Pakeezah

A memorable album is not enough for this selection. In these Hindi films, songs change a relationship, reveal a desire, establish a public identity or move the drama into territory dialogue cannot...

These Hindi films let women carry the drama through their decisions, contradictions, work and changing relationships. They span mysteries, historical melodrama, comedy and intimate family stories...

Romance earns its place here through the lovers' choices, contradictions and chemistry, whether the ending is happy or painful. This route across Hindi cinema includes grand musical declarations...

The decade's angry popular heroes are only one part of this selection. Rural political dramas, intimate romances, urban comedies and ambitious genre mixtures show the range of Hindi cinema between...