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The 'more perilous adventure' of the poor marked out in a movie

The 1974 blockbuster Roti, Kapda aur Makaan tapped into popular emotions sparked by rising inequality

The disruptor

What emerges from these interviews are some remarkable stories, some by people who knew him intimately and others who only worked with him

The cry of the wounded in movies reflects real life in India

'Aakrosh' (1981) depicted how India's tribal people, almost 8% of the population, are dehumanised by the state and the law

The voyage that never ends

Bengali novelist Samaresh Bose's quest for the 'celestial blinkers' that blind millions has contemporary resonance

Netaji, all too human

Remarkable stories about the life and work of Subhas Chandra Bose and India's late-colonial history fill the pages of Krishna Bose's book

Total Recall: Two Indias for midnight's children

While an Indian documentary captured the hopes and fears of young citizens in 1967, a French film depicted the chaos

A new Kangana Ranaut movie revisits the anger and anguish of the Emergency

While her film isn't the first on the issue, it remains to be seen whether it will be a path-breaker of sorts or add to heap of banal celluloid art

Being Gay in Bollywood

This book is important for those interested in Bollywood or in queer activism in India, but also for those who are looking for a life story to inspire them

Frames per Second: The Big Bad Bollywood Wedding

Fans obsess over celebrity weddings such as Ranbir-Alia. But the big fat Indian wedding is inalienable from Bollywood

Frames per Second: Bollywood watching Bollywood

Netflix's Hindi adaptation of 'Call My Agent' is disappointing, but the film industry has frequently been deeply introspective

Total Recall: Bombay, Gangsters and Satya

Bullets Over Bombay is divided into seven chapters, each of which is a well-considered essay on various aspects of the film

Frames per Second: The spectacle of a massacre

Jallianwala Bagh has been represented in films several times, in different ways, for different purposes

After rape - a search for solutions

Each of the five women profiled in the book have a dedicated chapter

Frames per second: Medals for 'New India'

The rising popularity of sports films in India reflects a new phase of nationalism

Frames per Second: The burden of the river

Raj Kapoor's last film, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, conflated the river's pollution with the corruption of people, and is still a poignant metaphor for our times

Frames per second: Lost at the Kumbh

Getting lost at the religious fair was a trope for Hindi popular cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, but this year, India lost something greater.

Before and after darkness

Book review - No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health

Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka

The film critical of Indira Gandhi's regime was banned during the Emergency, but what's the purpose of continued censorship now?

Frames per Second: In custody, then and now

Anand Patwardhan's film Prisoner of Conscience, on political prisoners in India during the Emergency, has some deep resonances for our times

Do terrorists grow in farms?

Gulzar's Maachis operates in a matrix where the audience is infected with Stockholm Syndrome