Salaam Bombay! review – still fiercely unsentimental and throbbing with energy
The re-release of Mira Nair’s unflinching 1988 story of street children, prostitutes and drug dealers shows it has lost none of its power
May 2020
'It's like losing a brother': Irrfan Khan remembered by Asif Kapadia
When Kapadia cast a 34-year-old Khan in The Warrior, it ignited both men’s careers – and sparked a lifelong friendship. Here, the director pays tribute to a man of ‘immense dignity and charisma’
Irrfan Khan: a seductive actor capable of exquisite gentleness
Peter Bradshaw
The Lunchbox star, who has died aged 53, was a vital bridge between Bollywood and Hollywood, and possessed a strong romantic appeal
Irrfan Khan – a life in pictures
The Indian-born actor shone in both Bollywood and western films throughout his career, including hits such as Slumdog Millionaire and The Lunchbox
Irrfan Khan dies aged 53
Khan, an icon of Indian cinema who had a string of Anglo-American successes under his belt, including Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi and Jurassic World, has died in Mumbai
June 2018
Puzzle review – Kelly Macdonald sees the big picture in jigsaw indie
A suburban New York mother hemmed in by chores finds unfashionably analogue freedom in jigsaw puzzles in this modest yet touching drama
March 2018
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan reveals he has 'rare disease'
Veteran Indian star, who has appeared in more than 100 films including Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World, asks fans not to speculate about his condition
February 2017
Film blog
End of empire: why Bollywood needs to grasp India's story
Seven decades after independence, Indian cinema is still struggling to depict the Raj, leaving its screen depictions – from Gandhi to colonial racism – to be viewed almost solely through British eyes
October 2016
Inferno review – like being lectured on Dante at gunpoint
The third of Ron Howard’s Dan Brown capers adds nothing to a woeful franchise
April 2016
Disney's Jungle Book remake branded 'too scary for kids' by Indian censor
Central Board of Film Certification chair Pahlaj Nihalani lampooned on Twitter after claiming film’s 3D effects make the animals ‘seem to jump right at the audience’
January 2016
Bollywood box office takings down for first time in five years
Increasingly sophisticated Indian audiences and competition from Hollywood blamed for Hindi blockbusters failing to ignite in 2015
November 2015
Salman Khan: 'I have no interest in doing Hollywood films'
The Bollywood star, who was recently convicted over a hit-and-run accident, has said he has no desire to work in America
October 2015
Jazbaa review - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is back with a slo-mo Bollywood charge through murky legal soup
A remake of a system-attacking Korean thriller, this vehicle for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan might be pulpy but it manages to muster enough entertainment value
June 2015
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Jurassic World review – nice dinosaurs, shame about the plot
Jurassic World review – Chris Pratt runs riot in upgraded dino-disaster movie
May 2015
Piku review: Amitabh Bachchan lets it all out in constipation comedy
Bachchan plays a man obsessed with his bowel movements, to daughter Deepika Padukone’s distress in a crude but effective Bollywood comedy
July 2014
Bollywood Hamlet set in Kashmir likely to cause controversy in India
Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider, which will be released in the autumn, includes graphic scenes of torture in Indian army camps
April 2014
The Lunchbox review - 'a quiet storm of banked emotions'
Bollywood romance blossoms beautifully when the wrong lunch lands on the desk of a Mumbai office drone, writes Xan Brooks
The Lunchbox review – Lonely souls meet over Indian tiffin tins
Mike McCahill: This Mumbai romance skilfully avoids Bollywood cliche to deliver an affecting tale of lunch and love letters
The Lunchbox director on India's new taste for realism
Ritesh Batra's unassuming debut film isn't big on action, melodrama or tunes, yet it has become a surprise box-office phenomenon, says Nosheen Iqbal
