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Topic: Anurag Kashyap

Kanpur is the new Wasseypur in Anurag Kashyap’s Nishaanchi

Anurag Kashyap’s Nishaanchi could be a promotional video for Kanpur tourism—if the droll gaalis could make it past censors.

Anurag Kashyap, Samay Raina’s Bold Care campaign signals a shift in Indian condom advertising

Advertising condoms in India has long been a challenging task, with brands like Manforce and Skore having to tiptoe around cultural sensitivities.

‘Tiger’s Pond’ is first Kannada film to screen at Berlin Festival. Anurag Kashyap backed it

The dark crime drama is set in the village of Vaghachipani and it follows a ruthless businessman’s attempt to manipulate local elections.

Anurag Kashyap is done pleasing people—pay for his time or get lost

Kashyap is well within his rights to choose the nature and extent of compensation for his talent and guidance. He does not owe his time to strangers.

Anurag Kashyap is wrong, Bengali cinema isn’t ‘ghatiya’. But dubbed Pushpa, KGF are winning

Kashyap’s comment that Bengali cinema has become ‘ghatiya’ has triggered rage and self-loathing. But the real problem is that Tollywood has been reduced to a cottage industry.

Almost Pyaar with Dj Mohabbat has no plans, no purpose. Anurag Kashyap is to be blamed

Anurag Kashyap's Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat explores social inequality, love jihad, same-sex marriages, and caste but without making any impact.

Anurag Kashyap’s Dobaaraa a time and space defying gem. Watch for Taapsee Pannu

It’s hard to say if Dobaaraa will survive this season of Bollywood boycotts, but its sure to find a shelf life of its own on streaming platforms.

Gangs of Wasseypur ended plastic NRI dramas. Gritty small towns have ruled Bollywood since

Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur introduced audiences to masterful storytelling in small-town India and foreshadowed the raw creative OTT boom.

Dev.D to BJP: How Mahie Gill went from being the new Tabu to ‘sanskari Bharatiya naari’

Mahie was the queen of indie cinema, the ‘chosen one’, who was cast by every major auteur from Kashyap to Tigmanshu Dhulia. So what happened?

‘Outcast at school, rejected for marriage’ — Wasseypur can’t live down Anurag Kashyap’s classic

Wasseypur has had a notorious image for decades. But things reached a head with 2012 release of ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, and the film continues to impact their lives, say residents.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.