Love lost in Yesteryear’s Prem Nagar

Prem Nagar – a lovers’ lane – has gone under. That one spot shielded from voyeuristic eyes by...

Films: Opportunity in the Crisis

In several of my recent articles I have written about the crisis facing Indian film industry, specially Bollywo...

Headless Women of Hollywood

A movie poster featuring a group of men framed by JUST a woman’s legs or bust or any other body part, except the head and/or face is a co...

Dutch Duo believe 'Stardust' to be an Alternative Raw Matter

Its pretty clear that Earth's resources won't last forever. We’re constantly fighting over land and water...

Celebrity Circus and Media

Andy Warhol famously said that everyone in the world would be famous for fifteen minutes.

Hyperbole per...

Rise: Art Sells, Are You Buying?

Latterly, Hadi Eldebek’s compelling talk ‘Why Must Artists be Poor’ canvassed a significant yet easily imperceptible question...

Depicting Disability with Grace and Sensitivity

When I think about Bollywood portraying disability, it always comes out in a poor light. We have the famous Gol...

The Black James Bond We Never Got

Cast:  Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, ...

Hollywood’s Glass Ceiling yet to be Broken

With an upsurge in women demanding to be taken more seriously, one would expect the percentage of films starring women as leads to go up. But s...