Rachel Dwyer is an author and culture critic based in London. She has written extensively on Hindi cinema and is an Open contributor
His image off and onscreen was of a sophisticated and elegant cosmopolitan, but he was also a theth Punjabi, a Kapoor, who lived life big, fond of his drink and food
The national scene
The central character badly needs that award to emphasise his heroism
It’s the rhythm of life in Hindi cinema
The state of the union
Why mainstream Hindi cinema rarely raises caste as a social issue
But in Indian cinema it’s oppressive and unpleasant
The many shades of love and friendship in Hindi cinema
When movie mothers are no longer saintly widows in white saris
The Goa of Hindi cinema is India’s internal exotica
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
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MJ Akbar is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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