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TopicAmol Palekar

Topic: Amol Palekar

Shyam Benegal’s Bhumika is a raw portrait of a female film star’s turbulent life

In Bhumika, Usha chooses a life that does not align with societal expectations. And Shyam Benegal is not afraid to show her as a deeply flawed woman.

Chitchor is all about a woman’s right to love. ‘Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon’ couldn’t match up

Chitchor is all about a woman’s right to love. ‘Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon’ couldn't match up

Amol Palekar wants the world to see his ‘gradations of grey’—memoir turns lens inward

At the launch of his memoir Viewfinder in Mumbai, actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar spoke about breaking typecasts and ‘doing all the things I wanted on my terms’.

Just 2 fragrant Salil Chowdhury songs were enough to make 1974’s ‘Rajnigandha’ bloom

On Salil Chowdhury's 26th death anniversary, ThePrint revisits Basu Chatterjee's slice-of-life film on love and relationships, starring Amol Palekar and Vidya Sinha.

Gol Maal, with Amol Palekar & Utpal Dutt, was the perfect foil to the Angry Young Man

Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Gol Maal is a crazy romp that turns the classic trope of twin-themed movies on its head, and features a delightful cameo by Amitabh Bachchan.

Basu Chatterjee told simple, heartfelt stories that had no heroes, only people like us

Even as action & masala took over the '70s, Basu Chatterjee gave us extraordinary films about ordinary people with ordinary lives.

After Amol Palekar row, govt says will honour NGMA advisory panel suggestions

Culture ministry clarifies that advisory committees are being reconstituted, and recommendations made by previous committees will be honoured.

Palekar was cut-off midway through his speech at the NGMA, here is what he couldn’t say

The veteran actor was cut short when he began criticising the Ministry of Culture. Here is the full text of his speech.   

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.