Bollywood is no match for India’s new wave cinema
The signature motif of “Kantara: A Legend — Chapter 1,” India’s second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream. It may as well be the sound of old Bollywood in its death throes or the birth pangs of a new industry. “Kantara,” described by its writer-director Rishab Shetty as “faith, culture and devotion in…
