Commemorating the completion of a century of filmmaking in India, here’re my favorite 100 Hindi movies. (In no particular order…for some reason wordcloud generator returned Chupke Chupke in a larger font for no discernible reason).
Published online in The Alternative here. The rising suspicion, censorship, and conflicts around religion must be viewed through the lens of political history. “Whenever there is an act of violence in the name of Islam, I am called upon to air my views on it and dispel the notion that by virtue of being a…
“It’s a Girl’ is a sharp, crisp and succinct documentary on the systematic killing of unborn and infant girls in several parts of the world, most notably, India and China. The film contains interviews with activists, observers, and with mothers forced to part with their daughters. Most chillingly, one sees everyday women talking about the methods they…
Published first on Bargad.org, 11 July, 2012 Gangs of Wasseypur (GoW) is a piece of cinema and it therefore must be critically appraised as such. Our guild of professional critics has already done so, and some have pronounced harsh verdicts on what they consider to be a ‘tedious’ film that is too heavily inspired by…
Rikshaa Republic 