American Desi Girl: Watch any show from the US or UK now, and there will be at least one Indian character in an important role; it’s not just a result…
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The Front Page: An admiring colleague calls her “bulldozer without brakes.” Jagruti Pathak was a tenacious journalist and the world, then as now, tries to trip up successful women. Hansal…
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Fruity Chaos: This is in the land of the absurd. Where an MLA can have the police force of the town of Moba, somewhere in Madhya Pradesh, looking for two…
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Vampire Diaries: A large chunk of content on Indian streaming platforms remains in such a narrow circle of crime and comedy, that when a show breaks out of it, the…
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Twisty Turns: The film starts with such routine man stalking-wooing-winning woman sequences, that it is impossible to anticipate what is to come next in Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (the title comes…
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No Ray Of Light: “I am a feminist,” says a slimy old lowlife at one point in Rana Naidu, which is probably the only laugh-out-loud moment in this grim remake…
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The Man, The Movies: Two things immediately come to mind while watching the Netflix documentary series, The Romantics— if Yash Raj Entertainment had not been co-producers, Aditya Chopra would never…
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Always Blonde: Pamela Anderson, as a Playboy model and Baywatch star, was once a favorite pin-up girl, “the most famous blonde in the world,” as she is described in a Netflix documentary, Pamela, a love story.…
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True Love: There are stories all around if one knows where to look; and those who find them are sometimes suitably rewarded. Like Kartiki Gonsalves, who won an Academy Award…
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Justice Delayed…: In India, we are inured to injustice, resigned to the fact that the rich will go unpunished. Still, a group of people fought a legal battle for a…