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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Topic: film review

There are no winners in Tiger Shroff’s Student of the Year 2 & audience is the only loser

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Punit Malhotra-directed Student of the Year 2 also stars debutantes Ananya Pandey and Tara Sutaria.

BR Chopra’s Naya Daur is still relevant for an India fighting age-old labour problems

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Naya Daur remains a classic for it captured the lower income groups’ sentiment in the 1950s — not totally anti-machine, but wary enough.

Even Sunny Deol’s dhai kilo ka haath cannot fill in this Blank

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Patchy acting and direction remind you of the good old Sunny Deol films and why they must remain in the past.

Devdas: The tragic hero act that made KL Saigal a household name

Sharanya Munsi -
On actor-singer KL Saigal's 115th birth anniversary, a look at PC Barua's iconic 1935 film that first put tragedy in Indian cinema’s romance.

Vivek Agnihotri’s Tashkent Files adds confusion to many conspiracies over Shastri’s death

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Characters and plot lines aren’t sketched out well in Tashkent Files, and seem to appear out of thin air, just like ‘facts’ about Shastri’s death.

Sahir’s poetry in ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ and our forever connection with them

Amit Upadhyaya -
Yash Chopra’s ode to complicated relationships was made immortal by the man behind its poetry – Sahir Ludhianvi.

Has the Internet killed the film critic in India?

Apurva Asrani -
In this age of 'fastest finger first', do critics have the time to digest a film before they put out their reviews, asks editor-screenwriter Asrani.   

Tipu Jayanti may be in the soup, but film ‘Johar-Mehmood in Goa’ placed him with Nehru & Gandhi

Sharanya Munsi -
I.S. Johar’s celebrated 1965 comedy with Mehmood delivered a message on secularism that has been followed by Bollywood ever since.

As CBI investigates CBI, the movie to watch is Special 26

Sharanya Munsi -
Neeraj Pandey-directed and Akshay Kumar-starrer Special 26 is a con artist drama based on a real-life incident.

‘Seeta Aur Geeta’ is the legacy of Hema Malini, the actor

Amit Upadhyaya -
Hema Malini ruled the film from start to finish, which also starred reigning superstar Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar.
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Opinion

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

Gitanjali Das -
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Officers Qureshi, Singh & Deosthalee on KBC hot seat—a Bollywood-like spectacle

Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Economy

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Mrinalini Dhyani -
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Defence

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Shekhar Gupta -
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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