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Kaveree Bamzai

Kaveree Bamzai is an author and a contributing writer with Open

Changing Habits
Cinema
Changing Habits

Will the brute superstardom of Salman Khan or the swift action by Akshay Kumar be enough to draw audiences to theatres?

05 March 2021
Books
The Kiss of Life

Restoring Devika Rani to her rightful place in the history of Indian cinema

05 March 2021
Cinema
Skimming the Cream

With a solitary shoutout on Instagram costing as much as Rs 40 lakh, top stars made money in their version of work from home

26 February 2021
Entitled Siblings
Cinema
Entitled Siblings

The conversation is about meritocracy and not inheritocracy

19 February 2021
The Curious Case of Vaani Kapoor
Cinema
The Curious Case of Vaani Kapoor

This is precisely what is wrong with Bollywood. It still doesn’t understand that the era of power without accountability is over

12 February 2021
Priyanka Chopra Jonas: Undone
Books
Priyanka Chopra Jonas: Undone

In a new memoir, Priyanka Chopra Jonas opens up about favouritism in Bollywood, heartbreak, depression, but equally about the joy of making movies across continents and finding her prince charming in the unlikeliest of places

12 February 2021
Cinema
Atmanirbhar Heroes

Mirroring the flourishing genre of Indian epic fiction in literature, the film industry hopes to bring to the big screen these made-in-India offerings

05 February 2021
Enemy of Stardom
Cinema
Enemy of Stardom

If 2020 taught celebrities anything, it was that social media was their enemy

29 January 2021
Peter Brook: Dramatis Persona
Feature
Peter Brook: Dramatis Persona

A Padma Shri for the man who has introduced the Mahabharata to a global audience

29 January 2021
The White Tigers
Cinema
The White Tigers

Hindi movies that talk directly about caste oppression are still rare. Despite rampant self-censorship, that might be changing

22 January 2021

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

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 a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

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

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