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Gautam Chintamani
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The connection between ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ and a house for superstar Rajesh Khanna
A real estate deal had a great deal to do with the biggest hit in the 1970s actor’s career.
Gautam Chintamani
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‘Pink’ revisited: The anatomy of the ‘No means no’ scene, and the original ending
Excerpts from a book about the making of the acclaimed legal drama, directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, produced by Shoojit Sircar and written by Ritesh Shah.
Gautam Chintamani
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Before the hit, the hiccups: what kind of a title is ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ anyway?
Conviction and a publicity campaign borrowed from American pulp fiction paved the way for Mansoor Khan’s debut movie.
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Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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I am a Nadeem-Shravan fan and I am not ashamed to admit it
Kudos for the music composers who defined Hindi film music in the 1990s before losing it all to the murder of Gulshan Kumar.
Gautam Chintamani
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Films that are 50: ‘Aakhri Khat’ features a baby on its day out and future icon Rajesh Khanna
The debutant actor hunts for his misplaced son in Chetan Anand’s unusual movie from 1966.
Gautam Chintamani
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When you attack Mark Zuckerberg, surely you don’t mean the guy from ‘The Social Network’?
Biopics can distort perceptions for good, as is proven by the negative press on the Facebook founder.
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Video
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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The brilliance of Salim-Javed lies not just in what they said, but how they said it
The legendary writing partners will be honoured for their contributions to popular Hindi cinema at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Festival.
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‘Midnight’s Furies’: the violence of the Partition cannot be explained retrospectively
Has author Nisid Hajari succumbed to the trap of imposing today’s ideas on yesterday’s events?
Gautam Chintamani
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Five sports books that made 2014 a sports-lover’s delight
They may not be the best sports books ever, but they offered sports-lovers some juicy reading this year.
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The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Star biographies: can a film-star’s life be an open book?
What iconic actors don’t reveal about themselves in their biographies tells as much as the things they do say.
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'Sun Mere Bandhu Re': The double notes of S.D. Burman’s life
An unusual narrative style combines with fresh insights to cast the composer’s life in a new light.
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Days and nights at Rajesh Khanna’s Bandra lair
A glimpse into the private life of Rajesh Khanna, the seventies supernova.
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The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Vinesh, Anshu, Reetika secure Paris 2024 quotas for India
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events