Of Promises, Permissions and Possible Lives in Main Wapas Aaunga – Jyoti Dalal
In Imtiaz Ali’s Main Waapis Aaunga, the promise to return finds its softer counterpart in the permission to leave. If…
Why the Best Recent Film About Hyderabad is from Malayalam Cinema – Sukruta Alluri
As Peddi becomes the highest-grossing film in Tollywood this year, while simultaneously courting controversy over its treatment of women actors,…
Aspirations, Examinations, And Inescapable Identities: Homebound Tells The Story About India’s Betrayed Youth – Jayashree Doley
Sometimes an image can convey what a thousand words can’t. The release of director Neeraj Ghaywan’s latest movie, Homebound (2025),…
Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema: Poetics and Politics of Genre and Representation by Mohammad Asid Siddiqui (2025): A Review by Keerthana Haridas
Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema: Poetics and Politics of Genre and Representation (published by Routledge in 2025) by Mohammad Asid…
Why Sitaare Zameen Par is an Essential Critique of the ‘Normal’ – Soumodip Sinha
It is quite usual to depict the so-called normal on screen. But once in a decade, or two, we come…
Interstellar: Bartering Dreams for Reality Among Youths in India – Ravi Prakash Gupta and Abhijit Dasgupta
The movie Interstellar (2014) directed by Christopher Nolan does not just tell the story of astronauts chasing distant planets, it…
‘Willful Girls’ and Marriage: Reading Gender Equality in Conjugal Relations in Mr & Mrs Mahi & Savi – Deblina Dey
Films can be a powerful tool to confront unequal social relations by offering alternate worldviews. Here, I discuss two films…
Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India – A Discussion with Darshana S. Mini
Darshana Sreedhar Mini is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author…
A Critical Feminist Analysis of Aattam: Disbelief, Power and the Unmasking of Patriarchal Structures – Shruthi Gurumoorthy
Introduction: The Thin Veneer of Progressiveness and the Power of Silence Anand Ekarshi’s debut feature Aattam is a masterclass in…
Hindi Cinema and Pakistan: Screening the Idea and the Reality by Meenakshi Bharat (2025): A Review by Pranta Pratik Patnaik
Meenakshi Bharat’s Hindi Cinema and Pakistan: Screening the Idea and the Reality (published by Routledge in 2025) explores how Hindi…