Fifty years since a film was destroyed during the Emergency, what have we learnt, if anything at all?
Plus: R.E.K.HA. returns via the restored ‘Umrao Jaan', Muzaffar Ali’s tribute to bygone Lucknow. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Two Diljit Dosanjhs, one in plain view and the other hidden
Plus: Reviews of Sitaare Zameen Par, Kuberaa, The Phoenician Scheme and Detective Sherdil. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Why was Dilip Kumar known as ‘Tragedy King’?
Plus: Reviews of Materialists, Ballerina, Rana Naidu season 2 and In Transit. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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Who’s the biggest gangster in Thug Life, Mani Ratnam’s much-touted reunion with Kamal Haasan?
Plus: An archival interview with Raj Khosla, about Guru Dutt, filmingsongs, and more. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel.
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In a biography of Raj Khosla, a portrait of the acclaimed Hindi film director as a ‘gloriously flawed human being’
Plus: Karan Tejpal unpacks his action thriller ‘Stolen’; Radhika Apte as a domestic demoness in ‘Sister Midnight’. Here are this week's top reads from @TheReel
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Neeraj Ghaywan on Cannes Film Festival pick ‘Homebound’, intersectionality and life intersecting with art
Plus: Reviews of April May 99, Bhool Chuk Maaf and Pune Highway plusthe dope on Mani Ratnam’s upcoming Thug Life. Here are this week's top reads from @TheReel
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is here. Are we ready for a life with Tom Cruise’s super-spy?
Plus: A wrenching documentary on a Palestinian photojournalist, and the significance of the year 1999 for the film April May 99. Here are this week's top reads from @TheReel
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How Pushkar Mahbal navigated the slippery slope between reality andtruce in ‘Black White & Gray’
Plus: Reviews of ‘Gram Chikitsalay’, ‘Maria’ and ‘The Royals’. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Creepy corridors, eerie interiors: How the series ‘Khauf’ creates dread
Plus: Also: Reviews of ‘Retro’, ‘Raid 2’, ‘Ata Thambaycha Naay!’ and more. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Why Ne Zha 2, the dazzling Chinese animated film, needs to be watched
Plus: Read reviews of Phule, Devmanus, Zapuk Zupuk, Ayyana Mane and Andaz Apna Apna. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Why did a biopic of Jyotirao Phule run into trouble?
Also Read: Reviews of Khauf, Kesari Chapter 2, Paddington in Peru and Logout. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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Off with their heads! A new movie is big on decapitations
Plus: Reviews of Chhorii 2 and Dog Man. Here are this week's top stories from The Reel.
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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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