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Priyanka Pereira

Priyanka Pereira is a Mumbai-based freelance writer and a regular contributor to Open magazine

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Art & Culture
Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Khan & Khan

Kabir Khan’s latest film, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, explores his pet themes of religious identity and soft borders. The filmmaker in conversation with Open

08 July 2015
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Art & Culture
Juhi Chaturvedi: Scripting a new aesthetics

Why Juhi Chaturvedi is one of the most original writers in Hindi cinema

20 May 2015
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Voices
Murder He Wrote

Sriram Raghavan, one of the most underrated filmmakers of our time, on why he likes to only tell stories of deceit, revenge and murder

10 March 2015
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Art & Culture
Good Bad Boy

Varun Dhawan steps out of the comfort zone of slapstick comedy into the badlands of Badlapur

25 February 2015
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Art & Culture
Miss Spunk

Fashionista, motormouth, star daughter and internet meme. Sonam Kapoor may be all this but she is also an actor who wants her performances to be taken seriously

29 January 2015
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Art & Culture
Meet the Disrupters

Is Hindi Cinema’s Generation Y ready to challenge the dominance of its established stars?

18 December 2014
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Art & Culture
Don’t Play It Safe, Saif

The familiar romcom hero Saif Ali Khan has an uncanny ability to pull off surprisingly edgy roles. Can he do it again?

26 November 2014
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Art & Culture
No Longer the Girl Next Door

Shraddha Kapoor wants to be known as more than the likeable actress-daughter of one of Bollywood’s controversial actors. A new girl is born post-Haider

05 November 2014
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Cinema
Power of the Ordinary

The new star of Hindi cinema sees himself as a work in progress. Arjun Kapoor on his art and fears

15 October 2014

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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