Tribute to Composer Bappi Lahiri
Shemaroo has posted a tribute to Bollywood composer Bappi Lahiri focusing on his disco classics. You can listen here.
Dracula Sir
Content warning: self-harm, sexual violence, police violence. From the trailer, I thought Dracula Sir was going to be the kind of film that the film industries of India do often and, generally speaking, very well: a reincarnation story. I was already hooked by the title alone, but a […]
“The Boutique Bollywood Actor”
At Incurato, the Gutter’s own Beth joins Amrita to write about the appeal of actor Rahul Khanna. “Nothing about his career has been very typical as compared to his peers. He was a VJ on MTV Asia (kids, ask your parents). He went to the Lee Strasberg Theatre […]
Maha Badmaash
I’ve been watching Bond movies since seeing No Time to Die in the theater—I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE MOVIES!!!—so it’s time to bring another Indian spy-ish film to the Gutter. I say “-ish” because, as previously discussed, the formulas of popular Hindi cinema generally don’t allow for the […]
Interview with Ritwik Pareek
Friend of the Gutter Robert Mitchell interviews Ritwik Pareek, director of Dug Dug (2021).
Carol Goes to the Toronto International Film Festival 2021!
This year I went to the Toronto International Film Festival as an accredited cub reporter for the Soldier of Cinema website. By “went” I mean that I watched 16 films as part of the digital festival. You can read all my pieces here. I was most excited about […]
The Cultural Gutter 