Riotous Rajneeti: The not-so-humble upstart, Nograj, has had quite a journey from radio to YouTube to cinema in the form of the successful 2018 Kannada film Humble Politiciann Nograj, directed by…
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Avneesh Mishra brought his group, Rangshila, back on stage after the long lockdown break, with Iss Desh Ka Yaaro Kya Kehna, a satire written by Lakshmikant Vaishnav. “This pandemic period…
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Fearless Femme Fatales : A young woman called Anarkali, who defies her powerful lover over a small matter, is literally walled into a tiny space, much like her namesake in…
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Annus Horribilis: Humour could be the only way of coping with the troubles and absurdities of the year gone by. Carrying on the tradition set with last year’s satirical Death To…
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The Lucy-Desi Show: At the peak of her popularity, the Lucille Ball-starrer TV show, I Love Lucy, had 60 million viewers, which gave her the freedom to overrule the director sometimes and…
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The Making Of A Superstar: On Rajesh Khanna’s birth anniversary, a flashback to one of his first films. Jatin Khanna, an ordinary young man from Mumbai, made it to the…
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Three And A Half Musketeers: The new book by Amor Towles, after the bittersweet A Gentleman In Moscow (2016), is a wonderful reaffirmation of friendship and faith, in the form…
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In his two period novels, which will hopefully expand into a long-running series, Vaseem Khan has created a wonderful character, Persis Wadia, the first female police officer in newly independent…
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Those Grey Areas: It is difficult to convert white collar crime into interesting cinema, unless it is a well-known scam that affects a large number of people, which is why…
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Monsters On The Mind: Raveena Tandon is the star attraction of Aranyak– the glamorous actress, who took a long sabbatical (nobody really retires these days), returns with this OTT series (on…