Cricket Fever: In a country where cricket is such a craze, even a society tournament is played with all the competitiveness of a World Cup match. Every gully cricket player…
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Roar For Rights: She is cat-called as she rides around town on her motorbike; at the cop station where she works, a colleague lights incense to ‘purify’ the room she…
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The Kids Are Alright: Let kids be kids is the much-needed message that Papa Rao Biyyala’s film Music School conveys. Parents push their own ambitions on to their children, and in…
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Hate Mongering Poster: The idea of censorship is abhorrent in any civilized society, but in times of easily fanned communal violence, a film like The Kerala Story, just begs to be…
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Scuttlebutt High: In the twilight world of Hindi films about politics, there’s always an election about to take place, that justifies the heightened level of murderous mayhem that ensues. For…
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Running Riot In Rann Pradesh: The constant criticism of machismo in crime shows on OTT must have given Homi Adajania the idea of making a show with women playing men—not…
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Desert Love: The arid and rugged landscape of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, with gorgeously patterned dunes stretching into infinity is the setting of a fable-like tale of love so…
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Spy Vs Spy: There is added interest in the Russo Brothers’ spy thriller Citadel, because it stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas. There is also an Indian version of the franchise in the making,…
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M For Macabre: A man kills his wife by burying her alive, and till he is caught, he literally dances on her grave at parties he hosts. This ghoulish image…
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Old Style Romance: There is something ineffably sad about a once successful and capable director like Rajkumar Santoshi stooping to make a film like Bad Boy. The film was quite long…