T he Kerala Story, released on May 5th, is clearly not just another badly made film using tropes and stereotypes to appeal to audiences already influenced by dominant communal and bigoted ideologies – rather, perhaps. . .

T his year, in the mainstream media discourses, there was considerable discussion, celebration and often chest thumping about “India’s Oscar Story”. The song Naatu Naatu from S.S. Rajamouli’s Telugu film RRR won the Oscar for. . .

“I n order to uphold democracy, there will be times one must be authoritarian.” These are the remarks of a police officer in T. J. Gnanavel’s film Jai Bhim, not mine. It is not really. . .

I n Shoojit Sircar’s 2021 biopic Sardar Udham (2h 44min), Udham (played by Vicky Kaushal) is asked by his British comrade Eileen the reason why he is only fighting for the freedom of the people. . .