Indian films began talking in 1931 and it didn’t take them long to belt out ideas of freedom. And with our films having had a culture of song and dance, patriotism found its way into even regular entertainers. But these films did clash with the censors from time to time.
A king has been dethroned through unfair means and a new reign of terror is in place. The rightful heir is unaware of his true potential. The suffering masses are waiting for the leader to find his calling and save them from an atrocious regime. The women are enslaved and are hopeful that one day,... Continue Reading →
I saw Baahubali – The Conclusion a week after its release. By then, there were broadly two categories of people I had come across. One that had seen Baahubali and were raving about it and the other, that had yet not been able to get the tickets. Never before has a non-Rajini film from the... Continue Reading →
Last week, I happened to watch Gulzar’s Mere Apne (1971). It told the story of an old woman who comes from a village to live in a city after being persuaded by a distant relative and his wife, only to realise that she is nothing more than an unpaid aayah in the city, meant to... Continue Reading →
Madraswallah 