Something is stirring in the world of prestige cinema, and if the whispers making rounds in certain creative circles are anything to go by, the story of one of the …
Films
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Dhurandhar and the New Language of Global Indian Cinema
by Priya Samantby Priya Samant 4 minutes readAs the global film industry gathers once again for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where stories from around the world will premiere and compete for global attention, one film already …
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Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s GOVERNOR: The Silent Saviour Teaser Out
by Rajiv Vijayakar 1 minutes readAn untold story of India’s 1990s financial crisis—the intriguing and hard-hitting teaser of Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s GOVERNOR: The Silent Saviour has just been released. The film narrates yet another untold story—of yet …
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Film Review: Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam Is a Magical and Unmissable Experience
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readIf a textbook is written on how to make a good movie, this can be included as great example. Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam, planned as the first of a tri-lingual trilogy, …
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In films in particular and Art in general, there is no discrimination between Hindu and Muslim, and even less between Hindi and Urdu. As Hasrat Jaipuri had asserted once, the …
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Karan Johar’s Met Gala Look Pays Tribute to Raja Ravi Varma
by Alisha Zaidiby Alisha Zaidi 2 minutes readFilmmaker Karan Johar walked the carpet at this year’s Met Gala wearing a custom ensemble designed by Manish Malhotra. The outfit was conceived as a tribute to renowned Indian painter …
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Film Review: Raja Shivaji (Marathi) is Episodic and Capsules the Emperor Limitedly
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readI chose to watch the bilingual in Marathi, not Hindi. The essence of many a dialogue can be lost completely in translation. Having watched both Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) and Chhaava (2025), I …
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With Hera Pheri (2000) turning the tide in favor of very successful comedies that were clean, Hindi cinema moved beyond the increasingly trope-driven, actor-driven and even double-entendre comedies, most of which tended …
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Time and again, romantic triangles have been box-office fodder. And ditto rom-coms. When these two genres are blended, we have the rom-com triangles: Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978) and its reboot in …
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When Border 2 Director Anurag Singh Wanted to Make a Mature Love Story with Irrfan Khan and Tabu
by Rajiv Vijayakar 2 minutes readIrrfan Khan was an actor par excellence. It was his restraint and minimalism that marked every character that he essayed. He used his eyes to convey his emotions with effortless …