There’s been a dearth of truly ground-breaking songs in Hindi films this year but there have been a few standout songs that deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated. These aren’t your average Sufi qawwalis, electro-trash numbers or dreary 90s covers. … Continue Reading
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
Even though Bollywood is relatively chaste and wholesome compared to other film industries, because Kuwait is a conservative Muslim country and, as a result, prefers its theatrical releases asexual and apolitical, some Bollywood films do get banned. Here are the… Continue Reading