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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicShashi Kapoor

Topic: Shashi Kapoor

Tiger terror, tangled tales—Shashi Kapoor’s Jaanwar Aur Insaan was a cocktail gone wrong

Jaanwar Aur Insaan feels torn between being a socially aware thriller and a mainstream entertainer, which is why the execution falters multiple times throughout its 2.5-hour runtime.

Aamne Samne is one of Bollywood’s best thrillers. Somebody’s out to kill Sharmila Tagore

Director Suraj Prakash manages to hoodwink his audience till the very end, with a new red herring at every turn. Sharmila Tagore and Shashi Kapoor hold the film together.

‘Abhinetri’ starts conversation on married women and work. Happy, neat ending takes priority

The tragedy of the 1970 movie lies in its squandered potential. As young actors, both Hema Malini and Shashi Kapoor's performances lacked emotional depth.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.