Biopics

Shakuntala Devi to The Dirty Picture, Vidya Balan destigmatises women who lived on their own terms

Vidya Balan may have rejected many-a-biopics but she has always chosen to play women who share her feisty spirit, like Shakuntala Devi and Silk Smitha.

As Kalpana Chawla documentary releases, father Banarasi Lal Chawla recollects her perseverance, passion for education

Before becoming the first woman of Indian origin to go to space, Kalpana Chawla was the sole woman in her Bachelor's in Aeronautical Engineering class at the Punjab Engineering College. Her father Banarasi Lal Chawla spoke with Firstpost in the run-up to the 8 March, International Women's Day premiere of a documentary based on Kalpana's life.

Narendra Modi biopic won't release during LS polls, says EC, dubs such films 'surrogate publicity'; order applicable to NaMo TV as well, claim reports

The Election Commission has stalled the release of PM Narendra Modi, a day before its release. The polling watchdog has held that biopics are 'surrogate publicity' and 'threaten level playing field".

By stalling release of Narendra Modi biopic, EC is holding creative process to ransom for political considerations

This sort of decision not only denigrates voters, but has a certain elitist attitude that the “EC knows what is best for the ignorant and the illiterate” masses.

#MeToo, weakening of star power, biopics: Five trends that shaped the Hindi film industry in 2018

The Hindi film industry has witnessed several changes in the year that has gone by, from a more open dialogue about sexual harassment to a growing preference for biopics

Mad To Be Normal movie review: Beyond its superb cast, this RD Laing biopic struggles to hold its ground

One can only recommend Mad To Be Normal as a gateway film to RD Laing’s astonishing range of ideas about society, parenthood, psychiatry and life itself

Quincy movie review: Netflix's biopic-documentary fails to make us intimate with a ridiculously talented man

While Quincy can be illuminating to audiences not entirely familiar with a legendary record producer’s innumerable facets, it doesn’t present anything truly engaging for a music lover

Mammootty plays YS Rajasekhara Reddy in upcoming Telugu biopic Yatra, directed by Mahi Raghav

Yatra is the second time Mammootty is playing a real-life character in a non-Malayalam project, having essayed the character of BR Ambedkar in Jabbar Patel's movie for which he won the National award for best actor in 1999.

With the ultra-success of Rajkumar Hirani's Sanju, a look at biopics that were off the mainstream

Every frame of Sanju, I was comparing the on-screen story to what I know from off-screen reports.

Padman and the predicament with biopics: Is the priority to be authentic to subject matter or fictionalise drama?

The biopics that Bollywood has culled out in the past few years gives us reasons to believe that the promises made by makers of Pad Man during the promotional phase of film are to be taken with a pinch of salt.