Inside Firoze Chinoy’s fabulously pulpy films

Firoze Chinoy made Shaitaan and Kashmakash, two eminently watchable thrillers from the era, which have earned him a small but dedicated following among genre loyalists.

VAT 69, blank cheque, and other hallowed Bollywood clichés

Hindi cinema, for the longest time, has employed themes, props, and symbols that appear so frequently that they can be termed clichés. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. For the larger part, Bollywood clichés are fun, farcical, and have a sense of familiar comfort to them. Listing out some of my favourites.