Posted inPop Culture
How to Sing Your Way to Manhood
“Galti Se Mistake” from Jagga Jasoos is the latest in a tradition of Hindi film songs that celebrate men coming of age.
Posted inGender
Despite Bollywood Influences, I am Raising Two Feminist Sons. Here’s How To Do It
My sons and I love watching Bollywood movies together, but finding a film devoid of misogyny, objectification of women, and innuendo is a task. How do I explain to my kids what is wrong with “6 din, Ladki in” when SRK is mouthing it as if it’s the most chivalrous way to woo a girl in Kal Ho Naa Ho?
Posted inFirst Person
Life on Stutter Island
When you’ve lived with a lifelong stutter, everyone around you seems to have immeasurable patience.
Posted inPop Culture
Jagga Jasoos: A Lesson in Speech Therapy For Bollywood
Bollywood has almost always treated a stutter as comic relief. Maybe Jagga Jasoos will do for the speech impediment, what Taare Zameen Par was able to do for dyslexia.
Posted inPOV
What Bollywood Always Gets Wrong About the Differently Abled
Why can’t Bollywood filmmakers seem to give disabled protagonists challenges other than overcoming their disability? It isn’t as if we don’t have precedents. In films like Sparsh and Jagga Jasoos, the leads’ afflictions don’t dominate their characters.
Posted inBollywood
In An Age Of Superstars, Say Hello To Ranbir Kapoor, the Actor
In Sanju, Ranbir Kapoor hits the peak of his physical acting. It’s a trait that has elevated most of his roles. For, Kapoor doesn’t just act or deliver lines or play fictional characters. He recreates them down to the very last detail.
Posted inPop Culture
Hichki and Bollywood’s New-Found Sensitivity
Hichki just might be what Bollywood needs; a renewed vigour in portraying impediments on screen with sensitivity, instead of exploiting it for punchlines. It’s essentially a trend that started this year with Jagga Jasoos.
