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Reel Take

In Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, Ayushmann Khurrana confronts transphobia, and well

Tina Das -
Chandigarh is the perfect place to locate Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor's new movie. It blends new and old, paratha and keto.
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Hotstar’s ‘Get Back’ is an 8-hour journey into The Beatles. But they could’ve let it be

Shreyas Sharma -
Peter Jackson’s eight-hour-long, three-part documentary is like overdosing on doughnuts; eventually, you’ll ask yourself why you didn’t stop at three.
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Bob Biswas was an 8-9 min brilliant character in ‘Kahaani’. He should’ve remained there

Raghav Bikhchandani -
A spin-off of Kahaani, ‘Bob Biswas’ focusses on the assassin originally played by Saswata Chatterjee, but an unnecessary recast has proven to be the film’s downfall.
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Between #MeToo second chance and cancel culture, Apple TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ finds its feet

Nidhima Taneja -
The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, shows the power of a second chance in its latest season.
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No more unrealistic spies—Kay Kay Menon’s Special Ops 1.5 isn’t about secret missions

Amogh Rohmetra -
Special Ops 1.5 moves from espionage to 'sexpionage' and honey-trapping. That's unlike your Bollywood spy movies.
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‘Borderlands’ shows what it means to live on India’s borders today. It counts the human cost

Tina Das -
The 67-minute documentary refuses to engage in the 'us vs them' debate. Instead, it follows the lives of six people on India's borders.
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Netflix’s Meenakshi Sundareshwar is all about the ‘South Indian aesthetic’. It lacks basics

Vandana Menon -
The 2.5-hour-long film is about Tamil culture made by non-South Indians, who are extremely focused on convincing you otherwise.
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From Xenophobia to lazy comedy — Sooryavanshi sums up issues with Bollywood’s police films

Raghav Bikhchandani -
The Rohit Shetty film starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif underpins its moral centre on the phrase — “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”.
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Obsessed with true crime? Hotstar’s Only Murders with Steve Martin is the parody you need

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Beware, crime show fans, Steve Martin and John Hoffman’s new show will make fun of you too.
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Forget Dil Chahta Hai, Raj Kapoor-Nargis starrer Chori Chori was the first road trip movie

Unnati Sharma -
On Manna Dey's death anniversary, remembering how the song "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi" is more popular than the film itself.
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Opinion

What is the beauty tyranny at play when a Panipat mother murders kids

Stela Dey -
India is horrified by Poonam’s actions. But it should also do what it rarely does — examine the mirror it keeps holding up to its women.

Why Bihar migrates has a 500-year old answer — from Mughal taxpayers to peasant warriors

Sanchar Saathi U-turn shows India’s cybersecurity strategy is broken

Economy

To make space for solar energy, India may tell coal plants to run at lower loads

Bloomberg News -
The additional costs would trickle down to consumers, in what could be a calculated trade off to help the country make the most of its solar capacity.

Defence

From nuclear cooperation to defence, trade to oil, what is expected from Putin’s two-day India visit

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi is interested in firming up bilateral agreements for increased trade, mobility, upgrade of Su-30 MKI fighters and the increased range of BrahMos supersonic missiles.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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