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Topic: Pushpa

SubscriberWrites: The Visual-Lyrical Disconnect in Pushpa’s Item Songs

The clash between progressive lyrics and traditional visuals in commercial cinema reveals a troubling gap.

In counter to AAP’s ‘jhukega nahi’, BJP drops Pushpa-style poster featuring Delhi unit chief

BJP Monday shared poster of Delhi unit president Virendraa Sachdeva sitting on a chair in Pushpa-style. The poster had the tagline ‘Bhrashtachariyon ko khatam karenge, rappa rappa’.

‘We want our forest produce back.’ Naidu govt looks to benefit from sale of seized red sanders logs

Debt-ridden Andhra Pradesh has urged Centre to let it sell seized logs & to stop other states from profiting. Smuggling of the red wood is a thriving illegal business.

Allu Arjun sheds saree for gun in new Pushpa 2 poster. Samantha says ‘explosion awaits’

The new date has averted a direct clash with Vicky Kaushal’s upcoming film Chhaava, a biopic of Maratha king Sambhaji Maharaj. Rashmika Mandanna plays the female lead in both films.

Mrinal Sen returns to screen but Bengal box office is waiting for Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2

Bengali filmmakers don't seem to have much to offer other than nostalgia-peddling. And Allu Arjun, whose Pushpa had done phenomenal business in Bengal in 2021, may set the box office on fire yet again.

KGF, Pushpa, Baahubali — For South India, this is the era of multi-part movies

Why did Katappa kill Bahubali? The question that flashed at the end of Rajamouli’s blockbuster started a series of multi-part movies in South cinema. And it’s paying.

One-woman superstar Samantha Prabhu steals show from male co-stars with her ‘bold avatar’

'Puspha' has superstar Allu Arjun, but it's Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s item song that stole the thunder from him. Here's why.

Allu Arjun’s Pushpa shows Telugu films have pan-India audience. Step aside, Bollywood

Bong Joon-Ho was right, once you overcome subtitle barriers, the world of movies opens up. Pushpa is a masala box-office hit but not in the traditional sense.

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Iraq’s long road to FIFA World Cup qualification is a story of survival, defiance

Historically, football has been used as a lens through which political anger, identity, and resistance come into focus. From Mohun Bagan to Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast, this claim can be easily cemented.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.