Pagglait

2021 is the year when women on screen came into their own, from Rashmi Rocket, Mimi to Pagglait

It is not every year that you get to watch a young window unable to grieve her husband’s death, a female athlete banned for failing the gender test, a trans-girl making people question what is normal, an abandoned surrogate mother, and a woman faking her husband’s death to prevent him getting convicted for murder.

Pagglait director Umesh Bist, producers Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga sign three-film deal

After Pagglait, the team has reunited for a three-film deal, out of which the announcement of the first movie is already on the cards.

Netflix India to launch first post-production facility in Mumbai in June 2022

Netflix's facility will be equipped with 40 offline editing rooms designed “as a flexible, collaborative and inspiring environment” for showrunners, directors, editors and sound designers.

Visceral conviction, terrifying eyes: Reading Ashutosh Rana's performances, from Sangharsh to Pagglait

Ashutosh Rana has come out commendably restrained in his second innings, if one may call it. But he continues to terrify us with his performances, when he chooses to.

Actor Pooja Hegde, producer Guneet Monga self quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19

"Taking all the measures to combat the virus," wrote Guneet Monga while sharing the news of her coronavirus diagnosis

Sanya Malhotra's five-year trajectory is unprecedented in an industry not always welcoming of rank newcomers

From Dangal to Pagglait, every role is a challenge, every part is fresh, and doing things the easy way seems to be an alien concept.

How Sanya Malhotra's Pagglait challenges the notion of widowhood, perpetuated by Hindi cinema

Pagglait is perhaps one of those rare emotionally intelligent films that questions whether grief should really be an obligation anymore.

Vishal Bhardwaj praises Sanya Malhotra-starrer Pagglait: 'Such a nuanced film'

Vishal Bhardwaj said Sanya Malhotra's Pagglait took him 'back to his Meerut days’

Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi director Seema Pahwa disappointed with Pagglait team for 'uncanny resemblance' between two films

Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi director Seema Pahwa said that Pagglait makers were aware of her film and could have tweaked their film’s script a little since they had the time and opportunity

How Netflix's Pagglait pays lip service to secularism through an underwritten Muslim character devoid of agency

The narrative arc of Nazia Zaidi in Pagglait demonstrates secularism is a hard sell these days, as much in fiction as in reality.