Historical Films

Thugs of Hindostan's representation of the cult of 'Thuggee' may make for good cinema, but is bad history

The so-called ‘thugs’ of colonial India lived, but not as excitingly as crime thrillers such as Philip Meadows Taylor’s novel and Thugs of Hindostan would like them to have lived

Padmavati row: Rajput Karni Sena to approach I&B Ministry for creation of 'pre-censor board'

In light of the distortion of historical facts in Padmavati, Karni Sena has proposed setting up of a pre-censor board to monitor all period films.

The Padmavati protests, and how Bollywood has historically portrayed historicals

As protests against Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh starrer Padmavati are staged by Hardik Patel's Patidar Navnirman Sena, it is more evident than ever than 'history' is not ‘what has happened’ but is, arguably, a contested site — and not only for Bollywood.