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The propaganda pic conundrum

The propaganda pic conundrum

Is the truth of a story always as essential in a film, where form = content, or style = substance?

27 March,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
'Ae Watan Mere Watan' movie review: Patiently paced positive patriotism

'Ae Watan Mere Watan' movie review: Patiently paced positive patriotism

'Ae Watan Mere Watan' movie review: Well, if you suffer from a terrible habit of imagining an ongoing movie in other ways—this could well be a strikingly pacy thriller alone

22 March,2024 10:15 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
A gentle pat, na, on Bihar’s back?

A gentle pat, na, on Bihar’s back?

Giving you a totally one-sided view of Bihar’s capital. Because that’s the one side I rarely get to hear

20 March,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Homi Adajania: The club culture everywhere is the same

Homi Adajania: The club culture everywhere is the same

Director Homi Adajania walks mid-day through the gymkhana crime scene as Murder Mubarak drops online

16 March,2024 05:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Sheer magic of Mallu Manjummel

Sheer magic of Mallu Manjummel

How a survival drama with a band of boys signifies Kerala cinema coming of (young) age!

13 March,2024 06:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
'Shaitaan' movie review: Satanic curse of second half

'Shaitaan' movie review: Satanic curse of second half

'Shaitaan' movie review: Does this film have you under its control/spell, like the teenaged girl in it? Up until the clever interval point; more or less, yes!

08 March,2024 10:40 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
So, no one killed Sheena Bora too?

So, no one killed Sheena Bora too?

Now that the Indrani Mukerjea story is back for a chatter-starter, imperative to weigh in, again, on the tragic murder case

06 March,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Cut to: Kat

Cut to: Kat

Bollywood’s unlikeliest top heroine, Katrina Kaif, on two decades of stardom

01 March,2024 11:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Laapataa Ladies Movie Review: Lol

Laapataa Ladies Movie Review: Lol

The first husband heads off with the wrong wife into the right station. Only to realise this matrimonial error, once he’s already reached home. That’s not all

01 March,2024 05:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
So, well, an article on Article 370!

So, well, an article on Article 370!

Is it fact, or fiction—it’s the ‘in-between’ that confuses audiences weaving history in their heads, no?

28 February,2024 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar

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