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Past articles by Ankur:

Legendary Actor Soumitra Chatterjee Dies At 85 In Kolkata

One of Bengali cinema's most celebrated actor has passed away → Read More

'Ludo' Movie Review: A Charming Mess About Lost Souls Hoping To Be Rescued By Love

Peppered with endearing performances by Rajkummar Rao, Abhishek Bachchan and Sanya Malhotra, 'Ludo' has its moments but eventually collapses under its... → Read More

'A Suitable Boy’s' Accent Coach Explains Why Its Actors Sound The Way They Do

What if Indians in the 1950s really sounded as demonstrative as the characters in the show do? → Read More

Pankaj Tripathi On Pandemic Epiphanies, A Role That Changed His Life And One That He’s Most Ashamed Of

The actor opens up about ‘Mirzapur 2’ on Amazon Prime, struggling to say ‘no’ and his biggest insecurities as an actor. → Read More

Pankaj Tripathi On Pandemic Epiphanies, A Role That Changed His Life And One That He’s Most Ashamed Of

The actor opens up about the upcoming season of Amazon Prime’s ‘Mirzapur’, struggling to say ‘no’ and his biggest insecurities as an actor. → Read More

5 Films Pankaj Tripathi Wants You To Watch On Netflix, Hotstar, Mubi This Weekend

From a film about India's shaky legal system to a documentary on the nature of violence, Tripathi picks a variety of films to see this weekend. → Read More

ANI Interviewed 'Farmers' Who 'Welcomed' The Farm Bill And Film Twitter Had The Same Joke

The image shared by the news agency reminded cinephiles of a scene from Dibakar Banerjee's 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' → Read More

As The Indian State Cracks Down On Dissent, Rakeysh Mehra Revisits 'Rang De Basanti'

The filmmaker reflects on the struggle to get 'Rang De Basanti' cleared from the power corridors of Delhi, changing the film's climax last minute, and if... → Read More

COVID-19: India Records The Highest Single-Day Spike Compared To Anywhere In The World

The total number of cases are inching closer to the 5 million mark. → Read More

Bollywood's 'Usual Suspects' Spoke Up For Rhea. What Would Others Lose If They Did As Well?

Why should the collective burden of standing up against State repression always fall on Swara, Richa, Taapsee, Anurag, Anubhav and co? → Read More

5 Films That Capture Bombay In All Its Stunning Contradictions

From a gentle '70s romance to a film about big city isolation, here are some movies to watch to understand the city's financial and film capital in all... → Read More

'Sadak 2' Movie Review: Even The '90s Would Be Embarrassed By This Alia Bhatt-Starrer

The Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapur-starrer is a catastrophic mess riddled with potholes. → Read More

Inside Rhea Chakraborty's Year Of Love, Friendship And Loss

Friends of Rhea Chakraborty and Sushant Singh Rajput speak of how the couple met, fell in love and coped with Rajput's illness. → Read More

Naseeruddin Shah On Dancing With Mithun, Acting In Bad Films And Finding Hope In Times Of Modi

The actor, who hasn't shied away from critiquing the present dispensation, talks about finding meaning through art and what bad films taught him about... → Read More

Air India Flight Crash: Death Toll Rises To 18, Three Passengers Still Critical

Centre announces Rs 10 lakh relief for deceased, State follows suit → Read More

How Abhishek Banerjee Went From Casting His Own Replacements To Nailing The Role

The success of Abhishek Banerjee runs parallel to the rise of a new aesthetic in Indian entertainment. But as he'd eventually find out, it takes more... → Read More

'Raat Akeli Hai' Movie Review: Honey Trehan's Debut Is Promising But Crumbles Under Its Own Weight

Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are predictably outstanding but the film never quite accomplishes the ambitions it set out to achieve. → Read More

'Shakuntala Devi' Movie Review: Vidya Balan Aces A Film That Examines The Pitfalls Of Fame And Freedom

Anu Menon paints a complex portrait of a woman who lived and loved on her own terms → Read More

'Dil Bechara' Movie Review: Sushant Singh Rajput’s Last Film Reminds Us Of All That We Lost

Rajput’s swan song is a tragic artefact suffused with uneasy trepidations. → Read More

Meet Aparna Purohit, The Woman Behind Amazon Prime Video’s Impressive India Story

At any given time, you’ll find Amazon’s Aparna Purohit covered in a heap of scripts, looking for the perfect story. Over an hour-long chat, we spoke... → Read More