Tania Bhattacharya

With­out rep­re­sen­ta­tion be­hind the screen, di­ver­si­ty on it won’t move be­yond sym­bol­ism, as 2023’s Os­car nom­i­nees show.

The Hin­di film in­dus­try needs to learn from its South In­di­an coun­ter­parts and rein­vent its sto­ry­telling.

With its racist, misog­y­nis­tic stereo­types, the Net­flix ro­mance un­in­ten­tion­al­ly serves as a mir­ror to the US.