film reviews

• Pakeezah, Meena Kumari's romantic Swan Song (9 commentaires)
• Sujata, an untouchable Nutan (9 commentaires)
• Shatranj ke Khilari, ode to a lost kingdom (8 commentaires)
• Awara (1951): the world's most popular movie?! (7 commentaires)
• Provoked, a battle for battered women's freedom (7 commentaires)
• Sahib bibi aur ghulam, an Initiation to Desire (6 commentaires)
• The Stranger (Agantuk), Satyajit Ray's experiment on humanity (6 commentaires)
• Nishaant, the brutality of male (and female) desire (3 commentaires)
• Calcutta Mail, or why Sudhir Mishra's films have urban settings (3 commentaires)
• Is Bollywood opium for the masses? ("Dharavi") (3 commentaires)
• Shree 420: Raj Kapoor's masterpiece (3 commentaires)
• Hum tumhare hain sanam (2 commentaires)
• Deewar: Cain and Abel revisited? (2 commentaires)
• 3 Dewaarein: can a film-director avoid committing himself? (2 commentaires)
• Pather Panchali, Satyajit Ray's little Song (2 commentaires)
• Charulata, Satyajit Ray's masterpiece (2 commentaires)
• Kaala Patthar, Yash Chopra's Heart of Darkness (2 commentaires)
• Parshuramer Kuthar, motherhood and prostitution (2 commentaires)

Book reviews

• A suitable boy (9 commentaires)
• The Kite Runner (4 commentaires)
• A Fine Balance (4 commentaires)
• The white tiger (3 commentaires)
• The god of small things - and a criticism of Bollywood (3 commentaires)
• The Guide (R.K. Narayan) (2 commentaires)

letstalkaboutbollywood

• Akshaye Khanna: why is intelligence so sexy? (6 commentaires)
• Is Aishwarya Rai a good actress? (4 commentaires)
• Juhi Chawla: what's behind that smile? (4 commentaires)
• I love Rani Mukherjee's smile! (4 commentaires)
• Manisha Koirala: the fallen angel? (4 commentaires)
• Tabu, the dark queen on the Bollywoodian chessboard (4 commentaires)
• Should Hrithik Roshan rule? (4 commentaires)
• Madhuri Dixit: Bollywood's cannibalism (4 commentaires)
• Ayesha Takia: in search of her soul! (4 commentaires)
• Anupam Kher, the adorable comedian (3 commentaires)
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Cannes bad taste (3 commentaires)
• What's the matter with Mani Ratnam? (3 commentaires)
• Why should watching older films make more recent ones seem less interesting? (3 commentaires)
• The lament of a lone Bollywood lover (2 commentaires)
• Saif Ali Khan: the Indian mafioso (2 commentaires)
• Suniel Shetty, the hard business of acting (2 commentaires)
• Ajay Devgan, Bollywood's dark prince (2 commentaires)
• Naseeruddin Shah: the fox is cleverer than the lion (2 commentaires)
• What I like about Bollywood (Dil se) (2 commentaires)
• Kareena Kapoor: her strength ...and her weakness (2 commentaires)
• Bollywood music (2 commentaires)
• Shahrukh Khan's charm (2 commentaires)
• Amitabh's power (2 commentaires)
• "Hating" K3G (2 commentaires)
• A little quiz (2 commentaires)
• Bollywood delight (2 commentaires)