Long before they wrote and directed the horror-satire masala movie Namaslay, brothers Rish and Kanish were just two actors in Hollywood, turning up at auditions that stereotyped the South Asian ...

To outsiders, and indeed many in the country, Indian cinema is all about masala movies. Named after the blend of spices ubiquitous in the country’s cuisine, these films feature a mix of genres, ...

It is common parlance when talking or writing about Indian cinema to refer to a film as a typical "masala entertainer." Masala is the Hindi word for a mix of various spices, and in the context of an ...