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They were called Cinema Halls

  • March 17, 2020March 17, 2020
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They were the closest of friends. That they were sisters-in-law seemed like an unnecessary detail. My mother and her husband’s little sister were like peas in a pod. Their idea…

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Smita Patil – Unparalleled Grace

  • October 19, 2020October 19, 2020
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Smita Patil – Unparalleled Grace

Her baby, all of 14 days, was crying his lungs out. Her husband had slept late. Making sure he doesn’t wake up, she gently lifts her boy in her arms…

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When Bollywood (almost) died

  • December 2, 2019March 17, 2020
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“To Mr. and Mrs. Industry” French Producer Alain Chammas was in town. India was amid political upheavals. The wounds of Emergency hadn’t healed yet. An assassination attempt on Indira Gandhi…

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Of Love, Death and New Beginnings

  • May 27, 2019May 27, 2019
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Death in the Afternoon Muddu was rather strong for a nine year old. Children of his age didn’t dare to cross him. Heck, even the adults of Udupi didn’t dare…

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How to play a dead body

  • April 7, 2019April 22, 2019
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How to play a dead body

“आ गए मेरी मौत का तमाशा देखने!” प्रताप नारायण तिलक, 1994 In 1927, German filmmaker Fritz Lang took the Indian mythological fable of Savitri-Satyavan and adapted it into Der müde…

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The Man who saw Infinity

  • February 24, 2019March 17, 2019
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The Man who saw Infinity

आनंद मरा नहीं.. आनंद मरते नहीं. It was 1980 and Bombay’s woolly old belly was churning. It was no longer a city of mills. A cultural transformation was taking place….

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What Thugs of Hindostan is (not) about: A ‘breathtaking’ period of Indian history

  • October 28, 2018October 29, 2018
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What Thugs of Hindostan is (not) about: A ‘breathtaking’ period of Indian history

You want to watch Thugs of Hindostan. Admit it. You’ve sneered at the trailer and done your bit to spread the noble memes  but you’ll eventually head over to the theatre…

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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam: Hugh Grant, Supriya Pathak and a forgotten love story

  • March 26, 2018March 27, 2018
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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam: Hugh Grant, Supriya Pathak and a forgotten love story

There are love stories and then there are love stories. In 1930, a young Romanian came to the doorstep of an Indian philosopher to learn about Hindu mysticism and spirituality….

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Before Zanjeer, there was Sridevi.

  • March 9, 2018March 9, 2018
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Before Zanjeer, there was Sridevi.

  At least a year before Amitabh Bachchan in Zanjeer, little Sridevi witnessed her family getting killed by a bandit wearing a distinctive locket (this time, a skeleton instead of a…

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The Death and Life of Parveen Babi

  • August 28, 2017February 25, 2019
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The Death and Life of Parveen Babi

“I spoke to Vinod and Vinod said, “Have you got anything portable which I can take to Bangalore with me? If you got any portable spare parts, put them in…

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