CinemaScope

From The Legend of Bhagat Singh to Chauhan: How Hindi Cinema Lost Its Moral Compass

For decades, Hindi cinema celebrated heroes who challenged injustice, questioned authority and stood beside the powerless. Today, many of its biggest blockbusters increasingly glorify state power, ideological nationalism and performative cruelty. Through Ajay Devgn's journey from The Legend of Bhagat Singh to Chauhan, this essay examines what that transformation says about Bollywood—and about us.

From Screen to Scroll: How Dhurandhar Manufactures Fear for the Algorithm

Dhurandhar: The Revenge is more than an action thriller. This review examines how the film uses symbolism, spectacle and revenge to shape ideas of nationalism, Muslim identity and patriotism, raising important questions about propaganda, democracy and the politics of fear

Her Cries, the World’s Silence: ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Exposes a Rescue That Never Arrived

Long after The Voice of Hind Rajab ends, what lingers is not the imagery. It is the sound of human voices—and the failure they expose. A six-year-old pleading for help. Operators struggling to keep her calm. Paramedics waiting for clearance. A rescue that never arrived. Together, these voices reveal what statistics cannot. War wounds not only bodies but the systems meant to respond

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...

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...
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Saransh: Daddy’s comeback has no Arth

Before watching Sadak 2, I watched Sadak once more to renew the memory. It was of course a hit back in 1991 but what...

Bombay gets a classy presentation

Everyone in their childhood read about the hare and the tortoise, and the story was taught with a lesson that slow and steady wins...

Vidyut’s hunt for his lost love is worth a watch

My wife got a call yesterday morning that she lost her aunt to Covid. Later, another call mentioning that her father, despite being a...

Tripathi controls the cyclic in Saxena’s chopper

If Dangal sold because it was an Aamir Khan movie and so did Gurgaon because it was a Pankaj Tripathi movie then why not...

Parikshit, Adil does a Balraj Sahni in a bumpy sojourn

I still remember the rickshaw rides to my school Don Bosco two decades ago. Funtoosh was the name of the puller and he always...

Vidya kasam, watch it only if you love Balan

Solve this first: (Her daughter’s story) + {cribbing²} ÷ facts x colourful Bollywood drama - plot = ? You don’t remember BODMAS? Check again now. Want...
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