‘DI Ray shows what is possible’
THE significance of DI Ray on ITV was that such a crime drama, with an Asian actress in the lead role, has been made at all...
Kannada hit KGF: Chapter 2 drops a bomb on Bollywood
DIRECTOR Ram Gopal Varma summed up the success of April’s big blockbuster release KGF: Chapter 2 perfectly when he said that it isn’t just a gangster...
Hussain Manawer: Sad and Beautiful story
A REMARKABLE rise has seen Hussain Manawer impact the British cultural landscape with perfectly written poetry.
This has not only drawn attention to the power...
Ajith Kumar: Leader of the pack
ACTOR Ajith Kumar is one of the biggest names in Indian cinema and carved out an impressive career that has included countless blockbuster hits...
Death of Bollywood
HOW SELF-INDULGENT FILMS, NEPOTISM, AND BAD WRITING ARE KILLING AN INDUSTRY
LONG-TERM readers of Eastern Eye will know that the newspaper publishes a big Bollywood-led film preview...
Meet Bollywood’s greatest anti-heroes
AN ANTI-HERO is the protagonist of a movie who is morally compromised in some way and lacks the traditional heroic qualities but will still...
30 facts to celebrate 30 years of Bollywood movie Khuda Gawah
BOLLYWOOD film Khuda Gawah celebrates its 30th anniversary this week.
The story of a fearless Afghan tribal leader, who gets trapped in an Indian jail after trying...
Regional cinema rattles Bollywood
NOT long ago, the most exciting Indian film news of this week would have been the release of Jersey on April 14.
It is the Bollywood remake...
The Top 10 Dev Patel moments
ACTOR Dev Patel turns a year older on April 23 and celebrates his 32nd birthday. Despite being relatively young, the internationally acclaimed star has...
When music becomes the language of love and justice
SAROD MAESTROS AMAAN AND AYAAN ALI BANGASH DISCUSS THEIR MEANINGFUL EP
SAROD virtuosos Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash have carved out an incredibly...