Every year, the Academy Awards remind us of one brutal truth: Indian cinema is capable of greatness, but it keeps falling short.

Acting in cinema is not a vanity project—it’s a craft, a responsibility, and an art form that demands surrender, not self-promotion.

Laxman Utekar’s Chhaava leans on grandiosity without the depth to match it. Despite its authenticity and scale, it struggles to transcend.

The Great Indian Kitchen (2021)—a quiet, simmering revolution in storytelling that refused to blink in the face of domestic patriarchy.

Bollywood actors must shed their ego-first approach and embrace the character-first philosophy that defines truly legendary performers.