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Reel and Real is a fortnightly newsletter written by Rony Patra, sent on Saturday. It is about all things cinema, society that watches it, industry that creates it, and media that writes about it, from the publication, The Naked Truth.
Modern Cities: Love
Can pan-India films save India’s cinemas?
Cinema is having an existential crisis
The shades of the Indian sports drama
Surviving the Crooked City
The Unravelling of Hustle Culture
The Many Faces of Academia
James Bond, Adam Groff, and On-screen Masculinities
We are now past the Friday habit
The Recasting of Stardom
9/11 and the cinema thereafter
The Storytelling Kick of the Phone Call
‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and the Dreams of the...
‘Mimi’ and the Single Mother in Hindi Cinema
‘America’s Sweethearts’, Divorce and PR in the Social...
Jubilee Hits, Stardom and the Rise of OTT
The Many Shades of Grief
Mare of Easttown and the Perils of Idealising...
Covid-19 and the Celebration of the Ordinary
Are you ready for the marriage?
The long but slow walk of cinema to...
Objects in the mirror are closer than they...
The Demise of a Screen Idol
Living with Big Brother
A tale of chases
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