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Hollywood

Did Critics go easy on the Phantom Thread?

Phantom Thread, the lush gothic romance from auteur Paul Thomas Anderson was the art-house f...

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Alternative Entertainment

Casablanca: The Most Quoted Movie of all Times

It’s still the same old story. Seventy-five years after it was released, Casablanca (1942) remains one of the world’s best-loved films and one of my favourite f...

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Retroscope

A Fond Farewell to a Cherished friend​ - his death is a profound Personal Loss

"I was a little more than a boy when I first met Bimalda. It was at a premiere, that we first met. He was a soft-spoken gentleman and I still remember his interesting eyes....

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Retroscope

On The Eve Of Another Silent Anniversary

Overwhelmed by grief when my father passed away in January 1966
I did not know how to combat that empty feeling. I was just 23 years old and I had had so much to talk,...

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Thought Factory

So Long, Farewell, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye!

The last time I spoke to Piroj was two days before Nina Goel, her friend called me from Piroj’s mobile phone to inform me of her hospitalization and to tell me that P...

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Environment

Hundreds Of Whales Die In Mass Stranding On New Zealand Beach

Rescuers are trying to save dozens of whales after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach thought to be the largest in decades. The Department of Conservation (DOC) discov...

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Gender

This 60-YO Peon Celebrated Her Retirement Day In The Presence Of Her IAS, Doctor & Engineer Sons

The day of one’s retirement is always a memorable one. But the farewell ceremony for 60-year-old Sumitra Devi, who worked as a peon at Central Coalfields Limited Town...

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Festivals

Royal Farewell As Film Festival Ends On A High

The eighth edition of the Bengaluru International Film Festival (BIFFes) concluded at a glittering event held in the backdrop of the illuminated Mysuru Palace on Frida...

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Movies

True Review - Hindi : Bollywood - '15 Going on '16

2015 was a good year for Hindi movies. Tevar may not have launched it in that direction but it was not an entirely dull outing. Shankar's I, dubbed in Hind...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - Unsung Talents

It was the day they got married, remembers Mrs Salil Chowdhury, chuckling to herself, when the letter arrived inviting Chowdhury to Bombay. The particular letter that was t...

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