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Why one should refuse to give in to PR machinery and watch movie trailers

July 12, 2015 8:22 am

The desperation to get the film noticed is clear in the way the airwaves are carpet-bagged. How else does one break through the clutter?

We Don’t Need No Intermission

January 11, 2015 6:00 am

For a Hindi cinema familiar, The Interval is a sacred space, arriving bang in the middle of the film.

Look beyond the stars: Why one should not go strictly by review ratings

October 12, 2014 1:00 am

Because the stars, those pernicious little things twinkling away above the review where your eye can see them even before you’ve gotten started on the first line, do not tell you everything.

Dreaming Big

January 15, 2012 3:48 am

A 2012 wishlist for Bollywood stars.

The Lives of Others

December 04, 2011 12:21 am

A film about a Black maid in Mississippi makes you squirm. Will Bollywood ever spotlight such stories?

Some Have it Hot

November 20, 2011 12:11 am

Marilyn Monroe,Madhubala,Madhuri Dixit – they inspire thousands and remain icons down the ages.

That’s a Queer Joke

December 12, 2010 2:53 pm

Why can’t Bollywood’s gay characters go beyond cruel caricature?

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