Stories
Jhanvi Kapoor’s journey in Hindi cinema has developed under an unusually powerful shadow. Her mother, Sridevi, remains one of Indian film’s most admired…
Bollywood’s annual award season turns the Hindi film calendar into a long-running celebration of performances, filmmaking, music, costumes, and celebrity…
Bollywood filmmaking has always embraced spectacle. Lavish palaces, vintage automobiles, ceremonial weapons, elaborate costumes and practical explosions have…
Anushka Sharma’s influence in Hindi cinema extends well beyond her work in front of the camera. Through Clean Slate Filmz, the production company she…
Box office numbers are supposed to offer a clear measure of a film’s performance. In Hindi cinema, however, the final figure can depend on who is publishing…
A Bollywood song set on a moving train appears effortless on screen: dancers glide through corridors, heroes perform beside open doors, and sweeping landscapes…
Bollywood has always borrowed, adapted and reinvented stories. What is changing now is the willingness to move a familiar male character into a female body, or…
Ranveer Singh has built one of the most versatile careers in contemporary Bollywood by treating every role as a separate performance language. His characters…
Bollywood sells stories, stars, songs, costumes and visual identities at enormous scale. A successful Hindi film can dominate box-office conversations, social…
Varun Dhawan entered the second half of the 2010s as one of Hindi cinema’s most reliable commercial stars. Films such as Student of the Year, Humpty Sharma Ki…
