Ginni Weds Sunny (2020)
Film—Ginni Weds Sunny
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Mumbai Dairies 26/11 (2021)
Unnecessarily dragging pooja-paath into violent Jihad
Yateem (1988)
Started menstruating? Time to think of motherhood
Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan (1998)
Portraying a clownish Rastafarian villain as "Jatadhari", a common reference to Shiva
Abhimanyu (1989)
Punishment for rape is to marry the victim
How ‘Mother India’ Sliced the Image of Hindu Society
A revisiting of the 1958 classic, tracing its communist and Islamist undertones — the weak Hindu male, the exploitative Baniya-Brahmin nexus, and…
Anti-Hindu Narratives
Films and shows that stereotype, demonise, or vilify Hindus, their families, and traditions.
‘Hanuman Bhakt’ Cheats Woman By Marrying Her Using Fake Identity (Abhimanyu)
Anil Kapoor, playing a character named Abhimanyu in a film on the same name, traps a girl in a relationship through fraud,…
Rapist’s Punishment Is To Marry The Victim (Abhimanyu)
In 1989 film Abhimanyu, Pannalal (Shakti Kapoor) rapes Tulsi (Poonam Dhillon) and the only justice that the victim can think of is…
Bollywood Remake Of Tamil Film Changes Amitabh Bachchan’s Car Number From 5252 To 786 (Sooryavansham)
In 1997 film Sooryavansham, the protagonist's number plate is 786, which in Arabic numerology means "in the name of Allah, the ever…
Spectacular Fail: When Dialogues Written To Shame Hindus Ended Up Becoming Iconic (Shaurya)
Brigadier Rudra Pratap Singh's fiery speech in Shaurya (2008) looked every bit like it was written to shame Hindus for their supposed…
Aarti As Background Score Of Funny Scene (Karamdaata)
In 1986 film Karamdaata, a character named Govinda, played by Mithun Chakraborty, tries to wake up Pinky (Amrita Singh) while his mother…
‘Ram’ and ‘Sita’ As Servants (Krodh)
In 2000 film 'Krodh', two servants who are depicted as simpletons and speak colloquial Hindi, are named Ram and Sita. When they…
Song Shows Saif Ali Khan Thrusting His ‘Chooha’, That Is His Private Part, On 16-Year-Old (Yaar Gaddar)
"I have brought my chooha, where is your choohi," sings Padma Shri-awardee Nawab Saif Ali Khan as Jai Verma in film Yaar…
Brothel is ‘Mandir’ Where ‘Dancer’ Gives ‘Darshan’ and ‘Prasad’
Thugs of Hindostan has a problem with Mandirs
Movie Reviews
Full-length critical reviews of individual Bollywood films.
No Problem (2010)
Film— No Problem
Masterji (1985)
Harass the Brahmin, they appreciate you for it
Chaahat (1996)
Film: Chaahat
Humshakals (2014)
Film: Humshakals
Tezaab (1988)
If your boyfriend wants to kill you for breaking up, it means he truly loves you — lesson from the film
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015): A Review
A review of Kabir Khan's 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' contending that beneath its feel-good premise the film plants subplots painting Hindus as bigots while…
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983)
Why blame AIIMS grads for derogatory Ram-leela, if their elders laughed at Draupadi’s humiliation?
ब्रह्मास्त्र – महण्णे माफ करना, गलती म्हारे से हो गयी!
अपनी गाढ़ी कमाई का पैसा खर्च करके मैं अब कभी विष्ठावुड फिल्में देखने थियेटर नहीं जाता, पर कल एक वामी-कामी के सौजन्य…
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
Story of partition survivor but Pakistan is great
3 Dev: Undercover Bhagwans (Unreleased since 2018)
Jhoota, Chor, Charsi – how Hinduism’s Trinity is portrayed