While Pratik Gandhi is gathering praise for his performance as Harshad Mehta in the web series Scam 1992, revisiting an interview with him about his theatre work: More often than…
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On Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, a look at Feroz Abbas Khan’s 2007 film: Gandhi My Father by Feroz Abbas Khan stands out for its attempt at brave and offbeat cinema.…
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Dharmputra (1961): As a tribute to Yash Chopra on his birth anniversary, a look at one of his earliest films: Yash Chopra was called the King of Romance, even…
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If asked who was the first judge of the Indian Supreme Court, most would have to strain to remember, or would have to look it up, but many more would…
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The Miracle Of Kindness: After the international success of A Man Called Ove, Swedish writer Fredrik Backman’s books have followed the template of telling deeply moving stories with kindness at…
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A new book, Blue Ticket, by Sophie MacKintosh is a dystopian novel about women, which follows her Booker longlisted 2019 book, The Water Cure, set in a bleak world where masculinity…
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Act Of God: As Paresh Rawal taked over as Chairperson of the National School of Drama, a look at one of his most popular plays: Paresh Rawal had started his…
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Hell Is Empty: It is not essential for a reader to have read all of Louise Penny’s Armand Gamache novels, but it would help, if only to understand the strong…
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The Sad Clown: “An artiste performs for himself, and people watch him,” says the lead character in Nitin Kakkar’s gem of a film, Ramsingh Charlie. He plays a Chaplin impersonator…
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There is something delightfully subversive about the name Churails that a group of four women—a lawyer, a wedding planner, a boxer and a murderer—give to their vigilante group. “Mard ko Dard…