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Delhi in cinema. Imtiaz Ali and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra discuss what the city means

'Delhi's biggest achievment is the way people speak here,' said filmmaker Imtiaz Ali during a session at the International Film Festival Delhi on 31 March.

Chamkila’s murder highlights paternalistic nature of society that sees censorship as protection

Imtiaz Ali’s film revives the story of Amar Singh Chamkila, whose murder in 1988 exposes how censorship, caste discomfort and moral policing silenced a voice that reflected society’s 'truths'.

Surinder Sonia, woman who made Chamkila famous, gets mere 8-10 mins screen time in Imtiaz Ali’s film

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Imtiaz Ali’s film doesn’t capture Chamkila’s real energy. It puts the Dalit singer in a box

Anyone who has seen him perform would agree that the real Chamkila was more vibrant and aggressive on stage than Diljit Dosanjh portrays him to be.

Surinder Sonia made Chamkila famous but Imtiaz Ali’s film reduces her to a footnote

Amar Singh Chamkila glosses over the fact that Surinder Sonia was a powerful figure in Punjab’s pop culture milieu in the 1980s.

Imtiaz Ali and Raghu Rai want an unfiltered Delhi captured in lens—for National Geographic

The format of #nofilter reality mini-series is simple—as judges, Ali and Rai mentor and choose the best photo essay from nine participants selected from a pool of over 90,000 applicants.

Imtiaz Ali’s Dr Arora is all about men’s sexuality. But plot, characters don’t hit the spot

SonyLIV's latest OTT venture is aced by its cast and failed by its characters. It's all about Kumud Mishra and Vidya Malvade's acting.

From Socha Na Tha to Love Aaj Kal: The fall of Imtiaz Ali that no one noticed

Imtiaz Ali is Bollywood's bard of young, modern love. But his films are going through a midlife crisis now.

Love Aaj Kal review: How not to make a film, feat. Imtiaz Ali

An incoherent mess from start to finish, this Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan film will leave you exhausted.

On Camera

Asiya Andrabi is no women’s rights advocate. She does not speak for Indian Muslims

International news media calling Asiya Andrabi a defender of women’s rights shows how narratives are constructed and what they choose to omit.

Tanker with 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude shifts course from India to China midway

The shipment earlier bound for Gujarat’s Vadinar has changed course amid payment concerns; could still reach India if issues are resolved, according to Kpler.

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.