Witness to revolution: Anand Patwardhan's documentaries on the Emergency
While 'Waves of Revolution' focused on Jayaprakash Narayan's Bihar movement, 'Prisoners of Conscience' documented voices of political prisoners
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Uttaran Das Gupta
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The man who hated films: Gandhi's encounters with the world of cinema
Mahatma Gandhi might have considered cinema to be a corrupting Western influence, but the film camera has always loved him
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India's school education needs reforms. 'Adarsh Baal Vidyalaya' shows why
The new series on Amazon Prime has a humorous take on the rather serious issue of India's school education, which demands reform
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'Lagaan': Cricket, colonial resistance and the nation for a new millennium
As the film celebrates 25 years, it shows us the possibilities of using cinema to imagine a utopian nation - and also the pitfalls of doing so
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Gangster state: Politics as a criminal enterprise in pursuit of power
The 2010 Hindi film 'Raajneeti' showed the pursuit of power as an end in itself, and it has disquieting afterlives
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'Mere Apne': Unhappy young men, alienation and political violence
Adapted from Tapan Sinha's Bengali blockbuster, 'Apanjan', Gulzar's debut feature captured the restless youth of the 1970s on screen
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Asha Bhosle (1933-2026): 'The Last Mughal' who redefined Indian film music
The 1998 Hindi film 'Saaz' apparently dramatized Bhosle's rumoured rivalry with elder sister Lata Mangeshkar - though both denied such claims
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'Dhurandhar: The Revenge': Rage, revenge and wrathful myths of new India
The blockbuster turns national service into a personal quest for revenge, without any critical self-reflection
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