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Iranian film-maker Majid Majidi adds thrills to his Indian-set slum drama
Wendy Ide
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Iranian film-maker Majid Majidi adds thrills to his Indian-set slum drama
Wendy Ide

Director Shoojit Sircar follows 2015’s Piku with a one-sided romance pitched between The Big Sick and full-on weepie
Mike McCahill

Actor released pending appeal of five-year prison sentence for hunting blackbuck antelopes
Michael Safi in Delhi

Actor says he will appeal against sentence after being convicted of poaching blackbucks in 1998
Michael Safi in Delhi

Sridevi, who has died aged 54, had the megawattage to match Bollywood’s biggest male stars. Her death is a massive national loss
Peter Bradshaw

Outpouring of grief in India as one of the biggest names in cinema dies in Dubai
Michael Safi

The tale of one man’s mission to bring sanitary towels to millions in India gets the Bollywood treatment
Wendy Ide

The story of an Indian metalworker who devised a low-cost method of producing sanitary pads makes a compelling biopic
Peter Bradshaw

There is endless warmth, skill and ambition behind this semi-fictional silent story of the Taj Mahal’s romantic origins
Peter Bradshaw

This charming documentary follows the fortunes of the showmen who tour Indian fairs and festivals to project films for enraptured audiences
Peter Bradshaw

Indian director Anurag Kashyap’s rowdy boxing drama is packed with thrilling punches
Wendy Ide

Vineet Kumar Singh stars as a low-caste boxer fighting for respect in Anurag Kashyap’s heavy-hitting social critique
Mike McCahill

Producers and actors are asked to provide safer work environment, a day after actors’ accounts of harassment emerge
Michael Safi in Delhi

Women tell the Guardian that unmasking of abusive men is overdue in industry that shames and undermines victims
Michael Safi in Mumbai

Handsome and charismatic actor who was a Bollywood superstar and a regular performer in Merchant Ivory films
Derek Malcolm

A scion of the Kapoor film-making dynasty, the celebrated actor appeared in a number of Indian features and Merchant Ivory films
Guardian film

Forget all those swirling songs and plots about love, heartache and family values. Bollywood has more pressing concerns
Anupama Chopra

Hoping to continue the personal rebranding begun in 2015’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan and seduce the Chinese audience at the same time, Salman Khan’s latest is a cold-eyed sentiment-wringer
Mike McCahill

With the mystery and potency of a dream, Rahul Jain’s documentary focuses on conditions in the factories of Gujurat, many of which supply clothes to the west
Peter Bradshaw

The global success of fantasy epic Baahubali 2: The Conclusion underscores the power of the country’s billion-dollar ‘regional’ film industry
Naman Ramachandran

The second part of India’s most expensive film ever is a jaw-dropping blockbuster that combines nimble action with genuine heart
Mike McCahill

Tribunal overturns decision to ban ‘lady-oriented’ film exploring women’s sexuality – though length of sex scenes must be cut
Michael Safi South Asia correspondent in Delhi

Randamoozham, starring veteran actor Mohanlal, will cost Rs 1,000-crore (£120m) and is to be funded by UAE-based billionaire BR Shetty
Gwilym Mumford

The director of Viceroy’s House argues that her film about India’s partition of 1947, far from ignoring the freedom struggle, celebrates it
Gurinder Chadha