Nadiya Ke Paar (1982) – Love vs Duty in Rural Uttar Pradesh

Adaptations are a funny thing, especially when talking about a book to film or a film from another language to a different one. However, this film has the pride of being a hit in its time even though it was drastically changed from the novel it was adapting, and later on another remake of the … Continue reading Nadiya Ke Paar (1982) – Love vs Duty in Rural Uttar Pradesh

Padmaavat (2018) – Fascist Aesthetics of a Fantastical Fiction Made into Hindutva History

This is a film which I have put off reviewing for a long time, because I knew what I would say. But now this film is on Netflix, making it once more having a wider audience. All I will say is that this is more of an analytical essay with sources cited at the end, … Continue reading Padmaavat (2018) – Fascist Aesthetics of a Fantastical Fiction Made into Hindutva History

Yeh Dillagi (1994) – An Almost Perfect Remake of Its Time

I always love to see the original film/book, and then read/see all the remakes and reimaginings made from that source material. I did it a long time ago with Sairat (2015) and all of the other language remakes of it which I could find, which honestly do not compare to the original at all. Here … Continue reading Yeh Dillagi (1994) – An Almost Perfect Remake of Its Time