Before she was Meena Kumari, she was Mahjabeen
Plus: Why Hindi film actor-director Manoj Kumar was known as ‘Bharat Kumar.’ Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Remembering Jaspal Bhatti, the genial, sharp-witted satirist
Plus: The director of the hit Netflix show Adolescence speaks to Scroll. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Why everybody is obsessed with the Netflix series Adolescence
Plus: Reviews of Khakee: The Bengal Chapter, The Dupatta Killer and Loot Kaand. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Sandhya Suri on ‘Santosh’, the powerful film about powerlessness
Plus: Reviews of The Diplomat, Perusu, Be Happy and Sea of Love.
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Jayant Somalkar’s Sthal and the indignity of bride selection
Plus: Reviews of Mickey 17, The Monkey, Dupahiya and The Waking of a Nation. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Small town, big dreams: A walk through Malegaon’s movie-mad scene
Also: Reviews of The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Flow, Suzhal season two and Ziddi Girls. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Why Satyajit Ray’s ‘Nayak’ has barely aged
Plus, the week’s reviews, from ‘Babygirl’ to ‘Crime Beat’. Here's a list of this week's top reads from The Reel.
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German master Wim Wenders is in India and he’s talking up a storm
Also this week: Indian titles make a splash at the Berlin Film Festival. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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The beauty and delicacy of James Ivory’s films
Plus: Reviews of Loveyapa, Conclave, The Mehta Boys, Bada Naam Karenge and Mrs. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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What’s behind the Indira Gandhi screen revival?
Plus: Reviews of ‘Deva’, ‘Queer’ and ‘The Girl with the Needle’. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel
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Of bitter fruit and forbidden fruit
Plus: There’s a new biography of Bengali acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel
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Malayalam whodunits are all the rage. How do they do it?
Plus: Reviews of ‘Emergency,’ ‘Azaad’, ‘Paatal Lok season two and ‘The Roshans’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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‘Nosferatu’ reimagines Dracula – and Indian filmmakers too have feasted on the vampire legend
Plus: The popular stage musical ‘Sangeet Manapmaan’ gets a big-screen adaptation. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Farewell 2024, welcome 2025?
Plus: The sweet story of a 93-year-old grandma getting even with a scammer. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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2024’s big film stories: A costly Oscar snub to the Hema committee report
The year didn’t lack drama – or tragedy, as the case may be. Here are the top stories of 2024 from The Reel.
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A tribute to the legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal (1934-2024)
Plus: The best films and web series of the year. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Reviews of ‘Viduthalai Part 2’, ‘Girls Will be Girls’ and ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’
From the archives: In the sly company of Vijay Sethupathi. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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This week, Marquez on the screen, a greedy grandson and an enjoyably creepy Hugh Grant
Also, reviews of Bandish Bandits season two and Despatch. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Firefighters, the heroes we need and deserve, are the subject of a new film on streaming
From the archives: Decoding the rise of the dubbed film in the light of the release of ‘Pushpa 2 – The Rule’. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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A fiction film looks at the Siddi community in Karnataka
From the archives: Ahead of the release of ‘Pushpa – The Rule’, a look back on the journey of the pan-Indian film. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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