The Amazon Prime Video series Farzi carries the scent of many Bollywood stories. Take its protagonists, Sunny (Shahid Kapoor) and Firoz (Bhuvan Arora), best friends since childhood, poor and …
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Rings of Power: ‘In an Age of Epic Fantasy on Screen Many of the Missteps Are Unforgivable’
Badly paced and luridly shot, the series’ first episodes have been a let down.
In ‘Modern Love: Mumbai’, it Is the Simple Emotions That Score
Six films try and interpret the idea of love in the metropolis-the result is patchy yet has surprising moments.
Rishi Kapoor’s Excellent Performance in ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ Makes For a Memorable Swansong
'Sharmaji Namkeen' can be seamlessly deep without being moralising or boring.
On the Backlash Against Non-White Actors in Amazon’s New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Adaption
Adaptations are original cultural entities that can imitate, question, re-write, or reinterpret their source material for new audiences.
Spotting Mumbai in ‘Gehraiyaan’
An authentic portrayal of the city is not at all what the movie seeks.
‘As We See It’: An Imperfect Step Forward for Representing Autism on Screen
While the main cast is autistic, the Amazon Prime show still relies on dangerous tropes.
Bollywood’s First ‘Intimacy Coordinator’ Wants Safe Standards for Sex Scenes
Production crews have normally been responsible for the well-being of actors on Bollywood sets. But now India's film industry has its first certified intimacy coordinator.
‘Family Man 2’ Is a Worthy Sequel, Even if It Lacks the Intimate Dilemmas of Season One
The series is not just about patriotic heroism but also explores the lives of the villains.
‘The Underground Railroad’: Slavery Saga Brings the Horrors of History to Life
'Moonlight' director Barry Jenkins has transformed Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel – which plays on the fantasy that the Underground Railroad was an actual train network – into a …