Raj Kapoor’s works told us that perhaps cinema’s most radical offering is its stubborn faith in the universality of human ...

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In Raj Kapoor’s early films, the hero’s innocence is not that of someone inexperienced but of someone who has emerged ...

As minority politics collapses and ethnic tensions simmer, a new study urges the Anura Dissanayake-led NPP government to ...

Sebastião Salgado, a legendary photographer, leaves behind a vast legacy of black-and-white images capturing social and ...

Watching “Awara” and “Shree 420” in a dark hall reveals Raj Kapoor’s unmatched power as a song-performer and director. A rich ...

Hindi cinema in the 1950s was a national cinema addressing a large public, but it was still a middle-class cinema and ...

Awara speaks back to the law by confronting its bias against the urban poor and asserting their dignity—raising powerful ...

Explore how Shailendra’s lyrics and Raj Kapoor’s films gave voice to India’s working class and shaped a lyrical, socialist ...

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Discover how Raj Kapoor, Shailendra, Mukesh, and Shankar-Jaikishan shaped post-Independence Hindi cinema with musical ...

In an interview, Michael Kugelman decodes Pakistan’s UN elevation, India’s diplomatic push, and the risks of Kashmir conflict globalisation.