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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
TopicHindi films

Topic: Hindi films

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.

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.
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Opinion

Kerala, Keral, Keralam. I’m a Malayali and the name change is more annoyance than pride

Theres Sudeep -
North Indians are so used to dropping the ‘A’ at the end of Kerala. Now they have to train themselves to add another letter.

Where does the law stand on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s video of ‘shooting’ Muslims?

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After being toppled by Gen Z, Nepal’s old guard is now chasing the youth vote

Economy

‘Dark chapter’ over, Chhattisgarh budget sets Naxal hotbed Bastar on path to ‘education cities’ & tourism

Apoorva Mandhani -
The Vishnu Deo Sai government's 2026-27 budget outlined a post-Naxal era vision for Chhattisgarh's tribal-majority belts of Bastar & Surguja. Finance Minister OP Choudhary presented it Tuesday.

Defence

Decoding India’s defence budget & how various govts struggled to spend it—from UPA to NDA

+TFP Bidisha Bhattacharya -
Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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