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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Topic: Hindi films

Dhurandhar is too long for you? Here are 5 films that were longer than Aditya Dhar’s hit

Tina Das -
Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar 2 is set to hit theatres on 19 March with a runtime of three hours and 49 minutes.

Manoj Bajpayee’s Ghooskhor Pandat under fire from Brahmins over ‘offensive’ title

Tina Das -
The film, created by Neeraj Pandey, is part of Netflix India's 2026 content slate.

Real Kashmir Football Club to Songs of Paradise—how OTT is revisiting Kashmir

Tina Das -
Real Kashmir Football Club is inspired by Sandeep Chattoo and Shamim Meraj, the founders of the actual club. And Songs of Paradise tells us about Kashmir’s first female playback singer, Raj Begum.

The 1960s shifted something for Dharmendra. He became a bhadralok

Nirupama Kotru -
From a prison doctor in Bandini, Dharmendra matured into a superstar by the mid-70s, and played Veeru in the blockbuster Sholay.

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.
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Opinion

Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Sana Hashmi -
Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Hyderabadis deserve better than what Salar Jung Museum’s 75th anniversary offers

Kabul hospital bombing unravels the laws of war. It puts our civilisation in danger

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Economy

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

+TFP Esha Mishra -
West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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