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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicFilm review

Topic: film review

Badhaai Ho exposes our prudishness about sex

Sharanya Munsi -
Badhaai Ho holds a mirror to society that cringes at sex, especially when it is between a middle-aged, sweater-clad couple.

Superstar Dilip Kumar was the ‘Thug of Hindostan’ in 1968 hit film Sunghursh

Amit Upadhyaya -
If you are expecting a bandit-genre movie, Harnam Singh Rawail’s ‘Sunghursh’ is not it.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam took on adultery way before Supreme Court did

Amit Upadhyaya -
Abrar Alvi’s 1962 film Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam made way for a fearless and gutsy Meena Kumari.

Pataakha is about two sisters who fight fate, and each other

Nandita Singh -
Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha, featuring Sanya Malhotra and Radhika Madan, packs a powerful punch.

Yash Chopra’s Waqt was the dazzling Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham of its time

Amit Upadhyaya -
Yash Chopra’s Waqt had it all: Family, love triangles, multiple stars, hit music and a courtroom.

Nandita Das’ Manto is a befitting reply to Sunny Deol’s Gadar-like jingoism

Sharanya Munsi -
Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Manto humanises India-Pakistan conflict, shows it's beyond guns and glory. 

Yes, parents have sex. Badhaai Ho shows something Indians rather not know

Kaveesha Kohli -
Finally, a new film, Badhaai Ho, that shows Indian middle-aged parents having sex.

Ankhen, India’s first big spy film had a Doctor, Madam, Captain, and of course, Lily

Amit Upadhyaya -
Ramanand Sagar's Ankhen was released in 1968, the year India’s spy agency RAW was formed.

Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan throws morals out of the window when it comes to love

Sharanya Munsi -
Anurag Kashyap's Manmarziyaan is a concoction of love, raw nerves and sex.

Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi was a 1966 film, but it speaks to the crisis in journalism today

Amit Upadhyaya -
The film is based on the relationship between an editor and a proprietor, and is a love-triangle melodrama set around the newsroom.
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Opinion

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

A K Bhattacharya -
Barring her first two Budgets, Nirmala Sitharaman has always ended the year with either a lower fiscal deficit figure than what she had projected or by adhering to the target.

Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

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Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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