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Aamir Khan’s defence of his patriotism reveals an embarrassing portrait of an anxious superstar, a pliant media, and a suspicious fandomSubscriber Only
June 22, 2025 07:24 IST
Fans today don’t just admire stars; they expect ideological alignment. They project their own politics onto celebrities and demand conformity. It’s as if they believe they own their idols, and any deviation feels like betrayal.
Sun, Jun 22, 2025
Rekha’s gun-wielding fans turned up on Umrao Jaan sets, Muzaffar Ali recalls how he made them a part of shoot: Umrao Jaan re-releaseSubscriber Only
June 21, 2025 09:02 IST
In a chat with SCREEN, Muzaffar Ali opens up Rekha-Farooq Sheikh-starrer Umrao Jaan as it returns to the screen on June 27th, inviting both the old lovers and the curious new to lose themselves once again.
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
In Sitaare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan finally faces the man in the mirror, as he trades perfection for vulnerabilitySubscriber Only
June 21, 2025 09:02 IST
It is a rare, and all the more moving, sight to finally see Aamir Khan begin to unmake the myth he spent years sculpting.
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
‘Nowadays, purity is lacking in our work. It’s all about creating one franchise after another’: Arjun RampalSubscriber Only
June 13, 2025 17:29 IST
In an exclusive chat with SCREEN, Arjun Rampal talks about his upcoming film Panjab 95, which is currently stuck with the censors.
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
‘The industry began to see me exclusively as a series actor; I have therefore consciously decided to do more films,’ says Shriya PilgaonkarSubscriber Only
June 10, 2025 15:57 IST
Shriya Pilgaonkar believes that this is the time for all actors and creators to move out of their comfort zones and take risks.
Tue, Jun 10, 2025
Varun Grover’s short film Kiss may be uneven and overly constructed, but it dares to gesture towards the transcendental power of cinemaSubscriber Only
June 07, 2025 09:01 IST
While watching the short, you can sense the fingerprints of a first-time director. The hesitation is overtly visible. The subtext is spelled out, and everything feels too constructed.
Sat, Jun 07, 2025
Abhishek Banerjee’s Stolen is a self-reflective thriller that strips the urban saviour trope down to its vanitiesSubscriber Only
June 06, 2025 07:59 IST
Stolen turns its gaze on the conceit of liberal righteousness: the kind that treats marginalisation not as lived reality but as an aesthetic. It indicts the impulse to convert another’s suffering into one’s own moral reckoning.
Fri, Jun 06, 2025
Revisiting Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan’s Nayakan, not as a gangster epic, but as an existential melodrama in disguiseSubscriber Only
June 03, 2025 07:59 IST
Nayakan is not Tamil cinema’s The Godfather or Yash Chopra’s Deewaar. Those comparisons are perfunctory. At its heart, it is an existential quest of a man.
Tue, Jun 03, 2025
Karan Johar says he ‘lost all trust’ in Maheep Kapoor after The Traitors; Raj Kundra jokes about using the ‘nepo husband’ cardSubscriber Only
May 30, 2025 16:01 IST
Speaking at the trailer launch event, Karan Johar described The Traitors as one 'characterised by lies, deceit, betrayal, and a whole lot of drama!'
Fri, May 30, 2025
Bunty Aur Babli turns 20: Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji’s crime caper is a sharp, spirited portrait of middle-class ambition in post-liberalisation IndiaSubscriber Only
May 27, 2025 07:58 IST
Bunty and Babli's rebellion wasn’t simply criminal or romantic, it was existential. They were trying to find their place in an India that had neither space nor sympathy for people like them.
Tue, May 27, 2025
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, in all its exhaustive and bloated messiness, stands as a tribute to the myth of Tom CruiseSubscriber Only
May 18, 2025 07:01 IST
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, in an unusual meta stroke, reveals what the franchise has always truly been: a man against the impossible, called upon only when the world, and the story itself, has run out of options.
Sun, May 18, 2025
10 years of Bombay Velvet: Anurag Kashyap’s messy love letter to cinema that was never understoodSubscriber Only
May 14, 2025 14:37 IST
Bombay Velvet is a messy yet opulent love letter, from someone who’s watched too many films and wanted, just once, to make one that holds them all.
Wed, May 14, 2025
Sinners and Khauf, two atmospheric works of the genre, reveal that true horror is never otherworldly; it lives in the grammar of everyday oppressionSubscriber Only
May 09, 2025 07:59 IST
What’s greatly unsettling is how both Sinners and Khauf suggests that for the marginalised to claim power, they must first inhabit the very skin of their oppressors.
