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Tanul Thakur

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Writer. Assistant Editor ( @Outlookindia ).

New Delhi (for now).

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Joined November 2010

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Tanul Thakur

4 years

Dear @ewarren and @AOC , I’ve a lot of respect and admiration for your views, and this is not an attempt to deride you. That said, though, I was disturbed—and alarmed—by your recent tweets regarding the University of Farmington, and I want to broach this topic with you (1/135).

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4 years

This is not the sound of clanging of plates and spoons. This is not about Coronavirus. This is the surround sound of submission, played for the Dear Leader, giving him a signal that subjugation will be accepted without question.

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4 years

Bong Joon-ho as a college student:

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4 years

Calm down, Chetan. The sudden 'compassion' of the Indian audiences for Sushant Singh Rajput is hypocritical to say the least. And if you've any doubts about it, you should check the box-office figures of not just Sonchiriya but any good Hindi film over the last decade.

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4 years

Sushant's last film releases this week. I want to tell the snob and elitist critics right now, write sensibly. Don't act oversmart. Don't write rubbish. Be fair and sensible. Don't try your dirty tricks. You have ruined enough lives. Now stop. We'll be watching.

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5 years

Lovely show, thoroughly enjoyed. Review, The Family Man:

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2 years

Man, Manmarziyaan is such a great album. It not only has great music and lyrics. I've of late started to use it as a Red Bull/coffee shot. No matter how depleted I feel, it always picks me up.

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4 years

Any JNU student in trouble and needs help/medical assistance/accommodation, get in touch. I live 10 minutes away.

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3 years

I remember checking Pakistani Twitter and laughing a lot after we won the match in the 2019 World Cup. The humour was great and endearing. But what did we do yesterday? Went after our own fast bowler because he's a Muslim.

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2 years

With Yash Raj Films backing a project like Samrat Prithviraj, the Hindutvafication of Bollywood is complete:

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'Samrat Prithviraj' Is a Tedious Repeat of Nationalist Hindutva Films

The dialogues carry the baton, reducing the complexities of individuals, kingdoms, and conquests in two words: Hindu and Muslim.

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2 years

Gehraiyaan 'glorifying cheating' - and other similar takes - belong to the same genre of film analysis as 83 was a good film because it was 'inspirational'.

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4 years

Rest in peace, Sushant Singh Rajput. Saying anything else feels futile. Only you knew how it felt.

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2 years

"You can't sit with 20 independent filmmakers in a room after they've made made their first film (...) Put them in a room, and it'll explode like a bomb. They'll be like, "I'm a bigger 'auteur' than you." NO truer words have ever been spoken. Thank you for saying this.

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1 year

I feature in a new Netflix four-part docu series on Yash Raj Films— unshaven and wearing a chappal—and immediately reduce its collective beauty by some 20 points. Jokes apart, I enjoyed doing it and exploring the stories of old Bollywood. Here's me trying to not frown:

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4 years

In fact, it were the critics - and *not* the audiences - who gushed about the movie (because it was that good). Many critics included it in their year-end list of best films. For me, it was the best film of the year:

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4 years

Six months after SRK spoke, I profiled a famous impersonator of his, Raju Rahikwar. Raju told me that the repercussion of Khan speaking against the government was so severe that *he* had stopped getting shows. (So yeah, I get people's angst, but it's not easy.)

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“Why you no say nuthin Khans, we made you heros, you sad us” The Khans spoke out years ago. When they said “we feel unsafe” you didn’t ask “why” & look around you to access the objective truth but made it sound like THEY were wrong for feeling that way. You didn’t do your job.

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6 years

Review, Lust Stories:

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Four Arresting and Subversive Tales of Morality and Power in 'Lust Stories'

The diverse filmmakers are ready to take risks in these stories just like their characters do.

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4 years

And if you really think this was about showing gratitude for the healthcare professionals, then I'm sorry, I pity your naivete.

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4 years

Review, Tanhaji, a thinly veiled tribute to Hindu Rashtra:

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2 months

I got married 😊

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4 years

And it was of course topped off by loud, aggresive cries of "Har Har Mahadev" and "Jai Shri Ram". Some context: this is about a virus. You've got to be scared of this country.

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Tanul Thakur

2 years

A small note on All That Breathes winning the best documentary award at Cannes.

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4 years

Thank you for everything, Irrfan Khan. We'll never forget you - that's the least that we can do.

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5 years

Read a great sentence today: "Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people". #lol

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8 months

On International Translational Day, my long reported piece on a wondrous art form, where translated words not just capture the content and context of the original but also sing: subtitling Bollywood songs.

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For Better Or Verse: The Wondrous Art Of Subtitling Bollywood Songs

Many pieces of translation pose daunting challenges. But translating Bollywood songs illuminates another fascinating facet of the art form: retaining the intention, accuracy, and context of the...

