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A trip down memory lane
Many novels in the last 100 years have been adapted into films, TV dramas, and even theatre plays. However, Khadija Mastoor’s Aangan never did get an adaptation mainly because it was considered too bold for television an
Reliving the magnum opus
There is no bigger film in Indian film history than K. Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam and if you don’t believe it, you will turn into a believer after reading Shakil Warsi’s Mughal-e-Azam: An Epic of Eternal Love. The book describ
Avengers, Assemble!
Who are the Earth’s mightiest heroes and what makes them so special, especially when they are together in their quest to save the world? This million-dollar-question needs to be answered in a couple of months before the
Time for Heroes
Before there was X-Men or Spider-Man or The Avengers, there was a struggling publishing house named Timely Comics that had nothing at all in their kitty. Unlike the force they have become today as Marvel Comics, back in
Before there was Sanjay Dutt, there was Nargis
Many of us have seen the Sanjay Dutt biopic Sanju, which starred Ranbir Kapoor in the titular role and Manisha Koirala as his mother, Nargis. She remains an intriguing figure even as her untimely death propelled Sanjay D
From Alif to Noon
When the history of humor and satire in Pakistan will be written, Kamal Ahmed Rizvi’s Alif Aur Noon will always make the list.
There’s still something about Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan, also known as Junior Bachchan, celebrated his 43rd Birthday earlier this month, and we picked up photojournalist Pradeep Chandra’s Abhishek Bachchan - Style and Substance to understand the life and car
Masters of Cinema - Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg may not say much but his work speaks for itself; he’s not even on the cover of his own book, which in fact has a portrait of ET, one of the most ground breaking characters ever created in cinema. The dir
Taking a trip down memory lane
The names Marty McFly and Doc Brown are as important to time travel as Issac Newton is to gravity and Neil Armstrong is to moon landing. In Caseen Gaines’ We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy
Cracking the code
At the time of writing this review, Bollywood was in the middle of two Ayushmann Khurrana films - Andhadhun that was released last week and Badhaai Ho that would be releasing the next week. The actor is considered to be