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From Dil Chahta Hai to Prem Keetanu, How Bollywood’s Campus Film Has Changed With Every Generation

From Dil Chahta Hai to Prem Keetanu, How Bollywood’s Campus Film Has Changed With Every Generation There was a time when a college film in Hindi cinema was not just about college. The campus was a backdrop for friendship, first love, ambition, rebellion, failure and the peculiar freedom of being young. Over two decades, Bollywood has kept returning to that world, but each generation has brought its own idea of what being a student means. Dil Chahta Hai (2001) changed the grammar of buddy movies, practically creating a genre. Farhan Akhtar’s film was ostensibly about three friends, but its real subject was growing up. College was a space where friendships were forged before life pulled people in different directions. The film made male friendship aspirational without making it sentime...

Farhan Akhtar agrees Dil Chahta Hai women had less screen time: ‘The film is about the three boys’

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Farhan Akhtar agrees Dil Chahta Hai women had less screen time: ‘The film is about the three boys’ Twenty-five years after Dil Chahta Hai changed the way friendship and young urban Indians were portrayed on screen, Farhan Akhtar has acknowledged one of the film’s long-standing criticisms, that its women characters did not get as much screen time as the three male protagonists. Looking back at his 2001 directorial debut, Akhtar agreed with the observation, while maintaining that the women in the film were never written as weak or passive characters. “I agree. The film is about the three boys and they predominantly are on screen. But none of the female characters was written as weak woman,” Akhtar told The Indian Express. He pointed to Dimple Kapadia’s Tara as a character who, despi...

From Nikkhil Advani, Riteish Deshmukh To Saqib Saleem: The New Taste Makers Of Bollywood

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From Nikkhil Advani, Riteish Deshmukh To Saqib Saleem: The New Taste Makers Of Bollywood There are producers who back films, and there are producers who change the game by bringing life to impactful films. Be it action dramas, thrillers or slice of life films, these filmmakers are offering an entirely new lens towards Hindi cinema. Not only are they soaring past conventionalities, but they are also seasoning Bollywood with new flavours. Take a look: *Nikkhil Advani:* Nikkhil Advani is tapping into a different genre altogether. From films like Airlift, Lucknow Central, Satyameva Jayate, Bazaar, Bell Bottom to Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway, the filmmaker is lending his producer’s touch to creations that are intense, layered and carry depth in today’s volatility. *Riteish Deshm...