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Rachel Dwyer

Rachel Dwyer is an author and culture critic based in London. She has written extensively on Hindi cinema and is an Open contributor

Memoirs of Hindi Cinema
Columns
Memoirs of Hindi Cinema

A series mirrors the early life and times of Bombay studios—and India

21 April 2023
Beyond the Song and the Elephant
Cinema
Beyond the Song and the Elephant

India may have won two Oscars but Indian cinema is not there yet

17 March 2023
The Pathaan momentum tells a story larger than its action hero
Columns
What the Star Foretells

The Pathaan momentum tells a story larger than its action hero

17 February 2023
The Kings and Queens of Mumbai
Columns
The Kings and Queens of Mumbai

Will Hindi films return to form this year?

13 January 2023
Columns
An English Drought

And escaping into the cloudbursts of Indian imagination

04 November 2022
Amitabh Bachchan
Cover Stories
Role Moral

Effortlessly shuttling between romance and rage

07 October 2022
A True Countrywoman
Columns
A True Countrywoman

King Charles III must remember that royalty needs charisma to succeed

16 September 2022
Columns
The Tribal Pursuit

The Murmu moment and cinema’s indebtedness to Adivasi culture

22 July 2022
Columns
The Evil Eye

The evolution of curses in mythology and cinema

24 June 2022
Cinema
Mise-en-Soviet

Can Indian cinema make it big in Russia again?

06 May 2022

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MJ Akbar

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Ram Madhav

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