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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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Topic: film

Salman Khan: ‘Main Google search mein aata hoon, samajh mein nahi’

Salman Khan is not an actor. Salman Khan is a star. Salman Khan is a commodity. Salman Khan is being human.

Kaala is a brilliant cultural response to Brahminical ideology: Jignesh Mevani

A lot of Dalit activists and progressive forces will watch this film and see a ‘Kaala’ within them too.

When was the last time a Bollywood superstar played a Dalit on screen?

The existence of films like Rajinikanth’s latest Kaala suggests that the world’s largest film industry could stand to gain from films which talk about caste.

Sridevi, the queen of double roles, needed no man to support her on screen

When Sridevi declared “Kisi ke haath naa aayegi yeh ladki”, you believed her. You got the feeling she could take care of herself.

The battle over Padmavati is pointless, but a win-win for all its participants

For the Hindu Right, the controversy over the film keeps the akhand jyoti of Hindu-Muslim conflict burning at a time when election season is beginning to pick up.

Talk Point: Should concerns of a particular community come in the way of Padmavati’s release?

The debate around the historical accuracy of fictional cinema like Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming film Padmavati raises critical questions, once again, about barring art for hurting ‘public sentiment’.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.