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Ajit Duara

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Gulliver’s Travels

Designed as a festive season film to rake in the moolah, this is a Hollywood assassination of literature

05 January 2011
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Tees Maar Khan

As far as parodies go, it’s a good one. But does the director have any original ideas?

30 December 2010
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

A Woody Allen romantic comedy minus the wacky humour and curiosity the director is famous for

23 December 2010
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Band Baaja Baaraat

A bunch of newcomers gets the sound of go-getting Dilli pitch-perfect but slips up on the romance front

16 December 2010
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Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey

An unconvincing period film that fails to establish the setting, but nevertheless raises some essential points

09 December 2010
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Break Ke Baad

When the dullest dude in cinema today is made the hero, and bad TV is transferred to the big screen, this is what you get.

02 December 2010
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Guzaarish

There is no doubting Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s superb sense of aesthetics, but he reduces the issue of euthansia to a TV show debate.

26 November 2010
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

Without those lovely wide-eyed kids, the magic looks like ordinary special effects.

25 November 2010
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The Social Network

It is engaging in parts, but is the life of Mark Zuckerberg really such a big deal?

20 November 2010
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Not Really Diwali-cious

Traditionally, Diwali releases are box office crackers. Think DDLJ or Om Shanti Om. But don’t get your hopes up this year

10 November 2010

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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