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Nirupama Kotru
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Basu Chatterjee (1930-2020): 12 slice-of-life films served with love and humour
The 93-year-old filmmaker died in Mumbai on Thursday.
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Book versus movie: Rajendra Yadav’s prose comes alive in Basu Chatterjee’s ‘Sara Akash’
The 1969 movie was drawn from the Nayi Kahani writer’s pathbreaking novella.
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Book versus movie: Revisiting ‘Yehi Sach Hai’, the short story that inspired ‘Rajnigandha’
Spot the similarities and differences between Manu Bhandari’s short story and Basu Chatterjee’s screen version.
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Trending
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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Julio Ribeiro: By arresting Disha Ravi for sedition, the government is tilting at windmills
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In a first, J&K police goes after Kashmiris living outside India
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Fantasy Premier League, Double Gameweek 27: Fixture difficulty, players to buy and captaincy options
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Film flashback: Remembering Kaifi Azmi’s dialogue in verse for the classic Hindi film ‘Heer Raanjha’
The Progressive writer and film lyricist left his distinctive stamp on the 1970 adaptation of the Punjabi romance.
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How ‘Delhi Crime’ and ‘Soni’ speak for all the ‘Madam Sirs’ in the police force
The movie and the web series dig deep into the challenges faced by women in the police force.
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Do real-life friends make good co-stars? Yes, if they are Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah
For evidence of their crackling chemistry, look no further than Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Maqbool’.
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Video
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Watch: Nick Jonas releases 1980s – and Priyanka Chopra Jonas – inspired pop track, ‘This Is Heaven’
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Watch: Police constable regulates traffic with a baby in her arms
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Watch: Banksy’s creative video confirms he’s behind powerful artwork on the wall of a British jail
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‘The man with no nose’: Watch comedian Alasdair Beckett-King spoof ‘every Spaghetti Western film’
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‘There’s a lot that’s been lost’: First look at Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle, Prince Harry
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Farooque Shaikh said he did not wish to be remembered, but his films make him impossible to forget
The celebrated actor’s untimely death on December 27, 2013, has left a gaping hole in Hindi cinema.
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Book versus movie: ‘Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda’ is a masterly adaptation of a brilliant novel
The themes of Dharamvir Bharti’s novel are beautifully explored in Shyam Benegal’s adaptation.
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Don’t stop believing: ‘Satyakam’, ‘Newton’, and the importance of the upright public servant
Directors Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Amit Masurkar provide contrasting and yet similar accounts of what it means to be honest and duty-bound in India.
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The Reel
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Five animated films that ‘Bombay Rose’ director Gitanjali Rao wants you to watch
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ review: Treachery and remorse in drama about the Black Panther Party
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In ‘Notturno’ documentary, vignettes of war and the eerie calm between the storms
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Charles Sobhraj mini-series ‘The Serpent’ heading to Netflix
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Films that are 50: A Dilip Kumar double treat in ‘Ram Aur Shyam’
The thespian proves that comedy is as easy as tragedy in the 1967 hit comedy.
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Om Puri may be no more, but Indian New Wave cinema will always be relevant
The formative years of at least two generations of Indians were shaped by the non-mainstream cinema of the 1970s and ’80s.
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Sharmila Tagore bridged the gap between art and commerce way before the rest
The multi-faceted actor, whose birthday is on December 8, was at ease with both Satyajit Ray and Shakti Samanta.
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The Field
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ICC World Test Championship: India qualify for final against New Zealand after England series win
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Wrestling: Sarita Mor wins silver, Kuldeep Malik gets bronze at Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series
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Boxing: Vikas Krishan, Manish Kaushik, Pooja Rani among nine Indians in final of Boxam International
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Fourth Test, Day 3: R Ashwin, Axar Patel bag three wickets apiece as England slide to 91/6 at tea
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Gavaskar remains my hero: Tendulkar leads tributes as Sunny marks 50th anniversary of India debut