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TOXIC REVIEW: AMBITION WITHOUT ARRIVAL

Dr Piyush Roy examines Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, exploring Geetu Mohandas and Yash’s visually ambitious gangste...

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Thought Factory

BOLLYWOOD AWARDS REWARDS BOX OFFICE

Why do acclaimed performances rarely translate into commercial opportunity in Hindi cinema? Monojit Lahiri explores the divide between ...

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Powerful People

SIZE DOESN’T MATTER: SHARIB HASHMI

In this candid interview, Khalid Mohamed speaks with Sharib Hashmi about resilience, The Family Man, Filmistaan, rejection, fa...

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Bollywood

SRIDEVI: BOLLYWOOD’S MOST MAGICAL SUPERSTAR  

On her 63rd Birthday, August 13, Monojit Lahiri traces the life and times of the late super-star Sridevi, whom neither age can...

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Thought Factory

MOTHERS, RESISTANCE AND COURAGE

Sharad Raj examines Sabiha Khanum and Leela Bora, two mothers whose compassion, dignity and courage reveal how motherhood can transcend...

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Retroscope

UTTAM KUMAR: BENGAL’S ETERNAL MAHANAYAK

Forty-six years after Uttam Kumar’s death, Bengal’s Mahanayak remains unmatched. Monojit Lahiri revisits his enduring stard...

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Powerful People

PRATIBHA SUMAN: REFUSING PRESCRIBED BOUNDARIES

From a small-town childhood to theatre, cinema, poetry and cultural activism, Pratibha Suman tells Vinta Nanda how independence shaped ...

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Powerful People

NO LIMITS: SAYANI GUPTA BREAKS BOUNDARIES

To make up for a briefer-than-brief conversation with her back in 2022 at the wedding of Richa Chadha-Ali Fazal, over to an insightful ...

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Thought Factory

VANISHING BOMBAY: DREAMS & DEMOLITIONS

In this essay, Khalid Mohamed examines Bombay’s relentless transformation through redevelopment, disappearing heritage, ...

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Retroscope

VYJAYANTHIMALA: ‘WHO REMEMBERS ME?’

Khalid Mohamed looks back in affection at the tumultuous life and unmatched acting career of Vyjayanthimala Bali Read More