Making sense of patterns, trends, and tropes that hide in plain sight.
Hate is low-hanging fruit, and by generalizing the other and not giving them a face, we dehumanise those who are different from us. Bollywood propaganda films risk tarnishing the industry’s […]
With the jadoo long gone from the jhappi, Rajkumar Hirani movies now feel more like the suffocating hug of an uncle who holds on too long. The first time the […]
Shah Rukh Khan’s psychological thriller Fan gets some things right about the dangers of fandom. I scrolled through my Instagram feed recently and found a reel about Shah Rukh Khan. […]
When we think of Bollywood, Peshawar is a place that doesn’t often get the attention it deserves. Recently, fans in both Pakistan and India celebrated what would have been Raj […]
Is Bollywood in a downfall? The numbers don’t lie — with big budgets, bigger sets, and even bigger paychecks, something seems broken in an industry that’s forgotten how to make […]