Fri, May 09, 2025
Even as Akshay Kumar’s Kesari Chapter 2 shows an imagined past, it ends up confronting the presentSubscriber Only
May 07, 2025 18:45 IST
There’s something strange that Akshay Kumar’s casting brings to Kesari Chapter 2. It adds a necessary layer of subtext that becomes harder to ignore.
Wed, May 07, 2025
Khakee: The Bengal Chapter is at war with itself, never letting its premise and setting breatheSubscriber Only
March 27, 2025 07:57 IST
Khakee: The Bengal Chapter borrows so much from everywhere that nothing truly lands. The tones shift, the conflicts escalate, but no spark of novelty ever ignites.
Thu, Mar 27, 2025
Nadaniyaan is a proof that Dharma’s formula of self-referencing nostalgia-milking meta madness, is running on fumesSubscriber Only
March 18, 2025 07:58 IST
What once felt like breezy, self-referential fun doled out by Dharma now reeks of something calculated. It feels less like a creative impulse and more a shallow attempt to milk the internet’s collective nostalgia.
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
Exclusive | ‘Bollywood has romanticized Karva Chauth, it was my responsibility to question it’: Mrs director Arati KadavSubscriber Only
March 06, 2025 08:13 IST
In an exclusive interview, Mrs director Arati Kadav opens up on reimagining a slow-burn thriller -- The Great Indian Kitchen -- as a coming-of-age story and not turning the male characters into outright villains.
Thu, Mar 06, 2025
Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava is weighed down by its own fundamental cluelessnessSubscriber Only
February 25, 2025 18:01 IST
Every compelling story of good and evil has a rhythm: peaks and valleys that lend depth to its conflict. But Chhaava refuses this ebb and flow.
Tue, Feb 25, 2025
Paatal Lok 2’s writers on crafting a successful sequel, Ansari’s death and addressing criticism: ‘Personal is political’Subscriber Only
February 11, 2025 08:02 IST
Paatal Lok 2 writers Sudip Sharma, Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Kanojia and Tamal Sen dissect the endless months spent in the writers’ room, the weight of expectations after a critically acclaimed first season, some key moments that defined the show, and their response to the critiques it has drawn.
Tue, Feb 11, 2025
Akshay Kumar’s Sky Force surprisingly subverts the military drama genre as it dares to ask: Is there an enemy at all?Subscriber Only
January 29, 2025 07:59 IST
The film Sky Force , which is based entirely on a real-life incident, makes some surprising narrative choices that stand out. Half way through the film, it reveals its true colors: unexpectedly sincere, with a rare moral backbone.
Thu, Jan 30, 2025
Paatal Lok Season 2 uses violence as a smokescreen to expose how the personal is inherently politicalSubscriber Only
January 22, 2025 07:58 IST
Paatal Lok 2 is not content with simply portraying violence. Instead, it is consumed by the need to decode it.
Wed, Jan 22, 2025
Black Warrant is a genre-defying coming-of-age tale inside Tihar Jail where endurance triumphs over defianceSubscriber Only
January 14, 2025 07:57 IST
Black Warrant: The makers want you to believe in Sunil aka Zahan Kapoor — the revolutionary, the agent of change, the underdog whose grit defies the odds.
Tue, Jan 14, 2025
Varun Dhawan’s Baby John reveals how stardom can be both a blessing and a curse for a mass entertainerSubscriber Only
December 31, 2024 07:57 IST
Varun Dhawan makes his first voyage with Baby John — only to reveal he isn’t quite ready to captain such a ship. It’s not about his talent, but his aura. Mass films don’t just need actors; they need idols.
Wed, Jan 01, 2025
Beyond sprawling scale and complex characters, Vetrimaaran’s Viduthalai Part 2 is a coming-of-age journey of an ideologySubscriber Only
December 24, 2024 08:01 IST
Viduthalai Part 2: If the first film offers a foray into Vetrimaaran’s mind, the second plunges deep into his heart.
Tue, Dec 24, 2024
From Jigra to Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3: A year of Hindi cinema where climaxes reshaped storiesSubscriber Only
December 17, 2024 08:03 IST
This year many film's climaxes stood apart. Narrative turns that unlocked buried truths, deepened unspoken nuances, and often reimagined the films entirely.
Tue, Dec 17, 2024Journalism of Courage
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