Bollywood Films

Akshay Kumar reportedly charged 80% of Cuttputlli budget? As Bollywood looks at recession, actors' fees need to be cut

As per reports, top actors in the industry have been charging more than half the budget of the films

From Independence to Emergency: A metaphor for Indian cinematic history

If the Emergency was the political abyss ushered in by a single dynasty that ran the government like a mafia, the post-Emergency period witnessed the full venomous bloom of the cultural destruction that had been put in motion through the backdoor capture of institutions

Why Liger is the perfect cautionary tale for greedy Bollywood producers

Liger is such a blatant attack on good taste and ‘progressive’ values that one might even be forgiven for thinking of the film as a social media troll.

Not Just Bollywood | Naga Chaitanya on Laal Singh Chaddha: ‘I was nervous of sharing screen space with Aamir Khan’

Naga Chaitanya enjoyed playing the role of Balraju in Laal Singh Chaddha because he could share screen space with Aamir Khan.

Vijay Barse on Jhund: ‘Though Amitabh Bachchan met me just once before the shoot, he has done justice to my role’

In conversation with Vijay Barse, the real-life hero whose efforts to teach slum children to play football, inspired the Amitabh Bachchan starrer Jhund.

Anees on No Entry 2: I'm ready with script, Salman said we will start filming soon

The script of the much awaited "No Entry" sequel is complete and cameras will start rolling soon, says director Anees Bazmee.

Kriti Sanon as Meena Kumari? Don't you dare, says Kamal Amrohi’s son

Let’s just hope that Meena Kumari doesn’t die all over again with yet another unworthy biopic on her.

Abhishek Bachchan: ‘We always made interesting, different and diverse films but we are now pushing those boundaries a bit more'

Actor Abhishek Bachchan is drawn to flawed characters and he has often said that it’s really special if through those flaws one can still find a place in the hearts of the audience.

Criticism of marginalized stories in Bollywood

When Bollywood critiques and makers directly inherent popular formulas in their work, there is little space left for lived truth.

‘The Kashmir Files’: IMDb Rating of Vivek Agnihotri's film abruptly changed from 9.9 to 8.3

How can one of the world's leading film and television websites follow such a biased approach towards a popular Bollywood film which is creating buzz all around, especially when in the past it has repeatedly chosen to act neutrally with regards to Hollywood films?