exposé, Framing Britney Spears, finally aired a few days ago and, among the many revelations the gut-wrenching documentary made, is that one of the catalysts to Britney’s notorious 2007 meltdown was Justin Timberlake’s repugnant and utterly… Continue Reading