Goan Interlude: As a tribute to Guru Dutt on his 100th birth anniversary, a flashback to his film Jaal. After making a hit debut as director with Navketan Films’ Baazi…
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Lost And Found: The 2019 Tamil film KD, was a delightful story of the unlikely bond between an 80-year-old man and an orphaned child, probably inspired by the Pete Doctor’s 2009 animation…
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Two Women And A House: This year’s winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize, recently announced, is The Safekeep, a debut novel by Yael van der Wouden, which competed with a remarkable shortlist of powerful women’s…
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Mumbai’s Monk: The series, Monk on which the new show Mistry is based, came out in 2002; almost a quarter of a century ago, it was cute to have a male…
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The Real Champs?: The Spanish film Campeones (2018), directed and co-written by Javier Fesser, was based on a true story of a team in Valencia, made up of people with intellectual disabilities.…
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Phulera Politics: It couldn’t last—the rural paradise that is Phulera, in UP, had to encounter violence and wickedness, which happened by the end of Season 3. The popularity of this…
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Hungarian Adventure: The introduction given to the titular character is cute, Detective Sherdil, not so much. Because he is played by Diljit Dosanjh, whose stardom is at an ascendant, and he…
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Across The Spectrum: Those who have never suffered from gender dysmorphia would probably not be able to understand what trans people go through. In Transit, the four-part documentary series (on Amazon…
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They were called naachne-gaanewali, with derision—the tawaifs—whose place in Indian society and contribution to the performing arts is gradually being recognized. The stage show O Gaanewali, by Avanti Patel and Rutuja Lad gives…
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Hate Unlimited: In India, most people will suppress their natural compassion and advise not to get involved in other people’s problems. Karan Tejpal’s Stolen is about two brothers who get caught up…