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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicSholay

Topic: Sholay

‘Damini’ actor Madhav Moghe passes away at 68 of lung cancer

PTI -
Moghe was widely popular for his mimicry, especially that of late actor Sanjeev Kapoor's iconic character 'Thakur' from the film, Sholay.

Veteran actor-comedian Jagdeep, famous as Soorma Bhopali in ‘Sholay’, dies at 81

PTI -
The actor appeared in around 400 films, starting his career with the 1951 film 'Afsana', which also marked filmmaker BR Chopra’s directorial debut.

Sholay’s iconic rocks are being blasted for a highway, endangered vultures also threatened

Rohini Swamy -
Ramadevarabetta, where Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’ was shot, is home to India’s only vulture sanctuary. But the road construction is worrying environmentalists.

No phone signal for EU Kashmir delegation and Shiv Sena’s Sholay dialogue

Fiza Jha -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

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.

Mac Mohan, the ‘poore pachaas hazaar’ actor who moved to Mumbai to be a cricketer

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
On his 9th death anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the career of one of Bollywood’s most popular character artistes.

What’s common between ‘Sholay’ & how we see PM Modi? Family ties

Rita Kothari -
Be it Mamata Banerjee’s Didi or Mayawati’s Behenji, the spirit of forging familial relationship can tell why politicians like Modi are worshipped.

Pran, the most popular Bollywood villain who often carried more weight than the hero

Maneesh Chhibber -
On his 99th birth anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the career of the actor who played a hero, a villain and everything in between.

Dissipating josh on the jobs front as opposition unites

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

There is much more to birthday boy Dharmendra than just his ‘He-man’ image

Ifrah Mufti -
Dharmendra, who turns 83 today, was a versatile actor early in his career. But after the success of Sholay, he got typecast as an action hero.
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Opinion

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

Bishwajit Bhattacharyya -
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

The long arc of rural employment—from welfare to rights to rationing

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Economy

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

Keshav Padmanabhan -
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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