cricketer

The Big Brand Value

Madhavankutty Pillai

What we can glean from a glimpse into a superstar’s net worth

Vijay Sethupathi: Bowled Out

V Shoba

The Tamil star is browbeaten into withdrawing from a biopic on cricketer Muralitharan

Navjot Singh Sidhu: The Performer Unmasked

Ullekh NP

Navjot Singh Sidhu strikes a chord with the masses, but at a political cost

A Variety of Absences

Madhavankutty Pillai

Sachin Tendulkar outside the field

Sachin: A Billion Dreams Movie Review

Ajit Duara

The film is supposedly a documentary, a genre that ought to repudiate iconography, lest it turn into a public relations spiel, or even, God forbid, propaganda

Pataudi, through Many Eyes

Akshay Sawai

This tribute to Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi brings into clear focus the cricketer who broke regional barriers in India’s dressing room

The Making of Cheteshwar Pujara

Akshay Sawai

Another compelling argument for nurture over nature

Yuvraj Singh’s Cancer

arindam

In lung seminoma, the cancerous growth can be the size of a golf ball. But the germ cells that cause it are responsive to chemotherapy

Literature Meets Copywriting

Akshay Sawai

This World Cup, when the live action gets boring, turn to this slickly written tale of Sri Lankan politics told through the story of an elusive, fabled cricketer