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BOLLYWOOD: MAALIK IS BLOOD, DUST, SWAGGER

Even Earnest Rajkummar Rao Can’t Fully Rescue This Formulaic Gangster Drama. Pulkit’s Maalik is a gritty,...

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TRENDING: A THOUSAND QUIET EXPLOSIONS OF CREATIVITY

From provocative fiction to powerful grassroots screenings and a festival of global cultures—meet the quiet revolutionaries reshaping Ind...

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MOVIES: WHY THIS ADVENTURE FAILS

A scathing critique of Sonar Kellay Jawker Dhan by Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, exploring how lack of imagination, poor ex...

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RETROSCOPE: THIRTY YEARS AFTER...TIME FLIES

  Khalid Mohamed revisits Bandit Queen (1994), Shekhar Kapur’s film on the dacoit leader Phoo...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE REAL SUPERSTAR

Cedric Dupire’s experimental documentary reshapes Amitabh Bachchan’s stardom using overlooked mom...

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FESTIVALS: CHESS MOVES AND SILENT TRUTHS

Amidst monsoon whispers over Versova, WIFF’s June showcase spotlighted brave short films—The Pawn of Marottichal a...

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BOLLYWOOD: WHEN FAME MEETS REAL TALENT

Actors Long to Be Stars. Stars Yearn to Be Actors — Can the Twain Ever Meet?

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: NEXT ACT, DEFYING PATRIARCHY

Khalid Mohamed interviews actor and former supermodel Dipannita Sharma on toxic Bollywood dynamics, gender politics, and her p...

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RETROSCOPE: HIS ENDURING LEGACY IN BENGALI CINEMA

Celebrating the quiet brilliance of Anup Kumar—Bengali cinema’s everyman—on his birth anniversary. A master of nuance, humour...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: BRIDGES BUILT THROUGH LITERARY DIALOGUE

The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival debuts in Oxford, uniting voices from India and the UK in a celebration of literature, heritage, ecology,...

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