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Amazon Prime – Anu Menon’s ‘Shakuntala Devi’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Shakuntala Devi. The mathematical prodigy from India, who was once hailed as the human-computer, as she beat the computer hands down, pointing out its mistake. There’s hardly any graduate-level student in India who has not solved a ‘Shakuntala Devi’ numerical problems and puzzles book, for the preparation of a competitive examination. The puzzle books were

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Anvita Dutt’s ‘Bulbbul’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

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The fragility of the human brain is such that, it always tries to reason facts. It wants to substantiate the triggered effects with some kind of root cause. And when the brain fails to explain, it often attributes it as supernatural, an act of greater forces, far beyond the grasp of mere mortals. If you

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Sony Liv Original – Rajat Kapoor’s ‘Kadakh’ Review – The Cinemawala

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Consider this – On the lazy afternoon of Diwali, you’re all gearing up for a party. All decked up, tidied house and all of a sudden, someone ends up at your door and shoots himself in the head, plastering the tiniest bits of his flesh, all-around your sparkling wall. What would you do? Would you

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Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

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For a densely populated country like India, the ratio between a landlord and his/her tenants are one-to-many. Landlords are often seen bickering with the tenants over rents, services provided, conditions of the house etc.. The tenants are equally despondent while dealing with the landlord, over increased rentals and ever decaying conditions of the house. They

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Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Choked-Paisa Bolta Hai’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

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Anurag Kashyap, the enfant-terrible of contemporary Indian cinema, is back with his latest offering ‘Choked- Paisa Bolta Hai’ on Netflix. Set in 2016, it’s based on a bank employee’s discovery of an unlimited source of wealth from her choked drain pipe as the same time, when the entire nation is forced to deal with demonetisation

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Bollywood and Western Cinephilia – Senses of Cinema

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Bombay cinema was my first film passion – starting with the Hindi film records our Indian neighbour constantly played when I was a child in late-1970s Dublin.1 Long before I was initiated into the mysteries of Melville and Mizoguchi, I swaggered along with Raj Kapoor and swooned with Nargis. I couldn’t believe there was an

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Lights, Camera, Nation-State! Bollywood’s choreography of India’s national public consciousness – Senses of Cinema

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Almost universally in the postcolonial world, the patriotic film genre is loved and makes money. Nationalism, indeed, is an entertainment favourite – featuring a gratuitous nostalgia of violence, a fervent love for the nation-state, and celebrity power – fashioned by [real or imagined] digital technology in an arms race. In India, cinema is one of

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Amazon Prime – Anu Menon’s ‘Shakuntala Devi’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Anvita Dutt’s ‘Bulbbul’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Sony Liv Original – Rajat Kapoor’s ‘Kadakh’ Review – The Cinemawala

Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Choked-Paisa Bolta Hai’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Bollywood and Western Cinephilia – Senses of Cinema

Lights, Camera, Nation-State! Bollywood’s choreography of India’s national public consciousness – Senses of Cinema

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Amazon Prime – Anu Menon’s ‘Shakuntala Devi’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Anvita Dutt’s ‘Bulbbul’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Sony Liv Original – Rajat Kapoor’s ‘Kadakh’ Review – The Cinemawala

Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Choked-Paisa Bolta Hai’ (2020) Review – The Cinemawala

Bollywood and Western Cinephilia – Senses of Cinema

Lights, Camera, Nation-State! Bollywood’s choreography of India’s national public consciousness – Senses of Cinema

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