The Taj Story: Why Myth-Led Cinema Is Harming Public Understanding of History
When a film chooses to revisit a contested piece of history, it steps into a fragile intellectual space where creativity collides with responsibility. The...
Dharmendra Remembered: How Bollywood’s Most Human Superstar Became India’s Favourite Hero
Film star Dharmendra lived a full and complete life. He was unapologetically himself—a man with a golden heart who loved fellow human beings and...
Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound: A Stark, Unfiltered Look at Muslim Marginalisation and Caste Reality
Although I have always been a film buff, I hadn’t gone to a theatre in a long time. But last evening, after hearing about...
The Untamed Soul of Indian Cinema: How Ritwik Ghatak’s Art Still Speaks to Our Times
The World Cinema Project has restored, among other films, Titas Ekti Nodir Naam by Ritwik Ghatak. Martin Scorsese, the revered Hollywood film-maker who is...
How India’s Symbol of Love Is Being Twisted into a Tool of Hate
The Taj Mahal, regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is one of the major markers of India on the world...
‘Two Constitutions’ Myth: How The Bengal Files Spins Lies About West Bengal
The Bengal Files portrays Bengal’s 1946–47 communal violence through a selective, one-dimensional lens. By distorting history, amplifying fear, and reducing complex realities to binaries, it functions more as propaganda than cinema. Graphic violence and polemical dialogues fuel polarization, raising ethical concerns about manipulating memory and exploiting tragedy for political ends
