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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: WAQT CHANGED HINDI FILMS FOREVER

Sixty years since its release, Waqt remains a landmark of Hindi cinema, introducing the ensemble cast format and modernising the &lsqu...

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Bollywood

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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Retroscope

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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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: LOVE, FRIENDSHIP AND TRAGEDY

Khalid Mohamed rewinds to the extraordinary but forgotten story of  yesteryear’s actor Shyam, a major star actor wh...

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Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD: LOVE, MATH & MODERN MATCHMAKING

A modern reflection on love, class, and emotional currency, inspired by The Materialists—where algorithms meet affection, and ma...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: RECLAIMING SHOORPANAKHA, REWRITING EPIC SILENCE

What becomes of a mutilated woman? In her solo piece Shoorpanakha: A Search, Parshathy J Nath reclaims a silenced voi...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: REMEMBERING RITUPARNO

Gone but forever remembered is Bengal’s – and India’s – late and classy filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. On his 12th death an...

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Gender

GENDER: DAWN AT DUSK – THE NEW CINEMATIC PHENOMENON

Monojit Lahiri focuses on an unusual phenomenon gracing the Bengali screen in recent times – a celebration of older wome...

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Business and Politics

BUSINESS: TOTTENHAM SURVIVE, TRIUMPH, AND RISE

Tottenham Hotspur’s 2024/25 campaign was a dramatic clash of despair and triumph—scraping through Premier League survival while cli...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER

From Ajmer to artificial intelligence, Kamal Swaroop’s cinematic odyssey spans surreal visions, forgotten histories, and radical pedagogy...

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