With Dhurandhar, the propaganda machine seems to have pulled off its most unintended magic trick yet. In trying very hard to demonise the Muslim villain, it has accidentally made him cool. And the internet cannot resist a cool villain.
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Samina Motlekar is a screenwriter and former advertising film producer based in Bombay.
In a culture that worships the idea of women as caregivers, Hindi cinema has turned emotional labour into an aesthetic—a soft-focus montage of waiting, forgiving, and loving harder.
Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound is a rare example of working-class lives depicted without voyeurism or as decor
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