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Bombay Talkies, Still Talking

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The lost studios of Bollywood still carry the romance and innocence of filmmaking in another era. Open takes a whirlwind tour

The Kashmir Files 2.0

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Sudipto Sen says he has taken the same assertive, even aggressive, approach that Vivek Agnihotri adopted while making and releasing The Kashmir Files in 2022

Fictionalising the Cholas

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In Ponniyin Selvan II story and history meet seamlessly

The People Who Made India

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Sushmita Sen will play transgender activist Gauri Sawant in Taali

A portrait of India through the beggar’s index of economic history

MJ Akbar

Harmonium, flick knife and God

Returning to a Blockbuster

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Why a pastiche of Hollywood action flicks is an allegory

Growing Up Well

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Kunal Kemmu likes to confuse those who like to stereotype him

Salman Khan Fan Club

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Farhad Samji has written dialogues, lyrics and screenplays and even done cameos in movies

Saswata Chatterjee: Beyond Bob Biswas

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Chatterjee plays the character with so much élan that you almost believe it

Picture the Past

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A new series by Vikramaditya Motwane celebrates all that has changed in Hindi cinema and all that hasn’t since the 1930s

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cinema

Bombay Talkies, Still Talking

The Kashmir Files 2.0

Fictionalising the Cholas

The People Who Made India

A portrait of India through the beggar’s index of economic history

Returning to a Blockbuster

Growing Up Well

Salman Khan Fan Club

Saswata Chatterjee: Beyond Bob Biswas

Picture the Past

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