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What Do Baazigar and Chachi 420 Have in Common With the Oscar-Winning Parasite?

Oscar-winning South Korean phenomenon Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-Ho, walks on a similar path as several Bollywood plots, focusing on ugly societal norms, class divide, and striking inequality. The only difference — our love for a sprinkling of masala.

Sayantan Mondal March 3, 2016

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PETA & the Pollution Fuss: How Priyanka Chopra’s Asthma & Love for Animals Disappeared at Her Wedding

Priyanka Chopra, an anti-pollution campaigner and lover of animals, is in the internet doghouse for her wedding that featured fireworks and an elephant. But what is the point of celebrity endorsements, anyway? Does anyone take them seriously? How many people saw that damn Manyavar ad and decided to get married?

#VALUE! March 3, 2016

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The Sky Is Pink Review: A Tender Family Drama Shouldered By an Evocative Priyanka Chopra

The Sky Is Pink feels less like a biopic of a dead teenager and more like an unabashed tribute to the two fighters who volunteered to a losing battle for over two decades. It’s predictable and familiar yet affecting and tender, especially as an examination of unconditional caregiving.

Poulomi Das March 2, 2016

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Too Exotic: Why We Love to Hate on Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is that rare star who has managed to breach the gates of Hollywood, a feat that no actress has been able to accomplish. Priyanka, however, knew what it took to succeed – and that’s the reason she is so easy to hate.

Kahini Iyer March 2, 2016

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The Accidental Prime Minister Review: A Disappointing Launch for the BJP’s 2019 Campaign

Somewhere in his failure to make a good, authentic film on the 10 years of UPA, Vijay Gutte delivers a movie that resembles the UPA era – incoherent, helmed by corrupt people, and that familiar feeling of wondering when the fuck you’ll get done with this bullshit. If this is the launch of the BJP 2019 campaign, I am pretty disappointed.

Devaiah Bopanna March 2, 2016

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Batla House Review: A Promising Thriller Shouldered By an Intense John Abraham

Is it possible to make an unbiased film about a real-life event? Nikhil Advani's Batla House suggests that the answer might be a no. But what the film lacks in objectivity, it makes up by being surprisingly compelling. For once, John Abraham wields his stoic demeanour to complement the mayhem unfolding on the screen, instead of distracting from it.

Sonali Kokra March 2, 2016

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14 Years of Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi: Why Sudhir Mishra’s Emergency Drama is the Definitive Political Film of Our Generation

Sudhir Mishra's Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi critiques the eternal debate between the Indian Left’s romanticism of its “cause” and its ability to propagate “change”. It’s extraordinary how a film made in 2005 managed to foreshadow a reality that the Left is waking up to, only now.

Parth Pandya March 2, 2016