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Topic: Indian Cinema

Kaagaz Ke Phool is Guru Dutt’s masterclass in filmmaking and heartbreak

Samira Sood -
Guru Dutt's classic, tragic film is brought to life by subtle performances and dialogue, gorgeous camerawork and Kaifi Azmi's haunting lyrics.

Bobby, Karz, Mulk and more — Rishi Kapoor’s 10 best movies, from 1973 to 2018

Samira Sood -
From his hysteria-inducing debut in Bobby to his turn as the principled patriarch in Mulk, Rishi Kapoor's career spanned a glorious 47 years.

The champion of masala films, Manmohan Desai made Bollywood what it is today

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Blockbuster director Manmohan Desai's most successful collaborations were with Amitabh Bachchan, who remembers him as a creative genius and a humble star.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao: Nata Samrat of Telugu cinema, for whom every film was like a PhD

Revathi Krishnan -
In a career spanning more than 250 films in 71 years and three languages, Akkineni Nageswara Rao did every kind of movie possible — from musical and mythology to drama.

Cinema writer with a golden touch, Abrar Alvi was lost in Guru Dutt’s shadow

Fiza Jha -
Often reduced to being Guru Dutt's right-hand man, Abrar Alvi was a visionary writer of plays, screenplays and dialogues — and a director.

Ardeshir Irani, the father of Indian talkies who had many other milestones to his name

Taran Deol -
Ardeshir Irani's Alam Ara didn't just end India cinema's silent era but also set the song-and-dance template for the future.

Veteran actor Viju Khote, best known for playing Kaalia in Sholay, dies

ANI -
Viju Khote, who had a career spanning five decades, passed away Monday morning.

Here’s how Indian films of the 1930s and 1940s used Gandhi in their ads

Urvish Kothari -
Gandhi watched one Hindi film in his lifetime & hated it. But Indian filmmakers of the time kept publicising their movies under the Mahatma’s name.

On Guru Dutt’s birth anniversary, a look at Pyaasa that continues to leave Indians in awe

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Guru Dutt’s magnum opus – second only to Kaagaz Ke Phool – is the perfect example of art-house cinema marrying Bollywood.

Mujhe Jeene Do: When Sunil Dutt shattered inter-faith marriage taboo while playing a dacoit

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
Written by Sunil Dutt’s closest friend, Aghajani Kashmeri, the script of this 1963 film isn’t black and white, even if the picture was.
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Opinion

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Ratan Priya -
Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Bihar’s Opposition parties are looking at migration the wrong way

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Economy

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

WEF Team -
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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