From Dhyan Chand and cricket legends to Lagaan and Chak De! India, the relationship between Indian cinema and sport has grown into a cultural phenomenon. August 29 is observed as National Sports Day in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The day celebrates the spirit of sport across disciplines—from hockey and cricket to football, chess and many other games. But in India, sport has always existed alongside another powerful form of ma

From Lagaan to Dhurandhar, eight movies that dismantled old certainties and transformed Indian cinema over the past quarter-century. On June 15, 1896, less than seven months after the Lumière brothers astonished audiences in Paris, moving pictures arrived in Bombay. Few could have imagined that the novelty shown at Watson’s Hotel would evolve into the world's most prolific film industry with Mumbai at its center. For much of the twentieth century, Indian cinema developed acco