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Nirupama Kotru
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Audio master: When Madan Mohan and Majrooh Sultanpuri created magic in ‘Dastak’
The spare soundtrack has four tunes – each of them a gem.
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Audio master: Why Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Haider’ is the best among his Shakespearean adaptations
The unmistakeably Kashmiri soundtrack conveys every note of the movie’s themes.
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‘Teesri Kasam’ was the perfect meeting of minds between Phanishwarnath Renu and Shailendra
It’s difficult to discern where Phanishwarnath Renu ends and Shailendra begins, such was their meeting of minds.
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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The big news: Mahua Moitra booked for comments on Hindu deity Kaali, and nine other top stories
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India’s mass closure of schools is leaving lakhs of students stranded
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A remarkably opulent country: Observations of the first American to write a book on India
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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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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Watch: Car stuck precariously over crevasse near Manali rescued to safety by other travellers
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Watch: Drivers play football on highway as protests against high fuel prices block traffic
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Watch: Fan celebrates cricketer Dinesh Karthik’s captaincy with portrait made of 600 Rubik’s cubes
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Paris: Protestors demonstrate against US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade
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Watch: This cable TV channel only dubs Korean shows in Kannada for local audiences
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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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The Reel
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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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 Field
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Wimbledon 2022, Sania Mirza-Mate Pavic mixed doubles semifinal live blog: Mirza-Pavic take set 1
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Cricket: New Zealand's men and women players to get equal fees per match in landmark five-year deal
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India tour of West Indies: Shikhar Dhawan named captain of new-look squad for ODI series
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CWG 2022: High jumper Tejaswin Shankar – ‘Chance to represent India is nothing short of a blessing’
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Malaysia Masters Super 500: Sindhu bags impressive win over He Bing Jiao; Kashyap, Prannoy advance