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Topic: Hindi films

Karan Johar wouldn’t mind ditching the ‘star’ factor

Triya Gulati -
Karan Johar said it’s the director’s conviction, and not logic, behind the success of films like RRR, Gadar, and Animal.

Edwina Violette was more than a ‘background’ dancer. ‘Could have become the second Helen’

Srijani Mukhopadhyay -
Edwina Violette shimmied with Shashi Kapoor, jived with Mahmood, swayed with Helen. She stood out in 200+ films as a background dancer until she had to choose between marriage and career.

Jogira Sara Ra Ra is so confused and tired that even Nawazuddin Siddiqui can’t save it

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s mellifluous acting helps the movie chug along, which goes from 0 to 100 on the absurdity scale in just 40 minutes.

Bollywood romances are dead. This generation doesn’t have its own Raj, Rahul or Simran

Nidhima Taneja -
The past 5 years have not seen any full-blown romances, at least no memorable ones. Love has been relegated to a subplot.

Kangana Ranaut’s Dhaakad is high-octane action with no fizz. But it has a few surprises

Nidhima Taneja -
Director Razneesh Ghai has managed to tick off the major ingredients of an action drama. But the script pulls down the talent of its cast.

Hotstar’s Kaun Pravin Tambe is the kind of sports film we need. Almost a sequel to Iqbal

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Devoid of the hype, press screenings and celebrity cast that other similar mainstream films boast, Shreyas Talpade's Kaun Pravin Tambe is a delight.

Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan’s Saudagar showed how women’s labour is taken for granted

Unnati Sharma -
Director Sudhendu Roy's 1973 film, which was India's official entry to the Oscars, transports the viewer to the old worlds of Satyajit Ray or Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Badhaai Do is only a glimpse of what queerness is. It’s a Bollywood token for ‘hatke’ topic

Tina Das -
The film had a queer script consultant, and it shows. But in 2022, it's not enough to show a glimpse of a pride walk to show ‘aal izz well’.

Forget Gehraiyaan, Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman’s Guide is the OG film of complex characters

Unnati Sharma -
The three-hour-long film is a cocktail of romance, melodrama, brilliant music-dance sequences, and a thought-provoking story.

Waheeda Rehman — the ‘chaudhvin ka chand’ of Indian cinema who never believed in her beauty

Unnati Sharma -
Although Waheeda Rehman began her career at 17, she created her own boundaries and made independent decisions. It reflected in the characters she played.
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Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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