Bombay

BOOK REVIEW: FICTION / Jane Borges’ 'Bombay Balchão' is a crafty explosion of flavour

The characters crackle with life, quirky and contradictory, despicable and sympathetic in turns.

Udta Punjab: India court overrules censor cuts to film

A controversial film depicting drug abuse in India's Punjab state will be released on Friday with just one cut, the Bombay High Court has ruled.

India’s first talkie ‘Alam Ara’ and Jinnah’s role in it

Alam Ara is a fantasy set piece around typical royal intrigue with a lost-and-found subplot thrown in.

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

Jane Borges’ 'Bombay Balchão' is a crafty explosion of flavour

The characters crackle with life, quirky and contradictory, despicable and sympathetic in turns.

June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016

Udta Punjab: India court overrules censor cuts to film

A controversial film depicting drug abuse in India's Punjab state will be released on Friday with just one cut, the Bombay High Court has ruled.

August 15, 2015
August 15, 2015

India’s first talkie ‘Alam Ara’ and Jinnah’s role in it

Alam Ara is a fantasy set piece around typical royal intrigue with a lost-and-found subplot thrown in.