The movie isn’t completely impressive, and yet it’s Akshay Kumar’s best in a long time. Maybe because Bollywood movies – and Kumar in particular – have spawned so much …
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Raksha Bandhan: Akshay Kumar’s Latest is Offensive, Sexist and Unbearable
Anand Rai’s film is not just clueless about gender politics, but is also devoid of logic, and harks back to the cheap films of the 1980s.
‘Samrat Prithviraj’ Is a Tedious Repeat of Nationalist Hindutva Films
The dialogues carry the baton, reducing the complexities of individuals, kingdoms, and conquests in two words: Hindu and Muslim.
Akshay Kumar’s Hindu Samrat Goes Where No Other Bollywood Films Have Gone Before
The blatant advertising of 'Samrat Prithviraj' shows it is aimed at only Hindus, but will this work at the box office?
Manterrupting: When Will Men Stop Hijacking Women’s Narratives?
On the eternal hijacking of female narratives.
A Conjugal Affair with Bollywood
Shouldn’t we attempt to look at what Bollywood films accomplish besides the obvious criticism they engender?
The Onus of Speaking Up Against Hate Crimes isn’t Only on the Khans
In a Hindu majority country, where even the ruling Government is pivoting on majoritarian sentiments, expecting actors belonging to a community which is already targeted is not only unfair …
2018 Belonged to Bollywood’s Rebels
This was the year unusual stories and transgressive narratives gave conventional Bollywood a run for its money.
What’s Driving Our Taste for Explicitly Nationalistic Cinema?
We're either stuck in a narrow definition of patriotism or trying to imagine a better nation for ourselves – and our movies reflect this conflict like never before.