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21 Years of Dil Se: A Long Affair With Bollywood’s “Shortest Love Story”

Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se.. shed a light on human rights violations and the government’s indifference to the state of affairs in India’s North East. It also remains one of the finest depictions of the all-consuming insanity of love, and leaves you with the idea that love is no less damaging than war.

Poulomi Das June 28, 2016

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20 Years of Hello Brother: The Embarrassing Yet Enduring Legacy of the “Pungi”

In 2019, twisting your homies’ nipples in public is a flagbearer of inappropriate behaviour. But in the hallways of my school back in 2001, a time when we boys lacked foresight and sensitivity, “pungis” were all about brotherhood.

Jackie Thakkar June 28, 2016

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20 Years of Gunda: Can We Finally Agree the Film is a Work of Art?

At its heart, Kanti Shah’s Gunda, remains a joyous journey of one man's idea of cinema and his devotion to it. Considering the appetite for excess that we now display in our popular culture, isn't it time Gunda is appreciated for its ingenuity?

Manik Sharma June 27, 2016

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Achche Din! Fanney Khan Gets a New Lyricist: The BJP

The Fanney Khan song “Mere Achhe Din Kab Aayenge” is now BJP-approved. The lyrics have been suitably changed to “Mere Achche Din Ab Aaye Re”. The party might as well use it as its 2019 slogan.

Kahini Iyer June 27, 2016

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Ten Years of Kaminey: An Ode to Vishal Bhardwaj’s Love Letter To Bollywood

On the surface, Kaminey might seem like rehashing a story endlessly told and retold. But what sets it apart is Vishal Bhardwaj’s eagerness to explore deep into the psyche of his villains. Even 10 years later, Kaminey feels like Bhardwaj’s love letter to Bollywood.

Parth Pandya June 27, 2016

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How Rekha Made Khoon Bhari Maang A Camp Classic

Khoon Bhari Maang marks the very pinnacle of ’80s Bollywood — a time of big hair and big pearls, padded shoulders on gaudy-gauzy outfits, shiny reds, and avenging female leads epitomised by Rekha, the camp queen.

Poulomi Das June 27, 2016

Bollywood

Angrezi Medium Review: A Conservative Film Made Bearable by Irrfan Khan

Unlike Hindi Medium, its sequel Angrezi Medium lacks originality. This is a comedy that feels hastily assembled with contrived sub-plots, crowd-pleasing one-liners, and emotional manipulation. But Irrfan Khan is impeccable and the film works best as a pean to his capabilities as an actor.

Poulomi Das June 27, 2016

Bollywood

Sonchiriya Review: A Masterful Look at Daakus With Existential Issues

Set in the ravines of Chambal in 1975, Sonchiriya resembles a Western, but presents itself as an atmospheric mood piece. The dacoits in the movie ponder deep questions like, do the deaths they inflict serve a higher purpose, and is their life meant to be their punishment?

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016

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Bhavesh Joshi Super Zero: The Vigilante Who Never Rises

Let down by Harshvardhan Kapoor, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero gets close, but never quite addresses the elephant in the room: the futility of vigilantism. All it succeeds at becoming is a cross between Malad’s Rang De Basanti and Dahanu’s The Shape Of Water.

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016

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Good Newwz Review: Sorry, We Have No Good News for You. The Film’s Terrible

Good Newwz, starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh, and Kiara Advani, revolves around a mix-up at a fertility clinic that swaps the sperm of the two couples struggling to get pregnant. It’s humour is derived by playing up stereotypes, Dosanjh mispronouncing sperm as “spam”, and fart jokes.

Poulomi Das June 26, 2016