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Sunday, November 3, 2024
TopicIndian Cinema

Topic: Indian Cinema

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.

Satyajit Ray: Cine maestro & literary genius who could say no to Indira Gandhi, Narasimha Rao

Neera Majumdar -
Ray was a true auteur — a director, scriptwriter, editor, he would decide the music, set up the scene and props, design posters, and cast the actors.

B.R. Chopra — the man who shaped our Sunday mornings with Mahabharat

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
B.R. Chopra had the rare quality of making movies with socially relevant issues while still catering to popular tastes.

Lalita Pawar, Hindi cinema’s favourite vamp, played a memorable positive role in Anand

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
In Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand, which also stars Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, Lalita Pawar plays a caring hospital matron.

HS Bhatavdekar, the Indian who created a motion picture 14 years before Dadasaheb Phalke

Sharanya Munsi -
On his 151st birth anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the Bombay photographer who in 1899 made The Wrestlers, considered to be India's first motion picture.

National Museum of Indian Cinema set to open after delay of two decades

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
PM Narendra Modi will Saturday inaugurate the film museum in Mumbai. Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar are also set to attend.

Raj Kapoor, the ‘greatest showman’ of Indian cinema

Prerna Chatterjee -
Apart from his popularity in the former Soviet bloc countries, Raj Kapoor's place in history is firm for his work — both great and controversial.
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Opinion

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Ritesh Malik -
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Countdown to 2027 has begun. India must pick strategic alliance with US, balance with old friendships

AI can fix India’s reputation as a TB hub

Economy

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

ThePrint Team -
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Defence

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

National Interest

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

Shekhar Gupta -
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

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