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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicSholay

Topic: Sholay

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.

Remembering Amjad Khan, the versatile actor who was Bollywood’s favourite villain

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Here's a look at the career of Amjad Khan, the actor who immortalised the character of Gabbar Singh.
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Opinion

India must move Japan from ‘old friend’ trap to real partners

Swasti Rao -
PM Modi’s visit to Japan comes at the right moment to recalibrate a relationship long described as “natural” but left underutilised. We must free it from the warm and fuzzy comfort of nostalgia

India needs a clear Balochistan strategy. ‘Enemy of my enemy’ approach won’t work

Bihar is a state of opportunities, not challenges. Land record portal to water atlas

Economy

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

Heena Fatima -
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Defence

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Javaria Rana -
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

National Interest

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Shekhar Gupta -
Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.

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