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In 'Panchayat', the bottle gourd goes from minor comic indulgence to election symbol

Bottle gourd in ‘Panchayat’, plant metaphors in Hindi films hide a grief for dying forests

August 26, 2025 11:01 am

Disappearing fruits; missing girls as missing flowers; politicians and everyday vegetables, lauki and kathal — If these are not an unconscious manifestation of the death of our forests, what is?

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Gulzar's Angoor, the original Cirkus, is the 'comedy of errors' that drags a one-line premise for over two hours

February 18, 2023 9:11 pm

The 1982 film Angoor, directed by Gulzar, is way more subtle than Rohit Shetty's Cirkus, but watching it in 2023 feels like an arduous task.

Home and Away: Celebrating Diwali with Angoor and noodles

October 19, 2014 1:00 am

I was missing the sounds that envelop the home when it’s a festival. Nobody was haranguing me to “get dressed properly and not look like a jhalli billi”.

I have signed Shah Rukh Khan for one film, not nine: Rohit Shetty

August 06, 2014 10:18 am

Rohit Shetty finds it amusing to know the various rumours doing the rounds about his next project.

Just breathe and reboot

March 25, 2011 12:24 pm

The best reason to remake an already loved film is to better it,or to take the thought forward.

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