CinemaScope

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 Taj Story, a recent courtroom...

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...

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....

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,...

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...
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Remakes of foreign films are not always desirable for the Indian audience

The boycott by right-wingers might be one of the reasons, but what happened with Lal Singh Chadda's box office performance in India has an...

Dilip Kumar’s Shaheed inspired me to become an actor: Manoj Kumar

Bollywood actor Manoj Kumar, known as Bharat Kumar in Indian cinema has acted in and made the most patriotic theme movies. The 85-year-old Manoj...

Remembering Rafi: Greatest Ever Playback Singer

What is it that makes the Mohammed Rafi magic endure amongst listeners cutting across barriers of age, caste, creed, colour, gender and national boundaries...

Bhupinder Singh was fascinated by Mohammed Rafi’s singing

Before recording Hoke Majboor Mujhe song, Bhupinder Singh was nervous. How could a brand new singer like him match three stalwarts, Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey...

Uttam Kumar’s romanticism had a sublime charm that only Dev Anand could match

The Uttam Kumar and Aparna Sen Pair lit the silver screen with their grounded romanticism and uninhibited performances. Though senior in age to Aparna,...

ये सितारा जब भी स्क्रीन पर आया देखने वाले के दिल पर उस किरदार की यादगार छाप छोड़ गया

बाराबंकी के राजा जहांगीराबाद की आलीशान कोठी में उस वक़्त के स्थानीय एसडीएम इमामुद्दीन शाह का परिवार रहा करता था। 20 जुलाई 1950 को...
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