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    Tere Ishk Mein review: Dhanush and Kriti Sanon wade through a dense, chaotic drama

    Swaroop Kodur
    28 Nov 2025 4:40 PM IST

    Music composer AR Rahman and lyricist Irshad Kamil are the real stars of the Aanand L. Rai's film — 12 years after Raanjhanaa — which delivers confusing and problematic results while tackling familiar...

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    Dolly Ahluwalia on ‘Calorie,’ Air India 182 crash, and aftermath of Operation Blue Star

    27 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Meenakshi Bharat on how Hindi cinema has portrayed Partition | Off the Beaten Track
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    Meenakshi Bharat on how Hindi cinema has portrayed Partition | Off the Beaten Track

    25 Nov 2025 2:51 PM IST
    Dharmendra obit
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    Dharmendra obit: Hindi cinema’s first-generation superstar, icon of Indian masculinity

    25 Nov 2025 8:24 AM IST
    120 Bahadur

    120 Bahadur review: Farhan Akhtar’s India-China war drama finds its footing in parts

    21 Nov 2025 3:57 PM IST
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    How Aranya Sahay’s Humans in the Loop spotlights rural, invisible workers training AI

    20 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
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    Rahul Ravindran on The Girlfriend: ‘It’s moving to know that my film healed many’

    16 Nov 2025 11:55 AM IST
    Agra review

    Agra review: Kanu Behl’s devastating study of sexual repression, dysfunction and trauma

    14 Nov 2025 12:26 PM IST
    Kaantha

    Kaantha review: Dulquer Salmaan’s grand period drama can’t sustain its epic pitch

    14 Nov 2025 11:05 AM IST
    Maharani Season 4

    Maharani Season 4 review: Political thriller has Rani Bharti leave Bihar, its bite behind

    9 Nov 2025 8:55 AM IST
    Haq-Shah Bano-Film-review

    Haq movie review: A poised, rewarding courtroom drama repackages the Shah Bano case

    8 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
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    Lights, camera, scare: Why Bollywood’s horror films feel different now

    5 Nov 2025 11:06 AM IST
    Shah Rukh Khan at 60

    60 years of Shah Rukh Khan and the 1990s boys who grew up on his films

    2 Nov 2025 2:38 PM IST
    Shah Rukh Khan at 60

    Shah Rukh Khan at 60: The last of the superstars, who has taught India how to love

    2 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Arthur Conan Doyle-Sherlock-Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle and the many lives of Sherlock Holmes, world’s most famous detective

    Nawaid Anjum
    1 Nov 2025 12:55 PM IST

    Sherlock Holmes has been reimagined in over 250 screen adaptations. As a new India–UK co-production turns the lens on his creator, the story of Arthur...

    Roi Roi Binale review

    Roi Roi Binale review: Zubeen Garg’s swansong is a fitting ode to his charismatic persona

    31 Oct 2025 5:40 PM IST
    Puri in Mr India

    When he made ‘Mogambo’ happy: Designer Agasti shares anecdotes on costume in book

    26 Oct 2025 5:37 PM IST
    One Battle After Another-Paul Thomas Anderson

    One Battle After Another: How Paul Thomas Anderson turns filmmaking into a way of thinking

    26 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Thamma

    Thamma review: Ayushmann and Rashmika’s film is too self-aware for its own good

    21 Oct 2025 5:15 PM IST
    DDLJ at 30: Shah Rukh, Kajol reflect on timeless ‘Raj-Simran’ magic

    DDLJ at 30: Shah Rukh, Kajol reflect on timeless ‘Raj-Simran’ magic

    20 Oct 2025 7:14 PM IST
    Mithra Mandali

    Mithra Mandali: How Jathi Ratnalu’s wild success became a curse for Telugu comedy

    20 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Neeraj Ghaywan interview-Homebound-Oscars

    Neeraj Ghaywan on Homebound: ‘We owe each other the humanity we all crave’

    18 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Tribeny Rai-Shape of Momo-Sikkim

    Tribeny Rai interview: ‘Sikkim lives in my mind as pieces of places, people, sounds’

    12 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Peepli Live

    Peepli Live, a satire on agrarian despair and the state of media, cuts deep 15 years on

    11 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Kantara makers face heat over do not imitate Bhoota Kola appeal

    Kantara makers face heat over 'do not imitate Bhoota Kola' appeal

    9 Oct 2025 5:03 PM IST
    Telangana leader Malla Reddy reveals why he rejected Rs 3-cr offer to play Pawan Kalyans villain

    Telangana leader Malla Reddy reveals why he rejected Rs 3-cr offer to play Pawan Kalyan's 'villain'

    8 Oct 2025 4:46 PM IST
    James Bond

    James Bond Day: Why 007, world’s most famous spy, must reinvent himself to stay relevant

    5 Oct 2025 1:45 PM IST
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    How J.K. Rowling’s views on trans women sparked her rift with Emma Watson, others

    4 Oct 2025 3:00 PM IST
    Idli Kadai movie review-Dhanush-Rajkiran

    Idli Kadai review: Dhanush’s rural family drama is soulful but marred by clichés

    1 Oct 2025 3:40 PM IST
    Tovino Thomas to lead in Lokah Chapter 2

    Tovino Thomas to lead in 'Lokah Chapter 2'

    27 Sept 2025 3:01 PM IST
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