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Friday, January 30, 2026
TopicSooraj Barjatya

Topic: Sooraj Barjatya

Parineeta to Queen—What Hindi cinema’s marriages reveal about us

As we gear up for another round of elaborate winter weddings, I recall some unsung marriages on screen and what they signified over the decades.

Sooraj Barjatya’s sanskaar-sadgi-shaadi formula is now ready for OTT era

Sooraj Barjatya has updated his hasta-khelta joint-family universe with Bada Naam Karenge. ‘I'll be happiest if a youngster takes a subscription to watch this with grandparents’.

Uunchai is Barjatya’s coming-of-age moment. He finally moved on from his 1990s Prem obsession

Danny Danzongpa has a relatively smaller role in the film. But ageing never looked that good on an Indian man before.

Laxmikant Berde, Marathi superstar who was much beyond the characters he’s remembered for

On his 15th death anniversary, remembering Laxmikant Berde, the Marathi theatre and film superstar who started out as an actor in Ganesh puja pandals.

The four A-list weddings of the year give us an idea of the new feminism emerging in India

From Sonam Kapoor to Priyanka Chopra, there is an almost gleeful and defiant embrace of hyper-ritualistic ostentations.

On Camera

Trump made it clear that US military isn’t global police with National Defence Strategy 2026

Allies and partners are now pushed not only to align strategically and spend more on their own security, but also to accept the economic and political terms of “America First.”

More states giving out cash transfers. They aren’t substitutes for investments: Economic Survey

Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.