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Badnam Basti: Found after 49 years
Badnam Basti (Alley of ill repute), India's first gay film that was released in 1971 only to be lost to obscurity for around five decades, before it was found in a Berlin arch...
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Khushwant Singh: Salaam to the Sardaar
Humra Quraishi writes about the many conversations she had with Sardaar Khushwant Singh. Khushwant Singh celebrated his birthday twice every year - on February 2n...
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Order! Order!
Film historian Dhruv Somani, zooms in on Bollywood’s ongoing forays into courtroom dramas. This genre of courtroom dramas - with the judge infallibly asking for &...
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Stardom: The road to heaven
Vinta Nanda writes about two strugglers – their personal experiences that explain how it works for aspirants before they hit it or miss it. I often go to lengths...
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The Day Before Today: Lockdown Stories by Gayatri Gill
The Day Before Today is Gayatri Gill’s debut novel. She is a producer, scriptwriter, story editor and co-founder at Swastik Productions, Mumbai, with over fifteen yea...
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Mehmood: The King of Comedy
Khalid Mohamed recalls Bollywood’s ace wonder mirth-maker, Mehmood, on the occasion of his 16th death anniversary. Jagdeep who passed away earlier this month, was the l...
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Takes two to duet: Lata Mangeshkar’s duets with female singers
Anil Dixit handpicks a selection of rare film duets in which other female singers matched up to the skills of the Maharani of Melody, Lata Mangeshkar In the constellati...
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My Darkest Time
In this long-short personal story of having overcome a big challenge, Gaurav Jain says, “When you break your leg, you know it! There is no perhaps!” “Take t...
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Framed: Film Editor Ballu Saluja
Aparajita Krishna, writer and filmmaker, profiles the much accomplished editor Ballu Saluja in our first in the series of artistes behind-the-scenes. Cut to: Lagaan (20...
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Sudden Impact: In Conversation with Harsh Chhaya
Khalid Mohamed interviews Harsh Chhaya, whose performance as a despotic Papaji in the series Undekhi, is as laceratingly real as it gets. Foxy eyes, an unerasable smug grin, ...
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