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Cinema
The Boogie Man

The enduring appeal of Jaaved Jaaferi, arguably India’s first celebrity dancer and standup comic, who is back with yet another season of Boogie Woogie

20 February 2014
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Cinema
The Underdog

Jimmy Shergill has not given up just yet. His acclaimed performances in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster I and II and Bullett Raja may revive his Hindi cinema career—or so he hopes

01 February 2014
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Cinema
The Second Life of Chunky Pandey

Leading man and the hero’s best friend in the early 1990s, Pandey went to Bangladesh when his career was on a decline and became a superstar. In the past couple of years, Pandey has made his way back to A-list Bollywood, albeit with silly films

26 December 2013
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Art & Culture
The Mash-up Artist

Atul Dodiya’s work is replete with influences and references. But it also raises critical questions about how we see art

12 December 2013
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Art & Culture
Happy Feet and Many Hats

Prabhudheva’s journey from southern dance sensation to hit actor to one of Bollywood’s most wanted directors

12 December 2013
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Art & Culture
City of Moderns

A new exhibition brings together works by all 13 of the ballsy youngsters who formed Bombay’s Progressive Artists’ Group

06 November 2013
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Cinema
A Quiet Revolution

Salim-Javed’s Zanjeer case and the good turn it may do Hindi film scriptwriters

02 October 2013
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Books
The Miracle Maker

A new book revisits the film Amar Akbar Anthony and shines light on director Manmohan Desai’s enduring legacy

15 September 2013
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Cinema
Zarina Wahab’s Tribulations

Once Bollywood’s girl-next-door, the actress has had several setbacks to take in her stride, not least her son’s recent arrest

16 July 2013
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Cinema
Aamir and Me

Director Kiran Rao talks about her cinematic influences, marriage as partnership and why she gave her son Azad Rao Khan a double-barrelled surname

03 July 2013

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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