Barring a few films made recently, Indian cinema hasn’t quite probed the deeper, more fundamental meaning of suicide
If cis-gender actors can play transgender persons on screen, why can’t it be the other way round?
In a statement on Thursday, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah announced that Hindi films would be banned from screening in the capital until portions of the dialogue from the movie "Adipurush" are removed.
Who gets to play trans roles? And who decides the norms of representation?
The ban was imposed following a controversy surrounding the film's dialogues, particularly a reference to Sita as "India's daughter," sparking concerns about Nepal's sovereignty.
In an interview to Outlook, filmmaker Anubhav Sinha talks about what pushed him to make the movie starring Rajkumar Rao
Despite a few refreshing narratives, most of Indian mainstream cinema still struggles to portray transgender people with all their human complexities and contradictions
Yash's journey in the entertainment industry has been an interesting one. He has worked with many leading channels like Sony, Colors, Star Plus, and Life OK. He has also worked on various films and television shows such as...
Actor Sunny Hinduja, who is known for his work in 'TVF Aspirants', is playing the antagonist in the Kartik Aaryan-starrer 'Shehzada'.
The extra is a figure who periodically emerges in films to remind one of below-the-line labour in the Hindi film industry
Motwani feels that a leader should not just lead from the front but must also involve the team in discussions and deliberations.
Hindi filmmakers have not yet been able to understand what the public wants. They should realise that Bollywood movies are not seen only in Delhi and Mumbai.
When The Guardian compiled a list of the 100 best films of this century from around the world, Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur was the only Indian entry....
Social media has given unlimited power to the audiences and the boycott campaign has undoubtedly created a negative atmosphere around Hindi cinema.
Every industry faces good and bad times. Today, the flaws of the Hindi film industry are clearly visible, but there is a flip side as well. It will ultimately...
The year 2022 has been a rather bleak year for Bollywood with one big-ticket film crashing after another at the box office
As Amit Misra prepares for his digital debut, he was earlier in the news for his untitled Hindi film. It was reported that Amit will don the writer, director...
Rakesh Roshan is the latest addition in the list of Bollywood celebs who have talked about the box-office debacle of recent Bollywood films.
On the 75th anniversary of Independence, Outlook selects 75 actors of Hindi cinema who made a mark with their talent, looks, style or simply, a smile on the...
Here is a year-wise selection of some of the finest Hindi films since 1947 that have left an indelible mark.
Unlike world cinema, where rains relay a perceptible fact, Indian cinema uses rain as a manifestation of inner truth and vivid emotions.
The new Bollywood movies are single-minded in suggesting that military duty prevails over everything else, and signalling the rise of Hindu nationalism
'Daman' by filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, was probably the first Hindi film to be made on the subject of marital rape. Actress Raveena Tandon speaks to Outlook about...
Faced with stiff competition from the South Indian film industries, Hindi cinema is looking at an existential crisis
The pandemic hastened the OTT boom by several years, and offered hungry new talent from outside the establishment an opportunity to shine
