Manikarnika, Panipath, Kalank: History comes alive at the movies

From wartime epics to period romances, historicals invariably bring the passion of the past to the present. At the Indian box office, historicals nearly always strike bull’s eye, as they.....

Shamshera, Sholay, Paan Singh Tomar: What makes dacoits so irresistible?

Rugged, tough, gun-toting and bad… There’s reason most Hindi film dacoits are so darned attractive! What could be more captivating to the imagination than the thought of a rough life.....