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Ajit Duara

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Cinema
Cocktail

A smart romcom with three beautiful people gets all confused once it drags Indian values in

18 July 2012
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Cinema
Bol Bachchan

If you lower your taste several notches, you might find this slapstick film funny

10 July 2012
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Cinema
The Amazing Spider-Man

It’s great to have a brand new Spider-Man instead of another boring sequel

04 July 2012
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Cinema
Gangs of Wasseypur

A startingly original film with entertaining conversations and settings

02 July 2012
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Cinema
Ferrari ki Sawaari

A cloyingly sweet story gets stumped trying to bridge a kiddie cricket fantasy with an adult automobile romance

25 June 2012
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Cinema
Shanghai

The plot is implausible but the superb acting and understated tone make it eminently watchable

17 June 2012
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Cinema
Rowdy Rathore

When a film’s reference point is bad cinema, you end up with a noxious cipher like this one

08 June 2012
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Men in Black 3

Josh Brolin is an inspired choice as the young Tommy Lee Jones. But the one-liners, the mainstay of the franchise, are too far apart

30 May 2012
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Cinema
Tezz

It tests your credulity, but even so, this high-speed train thriller is worth a watch

04 May 2012
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Cinema
Vicky Donor

This film has a sense of humour that cuts across class and cerebral levels

24 April 2012

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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