Swetha

If there is any writer you enjoy reading, share their writing and engage with it. Make your fondness known so that faceless corporations feel a little inconvenienced when they pull the plug next time

It is a bad time to be a journalist and yet I remain in hope of remaining one because there is nothing else I can do. But I also want to say this: the onus needs to be shared. Reading film criticism has been no less transformative for me as practicing it.

I am a freelancer and have written for publications like The Indian Express, Mint Lounge, The Hindu, HT, The New Lines Magazine, etc. For the last three years, I have been actively reviewing Hindi films, reporting on them and covering film festivals like Sundance, Berlinale, TIFF

So, using the app the only way I know: if there is any editor looking to hire or commission Hindi film reviews, opinion pieces and/or essays on gender and pop culture, I'd be grateful for the opportunity.

A couple of days ago, OTTPlay, the website I used to write for, shut down. It was abrupt and no one had an inkling. As someone escaping a blazing house, my knee-jerk reaction was to save the few pieces I was happy with. The shock came a little later and remains.

Exclusive 🚨:Vetrimaraan, tamil director about Dhurandhar 2 Translation: Today, everything turns into propaganda it has the power to influence memory. We all know who was most affected by demonetization and many lost their lives standing in queues But that impact changed through hate propaganda in dhurandhar 2. GOOD TO SEEE EVERYONE COOKING DHAR AND HIS BJP PROPAGANDA 🔥😭

@ReelReptile :(

Started to write about "Project Hail Mary" and remembered I don't have a platform anymore for those weekly columns. Sigh. Maybe it's time for that substack.

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Aditya Dhar warns against misinformation outside of his films.

The ‘Dhurandhar’ Duology Review: A Pair of Vicious Action Blockbusters Cement Bollywood’s Bleak Transformation variety.com/2026/film/revi…

Madhavan became famous as Farhan in Three Idiots. Ranveer Singh became famous as Murad in Gully Boy. Look at them now.

It's wild how films like Dhurandhar, Kerala Story, and Kashmir Files get a green light no problem, but Punjab 95 a film literally based on real events where Sikh kids as young as 16 were killed in fake encounters, gets blocked. Make it make sense.

The sequel to Bollywood’s biggest hit, the violent spy saga Dhurandhar: The Revenge is a naked piece of political propaganda that lacks the momentum of its predecessor. Our review: bit.ly/4uMLcri

@annavetticad @FreeMedia_In Congratulations, Anna. Can’t think of anyone who deserves it more. :)

I'm a bit overwhelmed. Entertainment is still not seen as a "serious" journalistic beat, so The Media Foundation @FreeMedia_In has, in effect, taken a stand by giving me the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Media Person of 2025. Thank you TMF, the jury & my editors♥️

I won’t be able to find a more accurate representation of men even if I tried.

CBFC screened this film. Found ZERO objectionable content. Still killed it, orally. No written rejection. Because they know this censorship can’t survive judicial scrutiny. US, UK, France, Italy; all screened it. ALL have diplomatic ties with Israel. Only Modi’s India believes a murdered 6-year-old is a “diplomatic threat.” The film won Venice’s Grand Jury Prize. It’s Oscar-nominated. And this government is more worried about Netanyahu’s comfort than Article 19(1)(a) of our own Constitution. The “world’s largest democracy”, too fragile to let its citizens watch a child’s truth. Suppressing art to protect a foreign government’s image isn’t foreign policy. It’s surrender.

Petition to get Rakesh Bedi to save all future bad films.

Dhurandhar 4 on why caste is a western construct.

by dhurandhar 7 we legalising sati