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Eye Spy: This week at the movies
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Eye Spy: 'Maidan' review, Ameen Sayani's Binaca Geetmala, and more
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What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
Before Rajkumar Hirani’s comedy ‘Dunki’, starring Shah Rukh Khan, the Pakistani film ‘Zinda Bhaag’ tackled undocumented immigration.
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The films about children for grown-ups
The Marathi-language Naal 2 features an exemplar of the big-eyed children that the movies love. Chimi, who has the voice of a baby bird and an irresistible manner, is played by the enchanting Treesha Thosar. The film’s predecessor, Naal (2018), similarly starred an adorable child, played by Shreenivas Pokhale.
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Why can’t we get dystopia right?
The present is even more frightening than the imagined future.
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Hold on to those true crime hot takes
Why rushing out movies and shows on sensational crime cases can be premature.
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Always be reviving
What’s better than a brand-new film in the cinemas? A certified classic.
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Daddy knows best, until he doesn’t
Toxic fathers have always been around. Now they are the in-thing. Plus: catch up on ‘Khufiya’, ‘The Creator’, ‘Sympathy for the Devil’, and more.
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Pretzels and popcorn
How many sequels, threequels and crossovers can we take?
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Missions Impossible
Akshay Kumar, did you know?
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Don’t mind your language
Tamil director Atlee, who directed Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan, must be over the moon with the movie’s box office success. The film’s traction with the paying public is being credited to its “mass entertainer” attributes – which eminent critic Baradwaj Rangan beautifully broke down for Scroll during an interview earlier this week.
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Hail the huckster
This week sees the release of the highly anticipated web series Scam 2003 – The Telgi Story.
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Some consistency, por favor
The makers of OMG 2 have been very upset about the film being given an adult rating – and rightly so.
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The day after the wedding
Despite a strong refutation by the makers of Made in Heaven of Dalit writer Yashica Dutt’s allegations of appropriation, the last shot in this war of words hasn’t been fired.
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A watchlist for the long weekend
Hindi moviegoers can pick between the Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer (in Tamil but also dubbed into Hindi), Gadar 2 and OMG 2.
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The show isn’t over until the song is sung
The acclaimed Netflix series Kohrra gave a song from three years ago its Running Up That Hill moment.
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Florence Pugh’s little black dress
Caution: Spoilers ahead about Oppenheimer.
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What ‘Barbenheimer’ is actually telling us
It is being opined that the box office clash between Oppenheimer and Barbie on July 21 will tell us about who we are.
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Tom Cruise and the art of ‘stunting’
The phrase ‘dead reckoning’ means guesswork, which is one of Ethan Hunt’s trademark attributes.
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