The Time Is Right Dharavi, often referred to Asia’s largest slum, gave birth to the an underground rap scene, their rhythms, costumes and attitude strangely inspired by a form popularized…
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The Great Indian Con It’s a wonder that a film that was made over a decade ago, gets released, though, The Fakir Of Venice could well have gone straight to a streaming…
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Say Bhoot! If a girl prefers to go to a dank-looking chateau with a broken swing in the grounds for a romantic getaway, the man should have second thoughts; otherwise…
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Daddy’s Girl A mainstream film, with popular stars venturing into the LGBTQ space is cause for a hurrah, even if it is pot-holed with problems. Even if first time director…
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Comic Book History If a film buff wants to see a properly researched and authentic film on the Rani of Jhansi, then Sohrab Modi’s Jhansi Ki Rani (1953) is the one…
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The Making Of A Leader There is a scene in Abhijit Phanse’s Thackeray, in which the leader is a pall-bearer of one of his followers killed in a violent agitation. This…
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Exam Scam The problem with India’s education system is far deeper that what Why Cheat India can even attempt to get at. The extent of the rot is conveyed through a list of statistics at…
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Manic Mumbai For a first-time director –Pia Sukanya– to even attempt a film like Bombairiya is as admirable as it is foolhardy, because a plot in which multiple characters run riot for…
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Theatre Of The Absurd The Accidental Prime Minister, based on Sanjaya Baru’s book of the same title, and directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, is a clumsy attempt to take potshots…
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Tribute To The Army The Indian army should not need an endorsement, but the way things are in various troubled parts of the country, a shout out to express admiration…