The Growing Public Anger Against ‘Obscenity’ In OTT Content
Earlier this week, hundreds of residents hit the streets in Haryana carrying banners of ‘censor web series’, ‘censor OTT platforms’, ‘Filmon mein…
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Aurat (1940)
A Hinduphobic film that was remade later as Mother India
Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare
Unworthy Hindu husband pushing wife to inter-faith promiscuity
Jodi Breakers (2012)
Film: Jodi Breakers
Singham Returns (2014)
Super cop prays at Dargah to defeat villainous Hindu baba
Jai Hind (1999): Voyeurism Dressed Up as Patriotism
A short review of Manoj Kumar's 'Jai Hind', highlighting an absurd disrobing scene that betrays Bollywood's fixation on female nudity even within…
Anti-Hindu Narratives
Films and shows that stereotype, demonise, or vilify Hindus, their families, and traditions.
Wazir (2016)
Grieving KP father finds clarity in a mosque, not mandir
Mard (1998)
Johnny Lever promotes anti-Hindu message — won't go to Mandir, won't eat prashaad
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004)
Slandering Hinduism by using Yajurveda mantras in a cheap context
When A Film Inspired By Famed Indian Spy Ravindra Kaushik Changed His Character To Rehamatullah Khan
Real heroes portrayed with different religious identity onscreen
After Gems of Bollywood Showed Shreyas Talpade Stomping on ‘Om’ Sign In A Movie, Actor Aplogises
We, at Gems of Bollywood, welcome the apology
Movie Reviews
Full-length critical reviews of individual Bollywood films.
Karz (1980)
George Benson's 1978 hit was remade as this song
Lost (2023)
Film: Lost
Kitaab (1977)
Promoting perversion and regressive gender ideas among children
Raksha Bandhan (2022)
Film : Raksha Bandhan
Hera Pheri (1976)
Maligning Lord Hanuman, misinterpreting Ramayana's Lanka Dahan as massacre
Baadshah (1999)
Molesting a woman during action scene is Bollywood's idea of comedy
Sanghaar — A lesser-known film on Palghar Sadhus
This YouTube short film on the 2020 Palghar mob lynching case featuring Puneet Issar
Love Jihad on Screen
Stories that romanticise or whitewash coercive and one-sided interfaith relationships.
How Celebrity Interfaith Marriages And PR Buzz Fool Women
Soon after Bollywood actress Swara Bhaskar announced on her Twitter account that she had married her boyfriend Fahad Zirar Ahmad under the…
Bollywood’s Flood of Hindu Woman–Muslim Man Romances
An investigation into the recurring template pairing Hindu women with Muslim men on screen — from 'Tara vs Bilal' onward — while…
Misogyny & Exploitation
The industry's normalisation of objectification, rape-as-spectacle, and abuse of women and minors.
What’s The Source For Bharat Matrimony’s Alarming Statistic Of Sexual Harassment On Holi?
This year, the Hindu festival of Holi and United Nations-recognised International Women’s Day fell on the same day — 8 March.
Celebrity Watch
Calling out the double standards and conduct of Bollywood stars.
‘Sanghi Gunde Khabardar’: Swara Bhaskar And Fahad Ahmad’s Ugly Performative Politics In Announcing Their Wedding
A youth leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently married a Muslim actress and posted this on his Twitter account, “Jamaati…
Essays & Investigations
Long-form analysis, satire, and research compilations.
Vilification And Mockery Of Sanskrit in Bollywood
Bollywood links Sanskrit with worst crimes
How Indian Govt Rescued A Dalit Boy From Border Village Who Accidentally Entered And Got Jailed In Pakistan; A Ground Report
On the intervening night of 4 and 5 November 2020, a young man from a village at the western border of India…