Sunil Dutt

Star sons like me are spoilt brats: Parikshit Sahni

2:06 pm September 29, 2019

New Delhi: It is difficult for star sons to replicate the success of their fathers as they are handed everything on a platter rather than go through the grind, says Parikshit Sahani, son of Bollywood legend Balraj Sahni. Parikshit Sahni, who was here in the capital recently to launch his new book “The Non-Conformist: Memories […]

Racism in cinema: Bollywood mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all

6:58 pm June 8, 2019

New Delhi: Hrithik Roshan’s yet-to-be-released “Super 30” has walked right into Bollywood’s age-old debate on racism and class-caste stereotypes with the fair-skinned actor transitioning to tones of brown, apparently in keeping with his deglam role as a grassroots teacher from Bihar. The ‘colour coding’ is not new in formulaic cinema with numerous examples over the […]