Paresh Rawal

As films increasingly draw from real-life events, courtroom battles over “distortion of history” and “hurt sentiments” are becoming a new act in India’s cinematic story. From The Taj Story to The Kerala Story, a growing trend of public interest litigations is challenging creative freedom—and forcing courts to decide where art ends and ideology begins

The High Court of Calcutta has quashed a first information report (FIR) registered against BJP leader and actor Paresh Rawal for a controversial remark allegedly made by him against Bengalis

All of last week Arundhat...