Bollywood Flashback
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Flashback: PL Raj, the ace choreographer who helped the stars to find their feet
He choreographed some of Hindi cinema’s most enduring hits.
Nandini Ramnath
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Watching ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ during lockdown: When India’s poor were still in the Bollywood frame
It was also a time when all Muslims were not villains.
Saba Naqvi
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Film flashback: ‘Mirch Masala’ had something to say about MeToo back in the 1980s
In Ketan Mehta’s film, the actions of two women at two ends of the economic and social spectrum speak for all women in between.
Bubla Basu
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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What Ram Gopal Varma said about his gangster classic ‘Satya’, which turns 20 today
‘Satya’, starring Manoj Bajpayee, JD Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar and Saurabh Shukla, changed the course of the Mumbai gangland movie for good.
Ram Gopal Varma
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‘I cannot believe people still want to watch it’: Celebrating 30 years of ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’
The cast and crew marked the anniversary of the Aamir Khan-Juhi Chawla starrer on Saturday.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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In ‘Meri Biwi Ka Jawab Nahin’ a vigilante Sridevi and a climax that wasn’t
Lead actors Akshay Kumar and Sridevi never filmed the final scenes of the heavily delayed project.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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The romance that caused Dev Anand to be known as ‘Gregory Peck of India’
The American star’s name was hyphenated with Dev Anand’s. But how did that happen?
Anvar Alikhan
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Seeing is believing: The miracle of sight restoration in ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’
In Manmohan Desai’s magic-laden universe, the saint Sai Baba, Mohammed Rafi’s voice, and Rishi Kapoor’s vigour allow Nirupa Roy to see again.
Scroll Staff
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Shakespeare to Dracula, Marc Zuber had it all covered
Apart from Hindi films, Zuber appeared in small roles in British and American productions.
Manish Gaekwad
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Bollywood in 2015: It’s all about hating your parents
Those movies in which the dinner table is a battleground? There were plenty of them to feast on this year.
Nandini Ramnath
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An ambitious one-person initiative is aiming to preserve India's decaying film heritage
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's Film Heritage Foundation will hold a course to teach participants how to restore old movies.
Nandini Ramnath