Mahesh Bhatt

The Kuwaiti Pop Song That Bollywood Stole

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In 2003, Kuwaiti musical trio, Guitara, released the zeitgeist-y club banger Ya Ghaly to mass success across the Arab World. Its unique, wildly infectious fusion of late 90’s trance, Carnatic sangeet and Khaliji  made it the proverbial song of the… Continue Reading →

Four Bollywood Feminist Films That Were Released Before Feminism Became A “Thing”

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The surge we are now seeing in inspiring female-lead films (Queen, Neerja, Raazi, Veere Di Wedding et al.) was sadly not because of a moral awakening on the Hindi film industry’s part. Instead it was driven by  Bollywood executives capitalizing… Continue Reading →