Posted inPop Culture
The unheralded brilliance of Kay Kay Menon
Kay Kay Menon has been around for a long time and yet his work, especially his potential, has remained underused, and worse, unheralded. Let’s hope that changes soon.
Posted inBollywood
Feeling Extra Patriotic? Look Beyond Border & Watch These Deshbhakti Movies Instead
What does patriotism mean today? Does it lie in adhering to the Constitution? Does it lie in fixing “anti-nationals” with a ticket to Pakistan? Does it mean #BoycottChineseProducts? We revisit a few loved films that redefine deshbhakti for this age.
Posted inBollywood
14 Years of Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi: Why Sudhir Mishra’s Emergency Drama is the Definitive Political Film of Our Generation
Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi critiques the eternal debate between the Indian Left’s romanticism of its “cause” and its ability to propagate “change”. It’s extraordinary how a film made in 2005 managed to foreshadow a reality that the Left is waking up to, only now.
