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Honey, they shrunk the Mohanlal phenomenon into ‘Lalettan’
Mohanlal was on fire in the early-to-mid 1990s. Enter the toxic fan, undue praise, hero worship.
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India, Japan agree to work closely on AI, energy resilience and boosting supply chains
This came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi, who is on a three-day visit to New Delhi.
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Queer love: A new book brings stories of lesbian couples and non-binary persons from across India
An excerpt from ‘Homo and Juliet: Queer and Lesbian Love Stories’, by Shruti Chakravarty.
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Bandar movie review: A relentlessly grim, needling statement on MeToo
That’s how he met his current girlfriend Khushi (Saba Azad). … That’s also how he previously met Gayatri (Sapna Pabbi), to his peril.Spooked by Gayatri’s possessiveness, Samar ghosts Gayatri and then blocks her after she begins to stalk him.
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Mumbai Film Festival preview: All about The Gold Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain
‘The Gold-Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain’ will be screened in the competition section at the upcoming Mumbai Film Festival.
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Anandi Gopal movie review: An inspirational biopic and an unusual love story
Anandi Gopal Joshi’s story dates back to the mid-1800s and resonates all these years later, and the raw power of her experiences often rescues Vidwans’s movie from its earnestness.Anandi … A personal tragedy finally makes Anandi see the wisdom behind her husband’s obduracy, and at the exact mid-point of the 134-minute movie, she begins to come into her own.
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Judi Singh was the ‘velvet voice’ of Canadian jazz – until history left her behind
Born to a Sikh immigrant father, the Edmonton vocalist collaborated with some of Canada’s finest jazz musicians but never received the recognition she deserved.
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Government school students cannot be compelled to recite Hindu prayers, says Chhattisgarh HC
It also ordered that the Bhojan Mantra be recited before mid-day meals, and the Gayatri Mantra and Shanti Mantra before the students leave the school.Chhattisgarh Waqf Board Chairperson
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Book excerpt: Ritwik Ghatak’s journey in Hindi cinema and the path he chose not to walk
He described Mumbai, where he wrote ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Musafir’, as ‘rotten’ and ‘crude’ and ‘materialistic’ and ‘completely unsuited to any creative work’.
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Going Solo: In a film about long-distance female cyclists, endurance and a yearning for freedom
“We met Gareema and told her at the outset that we weren’t looking at just a sports film. Would she be willing to open up about her personal issues? She gladly agreed. … That’s when I felt that there was a story here.”While hunting for another Indian woman who had signed up for the LEL challenge, the team met Renu Singhi.
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