Gone are the days when we saw Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Rekha, Vinod Mehra, and many more, in Basu Chatterjee, Sai Paranjpye movies that made us, the average Indian, feel represented on screen. Now, government agents and dysfunctional Romeos have left us craving for the simple, middle-class movie.
...is what film critics are being told. What does it say about the state of “reviewing” in India when opinions of expert voices are pulled down? The chaos after Dhurandhar’s release reveals an ecosystem cracking under orchestrated outrage
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