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Revenge Of The Naked Princess

Stories from Mumbai book launches

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All Together Now

TBIP reports on a new experiment in filmmaking that is catching on

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The Wondrous Histories of Zippy The Chimp and Pedro The Ape Bomb

A tale of two monkeys, who took the Hindi film world by storm

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The Migrants and a Movie Hall

Immigration, racism, rebellion and the cinema hall that saw it all, by Farrukh Dhondy.

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Gaza and the Greatest Love Story Ever Known

Radhika Sainath on how Gaza adores Bollywood

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The Big Jinx

TBIP investigates the process by which India’s Oscar entry is chosen and how that might be impacting our chances at the awards.

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S-U-P-E-R-S-T-A-R

Three short pieces that provide us with coveted glimpses into the starry world of Rajinikanth

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The Foot-Worshipper’s Guide to Watching Maula Jatt

Musharraf Ali Farooqi on the secret subtext of a cult Pakistani film.

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Shahid Azmi Haazir Ho

In life, in death and now in cinema— Shahid Azmi continues to lead us to the tough questions.

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To Bollywood or not to Bollywood

A report from the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

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Finding Ebert

An account of the 15th Ebertfest, the first after its founder passed away.

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The Books Keeper

A visit to V. Shantaram's library.

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WHEN SANJAY MET PANDEY

Palash Krishna Mehrotra on watching Khal Nayak in Allahabad.

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RISEN FROM THE DEPTHS

The life and times of Neecha Nagar, the only Indian film to have won the Grand Prix at the Cannes, and Chetan Anand, the man who made it.

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The Narcissus of Undying Bloom

Saadat Hasan Manto on his likely and unlikely encounters with the actress Nargis.

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THEIR EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH

Amrit Gangar on 10 'experimental' Indian films you must watch and why.

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The World Is Not Enough

Turkish basilicas, English estates, Russian republics, the Al-Qaeda and Buckingham Palace. Chako on how Bollywood usurped everything.

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Chronicle of a Friendship Unforetold

Aparna Sen writes about Rituparno Ghosh, her friend.

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The Name of the Rose

The many legends of Rosy, Malayalam cinema's first actress.

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Moving Images from the Ghetto

A tale of ghettos, migration and the movies.

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