For much of Hindi cinema’s history, Muslim characters have occupied a narrowly defined moral and visual frame. In earlier films, they appeared either as upright allies, Inspector Khan or Ali, loyal ...

For decades, popular culture has been fixated on a tired, gendered trope - put multiple women on a film set, and competition, jealousy, and “catfights” are inevitable. In an exclusive conversation ...

For much of the Hindi cinema’s history, Muslim characters have occupied a narrowly defined moral and visual frame. In earlier films, they appeared either as upright allies - Inspector Khan or Ali, ...

At a time when scale and spy thrillers are having their big-ticket moment, a film set in an apartment in Delhi is having one of its own. The Great Shamsuddin Family, which was released on JioHotstar ...

Fifteen years after her acclaimed debut, ‘Peepli Live’ premiered at Sundance and became India's Oscar entry, filmmaker Anusha Rizvi has delivered something extraordinary: a film that doesn't just pass ...

Saba Azad praised The Great Shamsuddin Family as a "breath of fresh air" for gently challenging stereotypes and lauded performances by Kritika Kamra, Sheeba Chadha, Juhi Babbar, Farida Jalal, and ...

New Delhi: Three weeks after the release of The Great Shamsuddin Family, veteran actor Farida Jalal is still receiving calls praising her performance. Over 200 films and numerous TV serials later, her ...

In her latest film, 'The Great Shamsuddin Family,' actress Juhi Babbar successfully transitions from her traditional intense theatrical roles to a more light-hearted cinematic portrayal. Juhi's ...

Cinema is a medium made for spectacular, extraordinary and even grotesque narratives. In contrast, what is striking about Perfect Family, a web series produced by Pankaj Tripathi, and Anusha Rizvi’s ...

Farida Jalal is getting loads of love for her role as Akko in The Great Shamsuddin Family, which dropped on JioHotstar on December 12. She shared, "There was so much laughter in the theater when we ...

For actor Kritika Kamra, it was refreshing to see Muslims being portrayed as normal people in “The Great Shamsuddin Family” and without the conventional dramatisation that’s often associated with ...

One of the most enjoyable subgenres of the modern-day family drama is the “chaos-monkey cousin arrives, bringing trouble and catharsis” formula. Look at Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin playing ...