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Stranger Things season 4 is mediocre. Duffer brothers amplify mistakes from the past

Raghav Bikhchandani - 2 July, 2022

Rocketry isn’t for Bollywood masala fans. It’s Madhavan’s show as ISRO’s Nambi Narayanan

Rashtra Kavach Om another action dud from Bollywood. Watch only for Aditya Roy Kapur

Anya’s Tutorial is better than Bollywood horror. But has same-old haunted house, voodoo dolls

Sabbir Khan’s Nikamma has fresh cast, ‘new’ Shilpa Shetty but promises migraine for the day

Tina Das - 17 June, 2022

Shilpa Shetty sheds her '90s heroine avatar in Nikamma. But the film's Gen Z romance makes it fall flat.

Comic, surreal—‘Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon’ is this year’s Hindi cinematic marvel

Raghav Bikhchandani - 13 June, 2022

Helmed by theatre stalwart Anamika Haksar, ‘Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon’ is a slice-of-life film on Delhi’s Shahjahanabad.

Amazon’s Udan Patolas about 4 Punjabi women in Mumbai isn’t the silly sitcom it wants to be

Raghav Bikhchandani - 11 June, 2022

A new series for Amazon's mobile-exclusive MiniTV, Udan Patolas leans into fish-out-of-water silliness but fails to be funny enough to progress beyond mediocrity.

TRP or ethics? Sonali Bendre’s The Broken News gets Indian media right. With a dash of fantasy

Tina Das - 11 June, 2022

Sonali Bendre's maiden OTT venture on Zee5 sees her playing an ethical journalist who just can’t seem to get the TRPs.

Jurassic World Dominion brings ‘90s nostalgia but it’s the same old dinosaur plot

Tina Das - 10 June, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick too relied on nostalgia but blended new elements to create a laudable experience. The Jurassic Park franchise doesn't even try.

Janhit Mein Jaari is a great ‘could have been’ film about condoms. That is a sheer loss

Tina Das - 9 June, 2022

In Janhit Mein Jaari, Nushrratt Bharuccha plays a woman who has to sell condoms in a small town in MP.

Tax cuts, nationalism and Amit Shah’s blessings aren’t saving Akshay’s Samrat Prithviraj

Tina Das - 7 June, 2022

As Samrat Prithviraj moves to the brink of abject failure, Southern films like Major and Vikram see massive uptick in viewership.

Jana Gana Mana is a carefully crafted cinematic gem that loses shine after interval

Nidhima Taneja - 4 June, 2022

Streaming on Netflix, the film is a political thriller that means business. Right from the get go, it brings several uncomfortable debates at the forefront.

Samrat Prithviraj is so focused on Muslim invaders that it forgets the king himself

Tina Das - 3 June, 2022

Every recent Akshay Kumar film has been the same but in different outfits. The business strategy of selling nationalism probably needs revision.

Major nails patriotism without jingoism, aptly recreates the horror of 26/11 attacks

Tina Das - 3 June, 2022

Mahesh Babu-produced Major’s action scenes are well-directed, befitting India’s elite forces. The film focuses on showing what makes one a soldier and a hero.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

Opinion

Pakistan can learn from Israel’s secret weapon and arrest its intellectual decline

Pervez Hoodbhoy - 4 July, 2022

How did Israel, a country of nine million — between one-half and one-third of Karachi’s population — manage to subdue 400m Arabs?

Why we should know where Udaipur killers lie on the staircase of radicalisation pyramid

4 July, 2022

G7 infra plan a lifeline developing nations can’t ignore but first crack this code, like BRI

4 July, 2022

Economy

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Sayantan Bera - 4 July, 2022

The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.

Reel Take

Stranger Things season 4 is mediocre. Duffer brothers amplify mistakes from the past

Rocketry isn’t for Bollywood masala fans. It’s Madhavan’s show as ISRO’s Nambi Narayanan

Rashtra Kavach Om another action dud from Bollywood. Watch only for Aditya Roy Kapur

Anya’s Tutorial is better than Bollywood horror. But has same-old haunted house, voodoo dolls

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Pakistan can learn from Israel’s secret weapon and arrest its intellectual decline

Why we should know where Udaipur killers lie on the staircase of radicalisation pyramid

G7 infra plan a lifeline developing nations can’t ignore but first crack this code, like BRI

Economy

Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet

Defence

India’s Eastern Seaboard gets its first naval air squadron INAS 324

National Interest

Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest

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