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Ajit Duara

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Cinema
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan

A mysterious love story, where you just don’t know who is in love with whom

16 September 2011
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Cinema
Bodyguard

An action movie in which Salman not only looks good, but also plays the good, clean guy

09 September 2011
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Cinema
Conan the Barbarian

This is a Neanderthal film without conversation, a plot or any performance

02 September 2011
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Cinema
Not a Love Story

The making of this film so soon after the Grover murder is as macabre as the killing itself

25 August 2011
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Cinema
Aarakshan

Prakash Jha treads timidly into the contentious territory of quotas in education

18 August 2011
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Cinema
I am Kalam

An appealing film, but the ‘Kalam’ angle seems a forced search for political significance

10 August 2011
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Cinema
Gandhi to Hitler

As history goes, it is bunk. As drama, worse. And why force Gandhi into Hitler’s thoughts?

06 August 2011
Mumbai
Art & Culture
Beware Bollywood

Living in Mumbai can stifle the talent of any creative filmmaker, especially one who draws on his familiarity with India beyond the big cities

01 August 2011
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Cinema
Singham

The lone-ranger action flick of the 80s come back from the dead? Well, not quite

28 July 2011
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Cinema
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

A spectacular film about friendships from a truly talented young director

20 July 2011

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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