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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AGE, STILLNESS, CINEMA

The stasis of old age rendered with precise strokes becomes not just a theme but an emotional landscape, where caregiving, memory, and routine ...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: DEATH OF THE WORKING CLASS HERO

Khalid Mohamed analyses the slow disappearance of the working-class protagonist from Hindi cinema, exploring how shifting audi...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna becomes the metaphorical cue for Aryan Khan’...

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Powerful People

POWERFUL PEOPLE: PREITY ZINTA ON DOING IT HER OWN WAY

Khalid Mohamed’s throwback to a conversation with the iron-willed Preity Zinta, who’s set to return to the movies ...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: TWO FILMS, TWO FLAWED JOURNEYS

War 2 and Tehran both promise high-octane entertainment and politically charged drama but falter under bloated storytelling, uneven execution, ...

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Movies

MOVIES: SUCH A FALL FROM GRACE

Khalid Mohamed, once a cheerleader of Mani Ratnam, is taken aback with Thug Life, the auteur’s fall from grace. “M...

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Kaleidoscope

KALEIDOSCOPE: FREEZIES AND THE FIGHT FOR FRIENDSHIP

Farrukh Dhondy’s latest novel makes young readers think about big issues—refugees, prejudice, and the power of com...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: OF MEENA KUMARI & DREAMS OF HOLLYWOOD

Khalid Mohamed’s unpublished conversation with the late Saawan Kumar Tak, who despite his mega-hit movi...

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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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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: HOW TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

A candid, contemplative journey through the life of Anil Kapoor — actor, father, eternal learner — revealing reinvention, and the r...

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