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Private Jets, Peaky Blinders And Despacito – The Unlikely Inspirations For Diljit Dosanjh’s Punjabi Music Videos
The singer-actor says the costumes and airplanes in his elaborately shot music videos – High End and El Sueno – are all his fantasies brought to life
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Southern Lights: Are Tamil-Speaking Heroines Doomed In Tamil Cinema?
Our filmmakers are artificially creating a demand for “north Indian” heroines by withholding opportunities from local actresses
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Movie Audiences! Are You Being Robbed?
Are we really watching movies the way its makers intended us to see it? Here’s a breakdown of how inferior projection and sound quality in Mumbai’s cinema chains is ruining the theatre experience
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Namrata Rao On Why Women Editors Are More Empathetic Towards Female Characters
The National award-winning editor of such films as Band Baaja Baaraat, Kahaani and Ishqiya, on the female gaze in film editing
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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Dolly from Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
In Dibakar Banerjee’s 2008 film, Richa Chadha internalizes the manic-broken-pixie syndrome better than most actresses on screen
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Nagesh Kukunoor On Making Hyderabad Blues With Rs 12 Lakhs And Untrained Actors
As the film completes 20 years, its director tells us how he cut costs and dealt with the censor board
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Anurag Basu On What Went Wrong With Jagga Jasoos, And Why His Equation With Ranbir Kapoor Remains Unchanged
The director looks back at his crazy musical, how it broke the conventional screenplay structure, and why it should’ve been promoted differently
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From Karwaan To Saamy Square – A Weekly Music Roundup
We recap the best songs of the past week from across languages
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Karthi’s Kadai Kutty Singam: What Works, What Doesn’t
The film, directed by Pandiraj, has a lively and pretty engaging first half, but turns highly melodramatic in its second
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Almost Famous: Christopher Nolan’s Following
Nolan’s low budget debut feature has all the early signs of his directorial stamp
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C.S. Amudhan’s Tamizh Padam 2: What Works, What Doesn’t
This follow-up to the 2010 film will be a nostalgic laugh riot for Tamil cinema buffs who’ve observed the industry closely
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What To Expect From Amazon Prime Video’s Talent Hunt Show Comicstaan
The reality show will see ten participants churn out the funny as they are judged by seven of India’s top comics
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