As audiences gradually drifted away from slice-of-life dramas and experimental genres after the lockdowns, Bollywood’s biggest stars leaned into what seemed like the safest bet: high-octane action ...

Maybe it was Baahubali, or maybe the KGF and Pushpa films. But something did change in Bollywood’s approach to ‘big’ films after the pandemic. As slice-of-life stories and ‘daring’ genres fell flat ...