The role of women in Indian cinema: Is retrograde or moving forward?
Hindi cinema may be portraying women in more risqué clothing, but that doesn’t signify progress. If anything, in their visual and story portrayal of women, most movies seem to be taking India backwards. First, is the actual casting. The British may have left India long ago, but the obsession with fairness and the idolization of [...]
Ring the Bell or Dial your Phone: End Domestic Violence
I didn’t ring the bell as per the social media nonprofit, Breakthrough’s great new domestic violence campaign, Bell Bajao (Ring the Bell), a film series by Bauddhayan Mukherji inspired by true stories of men who let other men know that they knew what was going on in their homes. But last night, I had to pick [...]
