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The unheralded brilliance of Kay Kay Menon
Kay Kay Menon has been around for a long time and yet his work, especially his potential, has remained underused, and worse, unheralded. Let’s hope that changes soon.
Posted inFeatures
Two Decades of Terror Summarised, and More Reasons to Watch Neeraj Pandey’s Special Ops
Hotstar VIP’s Special Ops, created by Neeraj Pandey, is a homegrown thriller that satisfies the hunger for desi espionage shows. Special Ops’ plot might be a work of fiction, but it intertwines very real events into its narrative, making for exceptional content.
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24 Years Before the Ayodhya Verdict, Saeed Mirza’s Naseem Captured the Plight of Indian Muslims
On paper, Saeed Akhtar Mirza’s Naseem revolves around the demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. But it is never didactic. Its focus is more on the intimate. Through the eyes of Naseem, a school-going girl, it clues us into the repercussions that the communal tensions had on the everyday lives of India’s Muslims.
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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.
