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Opinion | Prometheus With A Lighter: Why ‘Dhurandhar’ Is Obsessed With Smoking

‘Dhurandhar’ is perhaps first film in history to use much-reviled cigarette so consistently & subtly to underline brittle scaffolding of...

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Opinion | Dhurandhar Vs The Gatekeepers: When Film Critics Became The Story

Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’ hasn’t just smashed box-office records — it has blown apart Bollywood’s cosy critical consensus and turned the...

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Opinion | How ‘Dhurandhar’ Exposes The Hypocrisy Of The ‘Liberal’ Film Discourse

Opinion | How ‘Dhurandhar’ Exposes The Hypocrisy Of The ‘Liberal’ Film Discourse

The higher level of trouble — which makes this cultural elite truly anxious — is that ‘Dhurandhar’ is a very well-made mainstream commercial film

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Opinion | Ma Durga, Didi & The Politics Of Bengali Superiority

Durga Puja gives Didi the chance to dovetail her freebie strategy with another high-yield one—the aggressive promotion of the exceptionalism of...

26.09.2025 20

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Opinion | 50 Years Of Sholay: Restored And Timeless

The restored Sholay will keep film scholars busy for a while; but I hope it claims a small place in the consciousness of an audience born many years...

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