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Sunday, November 16, 2025
TopicSports film

Topic: sports film

Netflix’s Jaadugar has a magical cast that scores many points. But it keeps shifting goalposts

Zoya Bhatti -
Sameer Saxena’s Jaadugar has achieved a near-impossible goal of capturing the essence of small-town India. But there are too many loose ends.

Ittu Si Baat to 83—cricket films haven’t knocked it out of the park. They need a fresh ‘spin’

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Going by what we have been served so far, the upcoming Chakda ‘Xpress, Mr and Mrs Mahi and Shabaash Mithu don't seem promising.

Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Jersey’ asks if age defines cricketers. The film is almost a sixer

Tina Das -
Jersey explores the idea of what makes a good father and how one is willing to go, while cricket acts as the conduit to move the story forward.

Lagaan to Jhund, how does India pick sports films? Dalit stories are starting ‘second innings’

Anurag Minus Verma -
The idea of the nation is central to the sports film genre, where underdogs represent the nation by fighting the odds. But things are changing.

20 yrs on, Bend It Like Beckham is still ‘hot hot hot’ for its desi story and football love

Tina Das -
Gurinder Chadha’s film attained cult status and had real-time impact — it led to an increase in Asian women in British football.

Hotstar’s Kaun Pravin Tambe is the kind of sports film we need. Almost a sequel to Iqbal

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Devoid of the hype, press screenings and celebrity cast that other similar mainstream films boast, Shreyas Talpade's Kaun Pravin Tambe is a delight.

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Opinion

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

Arvind Kumar -
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

Capitalism is the bedrock of all economic progress. Socialism is a parasite: KD Valicha

Delhi blast marks return of terror. A red line breached, blind spots exposed

Economy

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Udit Bubna -
Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Defence

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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