Bollywood

Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
A film still of Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor dancing with Holi colours thrown on them. Over the picture is a screenshot of a tweet that reads, "Balam pichkari joh tune mujhe mari, toh seedhi saadhi chhori ne harassment ki FIR likha di. & she was taken seriously. #FeministBollySongs"
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs

Twitter has been rumbling with chuckles and giggles over the last few days with a trending slew of Tweets and…
By Curated Content
January 4, 2016
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility
Still from film 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns'. A woman and a man in a wedding. The man holds a baby wrapped in a white cloth in his arms. The woman wears a red Indian suit, red bangles, and has open hair. The man wears a red turban and golden kurta.
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility

What does Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) have in common with Perumal Murugan’s controversial book, One Part Woman (2013)? Stories on emasculation…
By Shweta Krishnan
July 1, 2015
Review: What a controversial book and blockbuster tell us about male infertility
The ‘Filmy’ Body: Understanding pleasure and dance in public space
The ‘Filmy’ Body: Understanding pleasure and dance in public space
July 1, 2015
The ‘Filmy’ Body: Understanding pleasure and dance in public space
From hysteria to orgasms –The story of sex toys
From hysteria to orgasms –The story of sex toys
July 1, 2015
From hysteria to orgasms –The story of sex toys
‘Popular Stereotyping’
A still from the film "Apur Sansar" showing a woman who's looking downwards. She's wearing a saree and her aanchal is draped around her head.
‘Popular Stereotyping’

Time and again, our films underline the supremacy of man. Modernity is reduced to a matter of packaging. A modern…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
‘Popular Stereotyping’
The Dirty Picture
Poster for the film 'dirty picture', shoeing actress vidya balan leaning against actor emraan hashmi
The Dirty Picture

The Dirty Picture, directed by Milan Luthria (2011) has ushered in various debates around sexuality through its representation of sexuality…
By Sujatha Subramanian
October 1, 2014
The Dirty Picture
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
A still of actor Divya Dutta from the film 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'. She is wearing a pink headscarf and bloue jacket, and her right palm is held up to her head in the manner of a salute.
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity

 In one of the most compelling and difficult scenes in 2013’s acclaimed Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, a young Milkha Singh is…
By Parigya Sharma
February 1, 2014
Voices: Silencing the Body: On Blissful Cinematic Ignorance and Social Insensitivity
Movies, Music and Conversations on Consent
Photo of a woman dressed in a red kurta, in the middle of a dance pose.
Movies, Music and Conversations on Consent

Recently, social media was abuzz with Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”, a song and video that sparked many discussions on the…
By Manak Matiyani
February 1, 2014
Movies, Music and Conversations on Consent
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