𝔍By reverse-engineering Telugu/Tamil blockbusters to tide over a lean period, it feels like Hindi cinema is trying to treat a brain aneurysm with a band-aid.
Tatsam Mukherjee
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Pritish Nandy is among the key players from the early 2000s to bring a sophistication to mainstream Bollywood, which we've forgotten about in recent years.
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The following films from 18 countries introspect on wars, both past and present, to uncover uncomfortable truths and present counterpoints to 'western' narratives and depiction of war.
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Critically acclaimed documentary series 'The Vietnam War' co-creator Lynn Novick speaks to Outlook about patterns of war, the fraught nature of 'truth' and burdens of a documentary filmmaker working with conflict.
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💖The influence of Korean cinema on Bollywood aesthetics isn’t matched by engagement with its deeper themes as scene after scene of seemingly vacuous violence testify, shorn of their original context
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꧑In a Shah Rukh Khan film, a brand synonymous with over-the-top declarations of love, this no-frills declaration is an anomaly.
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Film Heritage Foundation is organising "Raj Kapoor 100 - Celebrating the Centenary of the Greatest Showman", to be held from December 13 - 15, 2024.
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'In Delhi, we used to do rehearsals; we worked on character, voice. In Mumbai, it was about completing one job and finding the next one,' notes an actor
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🔴Bollywood is playing with fire, and what’s surprising is how clear-eyed it seems. It’s like even the most level-headed folks have given up on things changing in the immediate future
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ꦰThe show is a tug of war between two uber-privileged cliques—the Mumbai and Delhi groups—each arguing that neither of them is one. Both sides maintain tight, territorial impulses.
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