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Netflix’s Cobalt Blue isn’t flawless. But its queer heart beats the shortcomings

Tina Das -
Cobalt Blue talks of a world where loving a person of the same gender was still a crime. It's a poignant portrayal of love and sexual awakening.
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Drive My Car isn’t the Murakami adaptation you think it is. Its magic lies in another story

Srinjoy Dey -
Drive My Car isn’t the first Murakami film adaptation, and it won’t be the last. But you should catch the movie on Mubi.
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Hotstar’s Kaun Pravin Tambe is the kind of sports film we need. Almost a sequel to Iqbal

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Devoid of the hype, press screenings and celebrity cast that other similar mainstream films boast, Shreyas Talpade's Kaun Pravin Tambe is a delight.
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Attack is Bollywood’s PubG-style sci-fi film. But there are only 2 reasons to watch it

Tina Das -
The film, based on DRDO's exoskeleton programme, turns John Abraham into a ‘Winter Soldier’ of sorts. It's a healthy dose of deshbhakti minus jingoism.
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Two actors, 1 role – Sharmaji Namkeen is a masterclass between Rishi Kapoor & Paresh Rawal

Nidhima Taneja -
After Rishi Kapoor’s death, Paresh Rawal took over the titular role in Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’ – a rarity in Indian cinema.
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Bridgerton Season 2 is more heart, less hormones. And a nod to India’s love for the show

Tina Das -
Bridgerton’s latest season is about the Sharma sisters, women who don’t take no for an answer, suspense and diversity — all in 19th-century England.
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SS Rajamouli’s RRR is everything you expect it to be – freedom struggle on Baahubali scale

Tina Das -
SS Rajamouli’s RRR may be a good ol' tale of good vs evil, but it packs everything that Indian cinema offers, plus spectacular VFX.
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The Godfather at 50: The mob saga that raised the bar for gangster films

Gill Jamieson -
The film revolutionised the portrayal of organised crime by conflating it with something all audiences can relate to: family.
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In Shaad Ali’s Bloody Brothers, everyone has a skeleton in their closet. But there’s a big flaw

Amogh Rohmetra -
In all six episodes of the light-hearted comedy thriller, there is no ‘action’, no gunshot and definitely no men flying here and there.
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Not a cop-out — Dulquer Salmaan’s film ‘Salute’ shows breach of ethics in police force

Vandana Menon -
The problem with Dulquer Salmaan’s crime thriller Salute is that it only places the blame on the ‘system’.
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What Modi govt’s Seeds Bill 2025 must deliver for Punjab’s farmers

K.B.S Sidhu -
The draft Seeds Bill gets the big ideas right: universal registration, traceability, real penalties. To work for Punjab, it must get federal plumbing and farmer-facing details sorted.

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

Economy

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Udit Bubna -
Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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