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5 months

#Aww at all the people being surprised that Rajkumar Hirani made a bad film. The dude has made *one* good film. *One* (Munnabhai MBBS). And, of course, many Indian film critics have to keep manufacturing anger to tell themselves that their jobs have meanings. So did I, once.

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Tanul Thakur

4 years

If the revolution has come, can Kanti Shah be left behind?

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Tanul Thakur

2 years

Anurag Kashyap's Dobaaraa is puzzling, lively, and riveting, hiding in its core a tender humane story. Review:

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Anurag Kashyap's 'Dobaaraa' Confounds, Confuses, Beguiles – Yet Stays in Your Head

A sharp adaptation, the film is deeper than it cares to admit and never slips into an instructional mode.

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Tanul Thakur

5 years

Writing is the revenge of the loners.

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Tanul Thakur

11 months

And I'm ... DONE. Genre: Narrative nonfiction/investigative journalism. One-line pitch: Munnabhai MBBS meets Newton meets Nomadland.

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Tanul Thakur

1 year

12 in the night, smoking a cigarette in the balcony, hoping the next line of the piece materialises somehow. Nothing nice about it. And then, an auto zips on the main road blasting Satya's 'Sapnein Me Milti Hai', making you smile. India is an endearing short story (sometimes)

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Tanul Thakur

2 years

Even by her already high standards, Alia Bhatt is sensational in Gangubai Kathiawadi. By far the best actor in commercial Hindi cinema. Review:

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Alia Bhatt Soars in and as 'Gangubai', Confirms Place as Best Actor in Commercial Hindi Cinema

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is spot on when it comes to style and gloss, but the film doesn’t get the politics of a red light area.

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4 years

Also, the public discourse around Sushant's suicide has been plain disgusting. Don't sacrifice complexity at the altar of populism. Celebrity culture—of which neoptism is a part—doesn't exist in vaccum. It is enabled by the media *and* the audiences. The B'wood production houses+

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2 years

Ayan Mukerji named SRK's character Mohan Bhargava to just check how many critics would mention it in their reviews (Swades connection!). Among the ones I've read, all of them did. References and Indian film critics: Old Monk and Coke.

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4 years

India is so third world that even its Nazism is 85 years late.

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2 years

My favourite line in Salman Khan's Antim was “Duniya me kuch nahin tikta sivaye plastic ke.” But besides lesson in materials science, the movie offers nothing. Review:

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Review: Salman Khan’s 'Antim' Is Yet Another Outing Where All Problems Are Solved With Bullets

In the remake of the 2018 Marathi film 'Mulshi Pattern', the star has very kindly let his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma upstage him.

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Tanul Thakur

3 years

Sherni is absolutely wonderful. It is rare to see a mainstream Hindi film marked by moral clarity *and* artistic integrity. My review:

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'Sherni' Communicates a Story of Fierce Conflict With Genuine Empathy

Amit Masurkar shows us a well-rounded film, where the protagonist, much like the filmmaker, is never above the people.

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4 years

+ need to do some solid introspection—of that there's no doubt. But it's time the audiences did some soul searching, too. It's terrible that all of this needs to be said in 2020, but here we're.

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Tanul Thakur

2 years

Review, Shabaash Mithu:

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Review: After a Charming Start, 'Shabaash Mithu' Takes the Cliched Victimisation Route

Director Srijit Mukherji seems to lose interest after a while in telling the inspiring story of cricketer Mithali Raj.

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5 years

#madeinheaven starts off shakily but ultimately morphs into a piece that has some penetrating insights about India's rich elites and class divide, and the different ways in which we sacrifice identities for success or acceptance. Wrote about it here:

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'Made in Heaven': The Dark Story of India's Elite, One Wedding at a Time

The Amazon series, centred on a wedding planning business for the uber-rich, sees the world from a tower so tall that the rest of the world shrinks dot-like, magnifying the hypocrisies, prejudices...

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3 years

Sardar Udham is a rare biopic, a rare patriotic film, that understands the true essence of those two words. It'd have been an impressive film in any year, but in 2021—when the world is on the verge of implosion—it is an exceptional achievement. Review:

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Sardar Udham Review: The Layered Biopic Shows a Freedom Fighter Without Succumbing to Hyper Jingoism

Vicky Kaushal turns in a nuanced performance in tune with the film’s script.

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Tanul Thakur

2 years

My parents, like many Indian parents, like Modi. So, when my mum called me to praise my Kashmir Files review (!), she also said that she told my dad, "Don't you think he sounds very angry?" To which my dad replied, "Koi problem nahin. Humaara ladka Leftist ho gaya hai." 😅

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7 years

David Fincher's Zodiac turned 10 earlier this year. this is a great piece on it: (via @Quicksilwr )

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2 years

I've obv been following Hindi cinema for a really long time, but the level of discourse has never been lower. Not just from Bollywood audiences but also critics. No problem with anyone disliking Gehraiyaan ofc - or any other film - it's the quality of analysis.

