From Mala Sinha in Ankhen to Deepika playing a cosmopolitan spy in Pathaan, Bollywood has come a long way. There's more to the 'guns, gadgets, women' formula.
The Sindh Board of Film Censors has reportedly called for the screening to be cancelled immediately. If found guilty, the organisers may be looking at jail time.
So what if RAW agents Tiger, Pathaan, and Vinod have a tendency to get honey-trapped, we have got them covered with our own ISI operatives, that too ‘bold and beautiful’.
Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan is an unabashed attempt at taking another look at India-Pakistan relationship. The film’s success only demonstrates India’s soft power.
Prior to release, Hindu groups were up in arms against the colour of lead actress Deepika Padukone’s bikini in a song, while a Muslim group questioned use of title.
Given the frenzy of Hindutva right's boycott campaign, many believed that Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan had flopped even before it was released. We are seeing how wrong they were.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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