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Hollywood

HINDI CINEMA: UNDER HOLLYWOOD’S HAT

Khalid Mohamed recalls the impact (and copycatting) of Hollywood cinema and its gossip journals, which inspired countless ente...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: DHARAM–NARAM & HIS BENGALI CONNECT

It was his 90th birthday on the 8th December 2025, and Monojit Lahiri takes a couple of minutes to reveal a little known fact ...

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Alternative Entertainment

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: DISCOVERING JEWELS AMONG THE JUNKPILE

Exhausted by the excessive violence, toxic masculinity and crass comedies of pan-Asian and global cinema, Khalid Mohamed share...

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Retroscope

RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA

Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai Santoshi Maa and its aftermath — a cinematic cont...

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Thought Factory

THOUGHT FACTORY: ONCE UPON A TIMELESS TALE

Fifty years after its release, Sholay continues to resonate across generations. A timeless saga of friendship, vengeance, and morality...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: ‘ALL I NEED IS WOR

Rehana Sultan, the sensation of the 1970s following Chetna and National Best Actress Award winner for Dastak, in conversation...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD: 50 YEARS OF ‘SHOLAY’

Sholay is 50 on 15th August 2025 — a film that has stood the test of time like no other in Indian cinema. Monojit Lahiri...

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Movies

MOVIES: TALE OF AN UNBELIEVABLE FILM

The film failed to receive the expected response from the audience at the time of release. But slowly audiences and critics began to appreciate...

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Bollywood

BOLLYWOOD TIK-TALK: THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK ABOUT THE BACHCHANS IS THE TALK OF TOWN

It’s SMM Ausaja’s book, The Bachchans, accolades for Emraan Hashmi for his performance in Tiger 3, Urvashi Rautela, Georgia Andrian...

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Bollywood

JAYA BHADURI: SIGNATURE-SUPERSTARDOM REVISITED

“Jaya Bhaduri’s diminutive physical frame had cast a large image across the screens of India”, writes Aparajita Krish...

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