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WHEN MOVIES CAME HOME

It was in April 1995, that Indian television viewers experienced the thrill of their first 24 hour Hindi movie channel ? Zee Cinema. The channel indulged the viewers, who till...

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SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India...

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Dharam Sankat Mein

Critic’s Rating : 2 Star. Cast: Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor, Auritra Ghosh Direction: Fuwad Khan Producer: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Sajjad Chunawala, S...

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Broken Horses

Critic’s Rating : 1.5 Star. Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Anton Yelchin , Chris Marquette María Valverde , Thomas Jane Direction: Vidhu Vinod Chopra Producer: Vi...

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BOLD, BUT NOT BEAUTIFUL

Three months into 2015, two television channels are show casing varied fare. They have taken it on themselves to give viewers a mix of shows ? from the melodramatic soaps to c...

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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Critics rating: 2.5 Stars Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Divya Menon, Meiyang Chang. Direction: Dibakar Banerjee. Produced: Adit...

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Fast & Furious 7

Critics rating: 3.5 Stars Cast: VIN Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, Dwayne &ld...

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A JUDICIAL MILESTONE

Last Sunday night, after the Roop Kanwar case, Bhanwar went back to another landmark in judicial history. The last jury trial in India. In the early 1960s, India notably Bomba...

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HISTORY?S GOLDEN AGE, RETOLD

The Mauryan Emperor?Ashoka, who ruled most of the?Indian subcontinent?in the 3rd century BCE has held a fascination for Indian filmmakers. In ?1980,? erstwhile filmmaker ?OP ...

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March Marches On

“Beware the ides of March,” warned the Soothsayer in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. While a tragedy of such terrible proportions did not befall the screen, The...

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THE RURAL BOY WHO BECAME A LITERARY ICON

Sohaila Kapur explores Mahesh Elkunchwar’s remarkable journey from rural Maharasht...

October 18 2026

PRAHAAR REVIEW: JUSTICE AND HEROISM

Prahaar examines Ujjwal Nikam’s role in landmark terror trials, championing due pr...

October 17 2026

BIRDS IN THE DARK REVIEW

A luminous tale of souls in search of light. Saibal Chatterjee’s review explores S...

October 16 2026