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Girl Power Steals the Scene

Shahina KK

The struggle for dignity and civility

Male and Malevolent in Kerala

Only in Kerala. Where an actor accused in a rape case is feted and protected by a powerful brotherhood in the industry while the victim, a popular heroine of South Indian cinema, supported by a few of her feisty female colleagues, fights alone for justice in the face of rising insensitivity and indifference from the patriarchs of Malayalam cinema

Slap and Strut

Malayali matinee idols and their vulgar masculinity

Pulp Paradox

By pandering to the prurient fantasies of Malayali men, Kerala’s popular culture has abetted misogyny in life and politics

The Last Anti-Hero: Sanjay Dutt in Life and Art

Can we expect objectivity from an industry that has always made excuses for India’s most polarising star?

Rajkumar Hirani: ‘I don’t judge people’

Rajkumar Hirani on making his first biopic and the complexity that is Sanjay Dutt

The Great Indian Rope Trick

As the Opposition looks to replicate past triumphs, history will likely repeat, but not the way it expects

Lonely

The new urban epidemic in India

Alia Bhatt, the Wonder Girl of Hindi Cinema

The sensational box office run of her latest film is yet another milestone in the journey of Hindi cinema’s new wonder girl

Open Minds 2018: Public Square

The power of argument in portraits

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