The year 2015 was a phenomenal year for women in movies. According to a study conducted by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, among the top 100 grossing Hollywood movies released in 2015, 22% had a female protagonist. How’s this for a quick comparison? Only 10% of the films in 2014 had […]

Mira Nair has been in the news recently for her critically acclaimed film The Queen of Katwe. Other films she has directed are The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake and Amelia. On the director’s 59th birthday, we present ten interesting things to know about her: 1. The Padma Bhushan awardee grew up in Orissa and […]