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

    Debiparna Chakraborty
    9 Nov 2025 8:55 AM IST

    Maharani Season 4 moves from the charged politics of Bihar in the 1990s to Delhi, slowing to a glacial crawl. What began as a sharp tale of ambition and agency now drifts into weary repetition, losing...

    Maharani Season 4
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    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
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    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

    1 Nov 2025 12:55 PM IST
    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

    Lagan Mangla
    11 Oct 2025 6:30 AM IST

    Anusha Rizvi’s satire, India’s first contender at the Sundance Film Festival, and an entry at the 2011 Oscar, remains a searing portrait of farmer...

    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
    Wankhede SRK Aryan case

    Sameer Wankhede says Aryan Khan's show erodes public trust; Delhi HC questions plea

    26 Sept 2025 1:37 PM IST
    National film awards

    How honouring Mohanlal, Shah Rukh Khan seeks to restore faith in the National Awards

    24 Sept 2025 11:50 AM IST
    Kantara Chapter 1

    ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ set for Oct 2 release; trailer promises a visual treat

    22 Sept 2025 3:07 PM IST
    Anuparna Roy-indie-women-filmmakers

    What Anuparna Roy’s win at Venice Film Festival means for indie women filmmakers

    22 Sept 2025 12:10 PM IST
    Nishaanchi review-Anurag Kashyap

    Nishaanchi review: Anurag Kashyap’s film is fun but feels overfamiliar

    19 Sept 2025 5:10 PM IST
    Jugnuma-Raam-Reddy

    Raam Reddy interview: Jugnuma director on Manoj Bajpayee, magic realism and Nature

    19 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Kantara: Chapter 1

    How the crisis-ridden Kannada film industry is pinning its hopes on Kantara: Chapter 1

    18 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Robert Redford

    Robert Redford obit: How the ‘sex symbol of the Seventies’ changed Hollywood

    17 Sept 2025 5:12 PM IST
    Former MP from West Bengal

    ED summons ex-MP Mimi Chakraborty, Urvashi Rautela in betting app case

    14 Sept 2025 5:33 PM IST
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