Raj Kapoor’s works told us that perhaps cinema’s most radical offering is its stubborn faith in the universality of human ...

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In Raj Kapoor’s early films, the hero’s innocence is not that of someone inexperienced but of someone who has emerged ...

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Raj Kapoor crafted the romantic Everyman of a newly independent India—his films reflect a unique blend of socialist ideals, ...

As minority politics collapses and ethnic tensions simmer, a new study urges the Anura Dissanayake-led NPP government to ...

Watching “Awara” and “Shree 420” in a dark hall reveals Raj Kapoor’s unmatched power as a song-performer and director. A rich ...

Awara speaks back to the law by confronting its bias against the urban poor and asserting their dignity—raising powerful ...

Sebastião Salgado, a legendary photographer, leaves behind a vast legacy of black-and-white images capturing social and ...

Hindi cinema in the 1950s was a national cinema addressing a large public, but it was still a middle-class cinema and ...