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Loafer is proof of Dharmendra’s unmatched versatility

Triya Gulati - November 30, 2025

‘Two Sinners’ is about vigilante justice. It asks tough questions in a 12-minute runtime

Raaj Kumar & Meena Kumari’s chemistry saves ‘Kaajal’

Khatta Meetha was Bollywood’s first blended-family film. Progressive without preaching

In Manthan, Girish Karnad showed why change matters through the Amul story

Madhavi Pothukuchi - June 16, 2019

Manthan is not a simplistic do-gooder story about rescuing a village with new ideas. The film is beautifully layered and had an outstanding cast.

An IAF pilot, a love triangle & Raj Kapoor: Why Sangam is a Bollywood hit even after 50 yrs

Madhavi Pothukuchi - June 9, 2019

The film, which was originally four-hours long with two intervals, was hailed as Raj Kapoor’s magnum opus and his finest performance.

Mujhe Jeene Do: When Sunil Dutt shattered inter-faith marriage taboo while playing a dacoit

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 26, 2019

Written by Sunil Dutt’s closest friend, Aghajani Kashmeri, the script of this 1963 film isn’t black and white, even if the picture was.

Mrinal Sen’s Padatik, about dispirited Communists in 1970s Calcutta, is a tale of our times

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 19, 2019

Padatik is last in Mrinal Sen’s Calcutta trilogy, in which Communists are risking their lives for a cause that forever seems out of reach.

Barjatya film and feminist? Meena Kumari’s 1962 film ‘Aarti’ made it possible

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 12, 2019

Rajshri Productions’ hit film Aarti showed an audacious woman who wouldn’t back down from life's challenges.

BR Chopra’s Naya Daur is still relevant for an India fighting age-old labour problems

Madhavi Pothukuchi - May 5, 2019

Naya Daur remains a classic for it captured the lower income groups’ sentiment in the 1950s — not totally anti-machine, but wary enough.

Ray’s ‘Shatranj Ke Khilari’ asked difficult political questions & is an election must-watch

Madhavi Pothukuchi - April 28, 2019

Ray’s 1977 classic, made during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, is a story of a cunning political checkmate.

Lalita Pawar, Hindi cinema’s favourite vamp, played a memorable positive role in Anand

Madhavi Pothukuchi - April 21, 2019

In Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand, which also stars Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, Lalita Pawar plays a caring hospital matron.

Devdas: The tragic hero act that made KL Saigal a household name

Sharanya Munsi - April 14, 2019

On actor-singer KL Saigal's 115th birth anniversary, a look at PC Barua's iconic 1935 film that first put tragedy in Indian cinema’s romance.

Kissa Kursee Ka: A parody that sent Sanjay Gandhi to jail and laid bare Indian politics

Sharanya Munsi - April 7, 2019

Directed by Congress and Janata Party MP Amrit Nahata, Kissa Kursee Ka was made during the Emergency, and irked the Gandhi clan like nothing else.

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Reel Take

Loafer is proof of Dharmendra’s unmatched versatility

‘Two Sinners’ is about vigilante justice. It asks tough questions in a 12-minute runtime

Raaj Kumar & Meena Kumari’s chemistry saves ‘Kaajal’

Khatta Meetha was Bollywood’s first blended-family film. Progressive without preaching

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