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Dhadkan: The Altar at Which Jilted Lovers Pray
Twenty years after Dhadkan released, Suniel Shetty’s Dev is the reason the film still has a tremendous but low-key fan following over the country.
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When I Became a Taimur Ali Khan Reporter
I lived my life around the many actions, moods, and moments of Taimur Ali Khan, and they weren’t much. On the days he came out in public, there was palpable excitement in my life.
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What Not to Say to Cosplayers at Mumbai Comic Con
As the Mumbai Comic Con takes off this weekend, please make sure to brush up on your pop culture trivia to avoid upsetting any of the cosplayers. Under no circumstances, ask the dude dressed as Black Panther the capital of South Africa or offer Rani Padmavati a light.
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20 Years of Fight Club: How David Fincher Takes a Sharp Jab at the Male Ego in This Nihilistic Film
Fight Club is not meant to be the Gospel of the “modern man”. Instead, it does the complete opposite: it takes a sharp jab at the male ego and its heroic pomposity.
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RRR Review: A Visual Masterpiece
Rajamouli’s latest feature film is just as visually invigorating as his previous films that though it could have used a tighter script, is everything you’d want to go back to the cinemas for.
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What Carrie Bradshaw Did to a Punjabi Boy
For a pre-pubescent West Delhi boy, Sex and The City mainstreamed some revolutionary ideas. But most of all, I understood that not only do women talk sex, but enjoy it too.
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Framing and Failing Britney Spears
Framing Britney Spears, a heartbreaking documentary by The New York Times, is a story about the public vilification of the pop star. It is testament to the fact that society detests women who control their lives and the only way to restore the old order is to strip them off this autonomy – as illustrated by what the men and media have done.
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The Morning Show and the Rachel You Need to See
Jennifer Aniston’s career was largely limited to latching onto the leftover charms of Rachel, her career-defining role in Friends. But with The Morning Show, she has made the leap no one would have thought she would.
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Christopher Plummer Saves All the Money in the World
Ridley Scott’s gamble to replace Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World in the wake of sexual assault allegations, pays off. Christopher Plummer is unforgettable as the icy-cold oil baron J Paul Getty.
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Beware! Here Come the Marathoners
Bores are bores, but marathon bores are the worst. While your garden-variety bore can yammer on about anything in the world, the marathoner can only wax eloquent on his workout.