Asha Bhosle's journey from living in the shadow of tradition to being the vanguard of a musical rebellion defined an era.

Vijay Mishra changed forever when a cinema opened in his Fijian town, in 1951. He traces Bollywood’s shift from multicultural ...

She went to prison at twenty-three for joining the freedom struggle. She came out and decided to become a chartered accountant in a profession that had never seen a woman. The British tried to stop ...

Historian Shailaja Paik traces how caste operates through gender and sexuality, recovering Dalit women’s histories in ...

A Pioneering Spirit Emerges In 1930, a young woman named R. Sivabhogam, just twenty-three years old, stepped out of Vellore prison after serving a year for her involvement in the Civil Disobedience ...

As India celebrates Maha Shivratri, Bollywood has given us several songs dedicated to the glory of Lord Shiva. From powerful lyrics to soul-stirring music, these songs serve as devotional tributes to ...

The Bollywood legend was one of the world's most recorded artists — who, by her own reckoning, made more than 12,000 songs.

Dhurandhar (2025) was loved for several reasons – its gripping treatment, high-voltage drama, action, patriotic flavour and, of course, its music. One of the biggest highlights of the film was ‘FA9LA’ ...

Dhurandhar 2 continues its winning streak. From its advance bookings to paid previews and first-day shows, the Aditya Dhar movie is walking in the trail of its part 1, already setting records. Both ...

There’s something about Eid that doesn’t just sit quietly in the calendar; it arrives with a full vibe. The food is sorted, outfits are planned, and somewhere in the background, music starts doing its ...

Bollywood's love affair with Dawood Ibrahim is as old as time. In the last two months of 2026, we have seen two contrasting portrayals of the underworld don who continues to generate buzz in India.