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…
Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India by Oishik Sircar (2024): A Review by Javaria Farooqui
Ways of Remembering: Law, Cinema and Collective Memory in the New India by Oishik Sircar (published by Cambridge University Press)…