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Shaikh Ayaz

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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
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Art & Culture
Father and Sons

The unique life-and-work model of the Deols of Bollywood

19 June 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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