Ben Kingsley

Peter Sellers' The Party is the go-to movie for expressing anger over brownface: Is the ire warranted?

I don’t really understand why Peter Sellers felt the need to darken his face for the role in The Party. While I don’t think it makes him look Indian, it certainly makes him look greasy and a little blotchy, unless the belief at the time was that Indians, as an entire race, were a greasy and blotchy people | Kuzhali Manickavel writes in her monthly column 'Allegedly Problematic'

Operation Finale movie review: A film about a high-stakes secret operation is curiously lacking in dread

Although it deals with a fantastic subject, boasts of a superb cast, and makes an honest attempt to tell a remarkable story, Operation Finale ends up delivering a rather uninspired two hours

Scarlett Johansson's Rub and Tug row reveals Hollywood's problematic streak with straight-washing and whitewashing

For both Hollywood and Bollywood, nearly all of the casting decisions centre on the ‘star’ factor and that is why Johnny Depp plays Tonto or Priyanka Chopra plays Mary Kom as it helps the film attract a wider audience.

Release date for Ben Kingsley's historical spy thriller Operation Finale advanced to 29 August

Operation Finale is about the hunt and capture of the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in the '60s.

Mahatma Gandhi on screen: Tracing the portrayal of 'father of the nation' in Indian films, beyond Ben Kingsley

Playing Gandhi on film or the stage has come a long way.

Gandhi Jayanti: Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Gandhi My Father — how Bapu was immortalised on screen

On Mahatma Gandhi's 148th birth anniversary, a look at films that presented a look into his life and how influential his ideologies were

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: 98 years later, a look at films, books, music that documented it

3 April 1919, marked the day of one of the worst political acts of violence we have ever seen — the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

On Gandhi Jayanti, a screen and stage guide to Mahatma Gandhi's life and times

From the film Gandhi starring Oscar winning actor Ben Kingsley to Lage Raho Munnabhai, filmmakers and playwrights have always been fascinated by the Mahatma.

Last week in TV: 'Hannibal', Mario Puzo's 'Omerta', 'The Punisher', Woody Allen and more

'Hannibal', Mario Puzo's 'Omerta', 'The Punisher', Woody Allen and more in this week's TV wrap-up.

Box office report: 'The Jungle Book' rakes in over Rs 20 cr in two days of release

The Jungle Book has received an overwhelming response at the box office in India