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Topic: Indian Cinema

K Bhagyaraj, the Tamil screenwriter who wrote the rules that others still follow

From Woh Saat Din to Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, K Bhagyaraj's stories travelled across languages long before pan-India cinema had a name for it.

Can a Muslim love Shivaji? Khalid Ke Shivaji asks the question, makes you answer it

Khalid Ke Shivaji is not a film that villainises Hindus or glorifies Muslims. It calls out the machinery of division.

Mollywood Times is one of Indian cinema’s sharpest critiques of film industry

Mollywood Times, directed by Abhinav Sunder Nayak, suggests that major production houses sometimes invest in films for reasons beyond box-office success.

Dhurandhar flops in Japan. Less than 900 people watched it on day one

Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar released in Japan on 10 July, more than seven months after its original theatrical release in India on 5 December 2025.

‘Home’ is complex in Northeast India. Films from Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya win at global festivals

Shape of Momo, The Elysian Field and Not a Hero won acclaim at Busan, Berlin and Moscow. ‘Global recognition might help films get noticed in India,’ said Khasi director Pradip Kurbah.

Lights, camera, Nehru—5 movies and shows that brought Jawaharlal Nehru to life

Actors from Roshan Seth to Sidhant Gupta have stepped into the shoes of Jawaharlal Nehru across different eras.

The tragedy of Rabindranath Tagore’s lost film ‘Natir Puja’

Directed in 1932, Tagore’s lone cinematic effort proved that his genius wasn't just in his pen, but in his unique vision for the lens.

How Old Delhi’s Delite Cinema outlived Golcha, Jubilee, Novelty. ‘Solution is romance’

The Raizada family has been keeping single-screen moviegoing alive in Old Delhi since the Nehru era. Cash registers are still ringing at Delite Cinema.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

Kantara, Dashavatar to Lokah—how tribal representation in films is changing

Lokah reimagined the tale of the yakshi while Marathi film Dashavatar blended myth and reality to spotlight a community's vulnerable existence in the Konkan region.

On Camera

MAC’s new campaign puts makeup on the Indian groom. Someone alert the authorities

For years, the beauty marketing around weddings has assumed that beauty begins and ends with the bride. Everyone else is an accessory. But that idea feels outdated now.

Bitcoin surges toward $80,000, on track for its biggest weekly gain in over 3 years

Bitcoin is up about 23% this week, on track for its best weekly gain since March 2023, as US Treasury bond buybacks lower yields and boost appetite for risk assets.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.