Stardom in Tamil Nadu has been one of the most persuasive languages of power
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The spectacle is undeniable and the crowds are large, but much of the energy stems from fandom, leaving the electoral impact uncertain.
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It has been a year since the Pahalgam attack - an incident which raised some pertinent questions on security, accountability, and retaliation in Kashmir. We are revisiting what we wrote then. The most authentic lens and the most strategic one come from the lived experiences of the people.
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The Women’s Reservation Bill need not be linked to delimitation. It can’t be conditional. It should have been implemented in 2023 and must be implemented now without linking it with delimitation.
Hard as it is to imagine, there was a time when the Dravidian parties were not in power in Tamil Nadu
The BJP’s all-out war against the TMC’s rule in Bengal has turned it into the most intense assembly election of 2026, albeit with greater democratic concerns.
Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s TVK is trying to mobilise the anti-Dravidian vote and cut into traditional banks
Stardom in Tamil Nadu has been one of the most persuasive languages of power
A Third Front in Tamil Nadu that relies primarily on borrowed welfare promises, delegitimising rhetoric, or the emotional capital of a film star is only attempting a shortcut
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Asha Bhosle’s corporeal style of singing was a transgressive sonic and visual force.
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After a decade and a half at the helm, Mamata Banerjee faces a landmark trial of her political endurance as she fights to protect the TMC’s long-standing stronghold against rising voter fatigue.
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An essential April watchlist highlighting fifteen films to watch on the occasion of the birth anniversaries of Jyotirao Phule and Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
The new generation of actors shaped by the social media era, including Panday and Padda, appears more measured in handling fame and choosing projects. Even so, their second film will undoubtedly face far greater scrutiny.
Visions du Réel 2026 | Kartikeya Saxena’s riveting short film blends memory, wonder and science to imagine the curious lives of captive creatures.
An essential April watchlist highlighting fifteen films to watch on the occasion of the birth anniversaries of Jyotirao Phule and Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
The new generation of actors shaped by the social media era, including Panday and Padda, appears more measured in handling fame and choosing projects. Even so, their second film will undoubtedly face far greater scrutiny.
It is July the 4th, Independence Day in the US, and the ER is still full to the brim and tipping over, all the while dealing with internal and external chaos.
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Asha Bhosle’s corporeal style of singing was a transgressive sonic and visual force.
Ben Wheatley’s new film is a neo-Western caper with well-choreographed action sequences that infuse comedy into their gore. However, the film stops just a notch below the quality of action sequences Hollywood is used to churning out.
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Based on Mirza Waheed's The Collaborator, the film follows a teenage boy forced to confront death in a conflict-ridden Kashmir. As friends disappear and violence closes in, he is caught between survival and conscience.
This horror-comedy boasts all the putrid remains of early 2000s Hindi cinema that Priyadarshan recycles in vain.
For a film engineered to act as a political campaign, its inability to release becomes one too—signalling towards a brilliantly managed narrative-making machine in the hands of political leader Vijay.
In Amazon Prime’s latest period crime series, gambling is not treated as a standalone vice, but as part of a larger structure that includes politics, law enforcement and the media. It explores power and morality, but stops short of going all the way.
India has a long history at the internationally significant Cannes film festival despite being absent from the main competition for decades.
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Fan flips the mirror onto the star himself, through a conflict between film star Aryan and his crazy fan, Gaurav. Through this process of reflecting on Shah Rukh Khan's stardom, the film becomes one of the most fascinating archives of the relationship between the star, the industry, and their irrepresible digital afterlives.
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