Stories
Bollywood weddings are designed to look limitless. Guests arrive in coordinated costumes, palaces glow under thousands of lights, choreographed dancers fill…
For many aspiring Hindi filmmakers, the first obstacle is no longer a lack of ideas. It is finding enough money to turn a script into a finished feature…
Few Hindi film lyricists have shaped emotion through language as delicately as Gulzar. His songs often begin with familiar feelings—love, separation,…
Bollywood’s romantic comedies are finding their way back into cinemas after several years in which action spectacles, pan-Indian thrillers and franchise films…
Bollywood film festivals are often presented as glamorous celebrations of stars, music and Hindi cinema. Behind the red carpets, however, they operate as…
Bollywood biopics have always relied on transformation. An actor must suggest a real politician, singer, sportsperson or criminal without losing the emotional…
Few Indian film families have shaped Bollywood across as many eras as the Bachchans. Their story stretches from literary Hindi culture and the studio system to…
Bollywood action has entered a more physical era. The polished chase, rapid-cut fight and computer-enhanced explosion still have their place, yet audiences are…
Bollywood's most controversial censorship battles of the last decade have rarely been simple arguments about a few deleted scenes. They have involved politics,…
Bollywood’s relationship with streaming has moved far beyond the simple transfer of films from cinemas to digital platforms. Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+…
