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• A powerhouse of talent called Alia Bhatt

  by utuk utuk March 23, 2022
  Kangana Ranaut continues to clickbait Alia Bhatt, but she has sworn not to retaliate. Besides their incredible stardom, what do Alia Bhatt and Kartik Aryan have in common? Success has not changed them at all. After Gangubai Kathiawadi which has firmly ensconced her among the all-time greats of Hind...

• The Forgotten Genocide in Jammu & Kashmir: When more than 18,00

  by utuk utuk March 22, 2022
  During 1947-48, the Pakistani army and the Muslim tribesmen had invaded Jammu and Kashmir. Thousands of Hindus and Sikhs were indiscriminately killed, raped, maimed and brutalised In the backdrop of the release of the film The Kashmir Files, the issue of Kashmiri Hindus’ genocide around three...

• Thirty years of Basic Instinct An irreverent time capsule

  by utuk utuk March 21, 2022
    The reprehensible character of Michael Douglas' Nick Curran was intended as an audience surrogate, the good guy of a big-budget thriller, simply because he was a straight, white, male cop. If you would like a quick snapshot of how much the tastes of the moviegoing public have changed in the...

• The Kashmir Files: A film that dares to fly against the set sec

  by utuk utuk March 20, 2022
  Watching The Kashmir Files is a catharsis for young Kashmiris. For elders and seniors, it is possibly a closure, a sense of drained peace with themselves. I came face to face with the Kashmir issue in a real sense around 2003-04 when RSS began a fresh exercise to educate people about the real issue...

• Aamir Khan’s films constantly redefine the parameters of mainst

  by utuk utuk March 16, 2022
  Aamir Khan like wine, refuses to age, at least his cinematic commitments and films show no sign of fatigue. As the 'methodical actor', not to be confused with a 'method actor' completes 57 years, Subhash K Jha looks back at his sparkling career. The first time that I spoke to Aamir Khan was on a Di...