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Why Sunny Deol’s ‘Batwara 1947’ failed to impress
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Mumbai: The failure of ‘Batwara 1947’ has emerged as one of those box-office mysteries that is difficult to explain purely through the usual parameters of filmmaking. The film brought back the celebrated combination of Sunny Deol and director Rajkumar Santoshi...
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From ‘Weak Independent Woman’ to a Comic Voice
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Mumbai: Sharon Verma’s journey in comedy is a story of an unlikely breakout. She was not introduced to audiences as an established star, but as a relatively new comedian who walked onto the stage of India’s Got Latent and turned...
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When Bollywood Meets the Sporting World
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From Dhyan Chand and cricket legends to Lagaan and Chak De! India, the relationship between Indian cinema and sport has grown into a cultural phenomenon. August 29 is observed as National Sports Day in India to commemorate the birth anniversary...
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Bollywood’s War of Narratives
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The Hindi film industry’s old formula of sanitising Pakistan and demonising Indian society is now facing a box-office challenge from films putting national security and historical memory at the centre of the story.
There have always been two distinct, divergent...
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After Don-3 controversy, Ranveer’s next film goes on floors
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Mumbai: After months of attention surrounding his reported exit from Don 3, Ranveer Singh has finally moved on to his next major cinematic venture. The actor’s ambitious survival spectacle Pralay has officially gone on floors in Mumbai today, marking the...
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FDA’s notice to SRK, Devgn, Tiger
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Mumbai: Rattling Bollywood, the Maharashtra Food & Drugs Authority (FDA) has shot off notices to mega-star Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff for allegedly promoting a banned product through surrogate advertising in the name Vimal Elaichi.
The notice...
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Why do Indian superheroes fail to impress the audience?
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Mumbai: Spider-Man continues to enjoy phenomenal success at the Indian box office, highlighting the country's enduring fascination with Hollywood superheroes. But the craze also raises an important question: Has Bollywood missed the opportunity to build its own superhero universe?
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The Films That Changed the Script
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From Lagaan to Dhurandhar, eight movies that dismantled old certainties and transformed Indian cinema over the past quarter-century.
On June 15, 1896, less than seven months after the Lumière brothers astonished audiences in Paris, moving pictures arrived in Bombay. Few...
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Reel History: How Bollywood Reconstructs the Past
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Cinema frequently departs from historical reality to serve narrative and emotional needs.
Cinema has served as a powerful medium of blending history with storytelling to create emotionally compelling narratives. The representation of history in cinema oscillates between fact and fiction....
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A Series On Marital Rape
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Sadly, marital rape is not a punishable crime in India. More than half of the world’s countries do not criminalise sexual assault in marriage, including OECD countries like the Czech Republic and Japan. But is marriage the right solution even...
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The New Bollywood Template: Patriotism, Punch and Paydays
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In today’s Hindi blockbusters, patriotism is no longer just a theme — it is a trigger.
Mainstream Hindi cinema today follows a pattern that is no longer subtle; it is engineered. The recent success of some of the industry’s biggest...
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