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The parodic public

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Entering the neighbourhood of Shivaji Park in Mumbai, where the Gen Z protest was shaping up, I was almost whacked across my face. It was entirely by mistake. A young boy filming ... Read More


Satluj is a cry for justice

New Delhi, July 25 -- Getting caught in the nets of censorship is the worst thing that can happen to a film. It might be the best thing, too. In the struggle, the film becomes a martyr to a cause it w... Read More


Return of the repressed

New Delhi, July 12 -- Very rarely have films argued their own redundancy the way Imtiaz Ali's Partition-era dramaMain Vaapas Aaunga(MVA, hereon)has. In a poignant scene, when needled to give an accoun... Read More


Disembodied desire

New Delhi, June 22 -- It is the middle of the night inPeddi. Achiyamma, played by Janhvi Kapoor, drives an open jeep into a field, takes a log of wood, disrobes the pallu from her two-piece sari, and ... Read More