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Topic: Marathi cinema

Ahead of 2024 polls, biopic on Gadkari talks up the ‘highway minister’s’ PM potential

Manasi Phadke -
Titled 'Gadkari', Marathi biopic by debutant director Anurag Ranjan Bhusari comes at a time when road transport & highways minister is perceived to be losing capital in Modi govt.

ZEE5’s Marathi ‘zom-com’ Zombivli is no Go Goa Gone or Shaun of the Dead. But it does enough

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Zombivli does get caught up in the same progressions—from outbreak to zombie violence—we’ve seen a million times. But it gives a few surprises.

Ketaki Chitale — why Marathi actor booked for ‘trolling’ Sharad Pawar often ends up in news

Manasi Phadke -
Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale is in police custody till 18 May for sharing a ‘derogatory’ Facebook post allegedly targeting NCP chief Sharad Pawar, calling him a mosquito, among other things.

2021 was the year of anti-caste cinema — from Jai Bhim to Karnan

Ravi Shinde -
Tamil films showed that it was possible to be anti-caste and not be ‘anti-box office’. Bollywood needs to catch up.

Lights, camera, caste – An Ambedkar photo made it to Bollywood after 38 yrs of independence

Ravi Shinde -
It took a J. Om Prakash film to acknowledge B.R. Ambedkar as being backdrop-worthy for Hindi films.

Reema Lagoo was so much more than just Bollywood’s favourite mother

Fiza Jha -
Known for her maternal roles in some of Hindi cinema's biggest hits, Reema Lagoo also made her mark on the Hindi and Marathi stage and screen.

Laxmikant Berde, Marathi superstar who was much beyond the characters he’s remembered for

Unnati Sharma -
On his 15th death anniversary, remembering Laxmikant Berde, the Marathi theatre and film superstar who started out as an actor in Ganesh puja pandals.

Durga Khote, the ‘mother’ of Hindi & Marathi cinema who broke social taboos

Revathi Krishnan -
Durga Khote made a name for herself as a lead actor before Independence & as a ‘mother’ after it. She also acted as Lady Macbeth and started her own ad agency.

Indian cinema’s C-problem: When an upper caste gets to play Jyotiba Phule

Dilip Mandal -
Marathi cinema had phenomenal success with Sairat, and yet the industry could find only Brahmin actors to play Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule.

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Opinion

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

K. Kalyani -
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.

The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

BJP 2024 manifesto on investment, farm income, panchayati raj—lack of clarity is worrying

Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

ThePrint Team -
The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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