Ratna Pathak Shah Archives

Love Per Square Foot and Mumbai’s Complicated Relationship with Space

Love Per Square Foot, a spiritual and millennial update of Gharaonda, delves into the perils of negotiating your space in a relationship in a city where existence is as much as an act of rebellion as compromise.

Poulomi Das May 22, 2016

Bollywood

What Kapoor & Sons Teaches Bollywood About Coming Out of the Closet

Shakun Batra’s Kapoor & Sons, was a brilliantly observed family drama. It also stood out from a sea of Bollywood offerings that stereotyped homosexuality, by having a gay character in the lead whose orientation is almost incidental to the plot.

Poulomi Das April 13, 2016

Pop Culture

Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai Take 2: Don’t Raise a Toast

Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai’s return as a web-series isn’t the most prudent move on the part of its makers. The only thing going for it is nostalgia – and that’s a tricky genie to control.

Poulomi Das March 23, 2016

Bollywood

Selection Day: The Brilliant Ratna Pathak Shah Won’t Allow Ageist Bollywood to Slow Her Down

Ratna Pathak Shah is synonymous with layered, evocative performances that acquire a fandom of their own. In the last two years alone, with stellar roles in Love Per Square Foot and Lipstick Under My Burkha, Shah has had a more envious acting resume than any of her younger peers.

Poulomi Das March 13, 2016

Bollywood

Soni Razdan Would Like Bollywood to Write Roles For Middle-Aged Actresses

Back in 1981, 26-year-old Soni Razdan debuted with a small role in 36 Chowringhee Lane, a film that revolves around a lonely, older woman. Today, Razdan is 62. Life has come full circle: This week, she stars as the lonely, older woman in Sanjoy Nag’s Yours Truly.

Poulomi Das March 8, 2016