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Gautam Chintamani

Gautam Chintamani is the author of ‘Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna’ (2014) and ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak- The Film That Revived Hindi Cinema’ (2016)

Book Excerpt: What Was Rajnath Singh’s Biggest Challenge When He Became Education Minister Of UP In 1991? 

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Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh (PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)

What’s Behind The Delayed Release Of Rajinikanth Starrer 2.0?

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First look poster of Rajinikanth starrer <i>2.0</i>

Shashi Kapoor - A Man Apart

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Shashi Kapoor

‘Yesterday’s Films For Tomorrow’: A Great Tribute To India’s “Celluloid Man” P K Nair

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Nargis, Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in a scene from <i>Andaz </i>(Mehboob Khan/Wikimedia Commons)

Anupam Kher As Manmohan Singh – Nothing Accidental About It

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Anupam Kher in and as <i>The Accidental Prime Minister</i>

The Hard Truth About Soft Power: Bollywood Is Yet To Believe In Its Own

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From Roopa Swaminathan’s book&nbsp;

Indian Epics On Screen: What Did Baahubali Change?

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Baahubali

No Country For Old Film Makers

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Ghai, Dutta and Bhatt&nbsp;

Across Generations And Cultures, The Tragedy Of Macbeth Remains Favourite With The Filmmakers

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A still from Jayaraj’s Veeram movie based on Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.

Kerala’s Courageous Vault In The Intense Macbethian Kalari 

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Veeram

War On Screen: It’s About Finding The Stories To Tell And Then Telling Them Right

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Movie

Satire in Hindi Cinema: The Limits of Being Off Limits

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Jolly LLB 2

Why The Political Biopic Is Perhaps Not Possible In The Realm Of Bollywood

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India’s prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (AFP/Getty Images)

How Amrish Puri Came Full Circle With The ‘Amrish Puri’ Role 

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Amrish Puri&nbsp;

How The Sports Film Genre In Hindi Cinema Has Finally Come of Age

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Sports films&nbsp;

Om Puri: The Angrier Young Man

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Actor Om Puri at the ‘West Is West’ premiere held at Roy Thomson Hall during the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. (Photo by Vito Amati/Getty Images for Icon)

With Bhandarkar’s Next, Is The ‘Reel’ Silence On Indira And Emergency About To Be Broken?

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Indu Sarkar poster&nbsp;

The Manner In Which Raees Stylizes The Eponymous Characters Is In A Sense Insidious

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Shah Rukh Khan (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)

From Reel Power To Real Power 

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Stars to mass leaders&nbsp;

From TV Show To Visual Scripture: Thirty Years Of Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan

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Ramanand Sagar’s <i>Ramayan</i>

The New Guard

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Mansoor Khan

Franz Osten: But For This German Maverick Your Average Hindi Film May Not Have Been ‘Invented’

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Franz Osten (HarperCollins Publishers India, B D Garga, Silent Cinema in India: A Pictorial Journey)

No Child’s Play - The Abysmal State of Children’s Films in India

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Credits-YouTube

This Indian Film Won The Highest Prize In Cannes In 1946, But Still Remains Forgotten

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Neecha Nagar

‘The Battle Of Algiers’ And How The Moving Image Distorts The Perception Of Reality

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Algiers and Haider poster&nbsp;

With Rustom Racing Beyond The Finish Line, Are Biopics Re-Emerging As A Bollywood Favourite?

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Photo

Being “Bharat”: Manoj Kumar, The Greatest Cinematic Patriot

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Photo: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images

Why Salman Khan Is Only ‘Supplying’ His Presence, And Getting Millions For It 

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Image Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Male Superstars Of Hindi Cinema: Trapped In Stardom?

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Photo: Lisa Maree Williams / Stringer/ Getty Images

Is Mani Ratnam A Victim Of His Own Image?

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Mani Ratnam (Santosh Kumar TK/Wikimedia Commons)

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