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‘BR Ambedkar: Now and Then’ strips the Brahmin gaze off the Bahujan story. It’s a must watch

Prashant - 11 December, 2023

What’s more potent than Ambedkar today? Lakhs of Ambedkarites at Chaityabhumi in Mumbai

Mission Impossible goes on a hunt for thrill. Like Tom Cruise and his enemy, it’s everywhere

Lust Stories 2 on Netflix shows OTT’s obsession with anthologies and a problem they must fix

Abhimaan, the timeless classic, had shades of Amitabh & Jaya Bachchan’s real lives

Samira Sood - 1 September, 2019

Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee is better known for his family-friendly comedies, but in Abhimaan, he dealt with feminism & a love story with many shades of grey.

Umrao Jaan’s captivating music is a lasting testament to Khayyam’s musical genius

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 25 August, 2019

Khayyam masterfully blended ghazals, shayaris and classical Hindustani music to create melodies that made the story of Umrao Jaan.

Kabuliwala is the heart-rending childhood tale of innocence, love & fate

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 10 August, 2019

Balraj Sahni’s Kabuliwala perfectly captures the essence of a wonderful friendship that builds against the backdrop of hardship.

Meena Kumari was more than just the tragedy queen and this movie shows us why

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 4 August, 2019

Meena Kumari plays a happy and carefree character in S.M. Sriramulu Naidu’s 1955 film.

Uttam Kumar’s Saptapadi is the 1960s’ inter-faith love story that rings true even today

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 28 July, 2019

Saptapadi’s famous, moving Othello scene, which was directed separately by Utpal Dutt, deserves special praise.

Do Raaste cemented Rajesh Khanna’s position as Bollywood’s first superstar

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 21 July, 2019

Do Raaste shows how a middle-class Indian family tries to adjust when people with different outlook share the same roof.

On Guru Dutt’s birth anniversary, a look at Pyaasa that continues to leave Indians in awe

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 14 July, 2019

Guru Dutt’s magnum opus – second only to Kaagaz Ke Phool – is the perfect example of art-house cinema marrying Bollywood.

In Uttam Kumar & Sharmila Tagore’s film ‘Amanush’, floods restore faith in human spirit

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 7 July, 2019

Directed and produced by Shakti Samanta in both Bengali and Hindi, Amanush is a classic and a lesson in the complexity of human emotions.

As Chennai grapples with water crisis, Do Boond Pani shows what Day Zero can look like

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 28 June, 2019

The film exposes the broken government system, and the shoddy execution of welfare projects.

Anyone who is not a doctor should watch Pankaj Kapur’s Ek Doctor Ki Maut before blaming them

Madhavi Pothukuchi - 23 June, 2019

Tapan Sinha's brilliant 1990 film shows the slow death of innovation in India's health sector due to a broken and corrupt system.

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Reel Take

‘BR Ambedkar: Now and Then’ strips the Brahmin gaze off the Bahujan story. It’s a must watch

What’s more potent than Ambedkar today? Lakhs of Ambedkarites at Chaityabhumi in Mumbai

Mission Impossible goes on a hunt for thrill. Like Tom Cruise and his enemy, it’s everywhere

Lust Stories 2 on Netflix shows OTT’s obsession with anthologies and a problem they must fix

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