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Swades: The Rare Genre Film That Went Against The Tide

  • Posted on August 17, 2021
  • by Aranav Das
The politics of Swades is interested in humanity, instead of using the cliched ways of preaching patriotism
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The First Time I Saw Lagaan

  • Posted on June 16, 2021June 16, 2021
  • by Team FC
Critics, filmmakers and writers on their memories of seeing Lagaan for the first time
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Lagaan Was The Story India Needed To Rekindle Its Cricket Romance

  • Posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
  • by Rahul Desai
That the eerily prescient film was made in parallel with the unfolding events of world cricket elevated its larger-than-life legacy into life itself
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6 Things We Learnt From Madness In The Desert, The Lagaan Documentary

  • Posted on June 15, 2021June 14, 2021
  • by Sahir Avik D'souza
Lagaan is 20 years old. The film’s making, which spanned over three years, has been captured in Satyajit Bhatkal’s National Award-winning documentary Madness in the Desert.
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Lagaan, The Perfect Marriage Between OST And BGM: My Favourite AR Rahman Album

  • Posted on March 9, 2021
  • by Parvati Mohan
I am now teetering on the edge of 29, but even today, an uncle says during our singing sessions: “Paru, sing that song from Lagaan!”
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Swades And The Tranquil Feel Of Patriotism

  • Posted on January 25, 2021
  • by sandeep padhi
When I watched Swades as an onsite developer working in Australia, it became much more than a movie. It became a reflection of my own emotions at that time.
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25 Hindi Movies For Your Bollywood-Illiterate Foreigner Friend

  • Posted on May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
This is not a list that will shatter the stereotype of what a “Bollywood” film is. It is a list of films from the past 20 years, meant to breathe life into it- long films, class conflicts, colour and rage, dance-offs on stage.
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Panipat Movie Review: A Briefly Enjoyable War Saga That Is Ineffectual If Not Intolerable

  • Posted on December 6, 2019May 9, 2020
  • by Prathyush Parasuraman
Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film on the Third Battle of Panipat is needlessly elaborate, surprisingly progressive, but largely trite
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Panipat Trailer Talk: Ashutosh Gowariker Pits Bajirao Against Khilji

  • Posted on November 5, 2019May 20, 2020
  • by Team FC
Ashutosh Gowariker’s latest period epic releases December 6th
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How Two Men Adapted Stephen King’s It, Without Reading A Single Page

  • Posted on September 16, 2019November 3, 2020
  • by Gayle Sequeira
In 1998, Zee TV aired Woh, co-written and directed by Ankush Mohla and Glen Barretto, starring Ashutosh Gowariker, Shreyas Talpade and MM ‘Liliput’ Faruqui as the titular clown
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From Mani Kaul To Karan Johar – Anil Mehta On Directors With Different Voices

  • Posted on June 7, 2018May 11, 2020
  • by Arun Fulara
How does Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s working style differ from Imtiaz Ali’s? The cinematographer takes us through some of his most varied collaborations over 30 years
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Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Kachra from Lagaan

  • Posted on February 19, 2018May 9, 2020
  • by Rahul Desai
In Ashutosh Gowariker’s film, Aditya Lakhia played the quintessential underdog in an underdog-region by achieving an anguished balance between submissiveness and deference
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