Once when I was a teenager and in my intense romantic phase, I caught an interview with Shashi Kapoor on Doordarshan. I had never thought much about him till then, except as Amitabh Bachchan’s sidekick in my all-time favourite childhood movies. That interview totally changed my perception of him. He was a sincere, honest, thorough […]
Shashi Kapoor and his endless love for his wife Jennifer Read More »
It’s easier to relate to a movie if it has realistic characters As a viewer, the film-watching experience enhanced if there are characters whom viewers can relate to. Linking to characters and hence to the films becomes difficult for women of a certain age or as commonly known, middle-aged women while watching a Bollywood film.
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Love isn’t as grand as shown in these movies. Read further to underatnd the difference between Love In Movies vs Love in Real Life.
Love In Movies Vs Real Life Read More »
We all know of Helen Ann Richardson – the first item girl of Bollywood. Helen was a breath of fresh air, challenging all the norms in a time when most of the on-screen the heroines were Sati Savitris; covered from head to toe, constantly enduring suffering, sacrificing and crying. But Helen was the anti-heroine or
15 Things You Didn’t Know about Bollywood’s First Item Girl and Cabaret Queen Helen Read More »
Every generation of cinema has had that one director who understands his audience perfectly. They will touch your heart with their engaging storylines, thought-provoking dialogues and near-perfect direction. We have Imtiaz Ali in our time! Every film he makes is worth watching repeatedly. Socha na tha, Jab we met, Rockstar are few of his many
10 Imtiaz Ali quotes that are straight from the heart Read More »
They’ve been married for 18 years but are still going strong. Arshad Warsi on his relationship with Maria Goretti
Arshad Warsi and Maria Goretti: Through thick and thin Read More »
Indian mothers-in-law In India, almost always the career path of every girl is pre-determined: get some decent education, do a job or not, get married, move to your husband’s place and become an assistant to mothers-in-law in homemaking. And if it is a nuclear family then the daughter-in-law manages the household, but only as a
8 times movie mothers-in-law were worse than your real MIL Read More »
A multifaceted artist with a zeal for activism Kolkata-based interdisciplinary artist Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee has carved a niche for himself during his 15-year journey in the field of art and culture. He is also one of those kindled souls who, despite being aware of the challenges that lay ahead, peeled off his heterosexual mask and
Open about his sexuality and buoyant about his art: Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee Read More »
Remember the Eastman colour days of Bollywood? The ending was the Hindi film equivalent of riding into the sunset – the hero and heroine would get married and ride into an unknown future of which we would never know anything except the end credits that said ‘The Beginning’. Whoever thought of closing the film with
Why Bollywood movies should end with “The Beginning” rather than “The End” Read More »
Is it equality if it’s still the man who chooses whether or not to ask for consent? In a moment of physical intimacy when I thought my long-standing partner and I were on the same page, he paused and asked me, “You’re OK with it, right? Because I don’t want to rape you.” I was
Does love give us the right to overlook consent? No, not even if Bollywood says so! Read More »
