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Tanu Weds Manu

A predictable love triangle, buoyed by some deft, startling sequences and accomplished star turns

02 March 2011
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Cinema
7 Khoon Maaf

Its director seems to think that if you light a movie dimly enough, depth and meaning will emerge. Alas, it never does

25 February 2011
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Cinema
Patiala House

With its formulaic perspective and wishy-washy characters drawn from British sitcoms, this is no Bend It Like Beckham. Or even close

18 February 2011
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Cinema
Yeh Saali Zindagi

Yet another disappointment to add to Sudhir Mishra’s list of ho-hum flicks

10 February 2011
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Cinema
127 Hours

Danny Boyle specialises in turning the corporeal existence of humans into high art, evoking a rare empathy from the audience

04 February 2011
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Cinema
Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji

Unlike a Bhandarkar movie, it has no memorable characters, no social commentary, and sadly, no big laughs either

03 February 2011
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Cinema
The Narrative of the Multi-Linear Plot

The braided storyline, used so stylishly in Dhobi Ghat, can actually be traced back to Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace and DW Griffith’s 1915 film, The Birth of a Nation

28 January 2011
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Cinema
Dhobi Ghat

The city of great texture and matching indifference is poignantly captured by Kiran Rao in a sparkling debut

27 January 2011
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Cinema
Yamla Pagla Deewana

Be prepared to shed your political correctness for this ode to the Patiala Peg and all things ‘Caneda’

20 January 2011
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Cinema
No One Killed Jessica

The leading ladies shine, but the film rests on peripheral characters who fall woefully short

13 January 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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