With Mowgli, Netflix Gives The Jungle Book A Much-Needed Update
The biggest threat that looms over the jungle and its denizens in Netflix’s Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, isn’t Shere Khan, but human encroachment. In…
We’ve All Laughed At Yogi Babu, the Tamil Comedian. It’s Time to Applaud for Yogi Babu, the Actor
Since his debut in 2009, Tamil comedian Yogi Babu has built for himself a filmography most of which relied disproportionately on jibes about his appearance….
CBFC’s Mission Impossible: Keeping Kashmir and Politics Away From Films
The Mission Impossible series always promises a thrilling break from reality, and addressing geopolitical issues has never been its selling point. Why, then, did the…
The Stoic Struggle of Being Gautam Gambhir
If we were to write the history of Indian cricket up until now, Gautam Gambhir should be mentioned in the first paragraph. He belongs alongside…
It’s Now Legit to Hate Coldplay
The excessive hate that Coldplay gets has little to do with the band. It’s a victim of a trend – where a self-professed “discerning” listener…
There is More To Juhi Chawla Beyond Her Giggles
Throughout her career, Juhi Chawla has consistently played women who are funny and boisterous. The typical “giggly girl” stencil set by Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak,…
The 10 Commandments for the Divorced Indian Woman
In India, a divorced woman is a ghost. She doesn’t exist in the popular narrative. What, then, are the rules of engagement? Ladies and gentlemen,…
A Private War Review: A Searing Account of the Human Cost of Conflict
Matthew Heineman’s A Private War, features an electrically charged Rosamund Pike, who undergoes a physical, emotional, and vocal transformation to play slain war correspondent Marie…
Much Before Halloween There Was Bhoot Chaturdashi
Halloween is too in-your-face. Bhoot Chaturdashi, which falls on the night before Diwali, has the kind of suspense that plays with your mind. I remember…
Person of the Week: Priyanka Chopra
Put Baby Taimur back in the crib, the “hottest woman on the planet”, Priyanka Chopra, has a wedding to attend.