Shahar aur Cinema in The Hindu

In the 1950s (a period of Nehruvian optimism for the country), the big city is depicted in almost naively positive terms, as a place of hope, opportunity and justice. By the 1970s, the dream is souring...

Another plug for Mihir Pandya’s book on Delhi representations in Indian cinema – here’s a short preview/profile I did around the book for The Hindu’s Sunday Magazine.