Summary:
With filmmakers rarely challenging the mainstream narrative, the Hindi film industry was stuck in a labyrinth of clichés for decades. Shubhra Gupta, a film critic for over two decades, experienced the transition up close, as well as quietly from a distance. She decided to handpick 50 films that, in her opinion, changed Bollywood and her experience of being at the movies. You've written about Hindi films changing after liberalisation, but what about a change in the audiences? How relevant do you think is a film critic in the age of social media?.