India, Sept. 17 -- Once upon a time, Bollywood found the secret sauce to make the best brain-rot comedy movies. The ingredients included clever writing, organic situational humour, iconic dialogues ...

It is common parlance when talking or writing about Indian cinema to refer to a film as a typical "masala entertainer." Masala is the Hindi word for a mix of various spices, and in the context of an ...

To outsiders, and indeed many in the country, Indian cinema is all about masala movies. Named after the blend of spices ubiquitous in the country’s cuisine, these films feature a mix of genres, ...

Before the furious young man tightened his fists and conversations turned into whistles in single-screen cinemas. Before screenwriters sought prominent credits, there was Salim – Javed. In the late ...

Many Indian viewers find films featured at the Cannes Film Festival “too arty”. We don’t shy away from intelligent films, but we prefer a bit of masala. I asked ChatGPT to prepare a watchlist for me.