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3 years

Saw Karnan last night. What a film, I was blown away. There's something so pure about elemental Tamil cinema—the way it blends "art" and "commercial", the way it looks at the world, the way it makes you feel—that is absolutely stunning.

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3 years

There should be a ball-by-ball video of Dravid reacting to this Indian innings. I'll pay for that shit.

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4 years

Subrata Mitra, Satyajit Ray's legendary DoP, had absolutely no fucks to give about Hollywood's aesthetics:

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1 year

Let me be very clear: Even in a world devoid of such ideas as 'communal polarisation' (and so on), The Kashmir Files - just at the level of 'objective' storytelling - is trashy. More than your ulterior motives behind liking this film, I worry about your artistic taste.

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Tanul Thakur

3 years

That Bloomberg essay, which has gone viral, is a new exercise in neoliberal brazenness. It has absolutely no sense of history and its lunges at 'national solidarity'—who is “we” that he keeps talking about? “Growth” for whom?—are quite shameful. A shit piece, in all.

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Tanul Thakur

9 months

In the context of the alleged suicide of a Jadavpur University student, I wrote a piece on how Bollywood has normalised ragging - and bullying - over the years. (After a long break, I'm back to writing!)

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Bollywood Has Long Amplified The Humour And Not Humiliation Of Ragging, Bullying In Colleges

For an industry fixated on images, the Jadavpur incident has shown Bollywood what it really needs: a mirror.

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5 years

Review, Kabir Singh:

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4 years

'Is Love Enough? Sir' is one of the best Hindi films of the year. It is tender, poignant, and assured about the story it wants to tell, not getting sidetracked by easy sentimentality. And Tillotama Shome is absolutely brilliant. Review:

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'Is Love Enough? Sir' Explores the Alchemy of Desire Through the Prism of Class

In a film where the protagonists are separated by an insurmountable barrier, the real charm lies in slow transitions.

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8 years

The many 'Mumbais' that Bollywood fails to see and how it shuts its doors to the poor. My piece for @thecaravanindia :

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How Bollywood shuts its doors on the poor

The geography of Bollywood stardom corresponds pretty much exactly with Mumbai's geography of wealth. Tanul Thakur in the July issue.

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3 years

Someone should just make a hyper-jingoistic movie and title it 'This Film Will Surely Win a National Award Next Year (By God)' and be done with this whole nonsense.

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2 years

Spoke to Chhatrapal Ninawe about Jio Studios burying his award-winning film.

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'A Case of Corporate Censorship': Chhatrapal Ninawe on How Jio Buried His Award-Winning Film

Ninawe's Marathi film, 'Ghaath', was selected to premier at the Berlin International Film Festival but Jio Studios, which partly financed the film, reportedly sent the festival a legal notice...

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Tanul Thakur

5 years

I was largely unimpressed and unmoved by Gully Boy. Zoya Akhtar, the filmmaker, imposes on this story a generic pathos, and a banal worldview (very disconnected, very Bollywood), shortchanging the people and milieu providing it artistic mileage. Review:

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Review: Gully Boy

In an early scene in Gully Boy, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, some foreigners are on a slum tour in Dharavi. They enter Murad’s (Singh) house. “Wow, it’s amazing!” says one. “Every inch ha…

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Tanul Thakur

3 years

Hello all. My uncle just got a hospital bed, so l've deleted the tweet. Thank you so much for the help. I can only hope that the next few weeks are kinder on us and our families - and that we continue to help each other in whatever ways possible. Thank you again.

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7 years

Udaan's soundtrack is so healing, so uplifting that it should be sold in pharmacies.

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2 years

I quite liked Gehraiyaan. Compared to Kapoor & Sons (because there's a lot to compare), it is less affecting and cohesive. And a portion of its climax hints that the filmmaker is losing out of ideas. Not a biggie. Yet. Review:

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'Gehraiyaan' Is About Friends, Relationships and Secrets

Shakun Batra’s 'Gehraiyaan' is a drama that, unlike its protagonists, is comfortable in its own skin. It moves along smoothly but fumbles towards the end.

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Tanul Thakur

3 years

In our latest podcast, @reelreptile and I discuss the mediocrity of Bhuj and Shershaah, the blatant 'selloutness' of Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar post-2014, and the inflection point of jingoism in Bollywood:

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Shershaah, Bhuj: The Pride of India

Listen to this episode from IIF on Spotify. Film critics Rahul Desai and Tanul Thakur discuss the two Independence Day 2021 Bollywood releases, SHERSHAAH and BHUJ: THE PRIDE OF INDIA.

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4 years

@nagrathnam @invokeanand And what makes it worse and heartbreaking is that we're talking about educated folks here.

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5 years

India is disappointed that Cuarón didn't thank Chaitanya Tamhane in his acceptance speech.

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4 years

From this long Collider interview of the filmmaker:

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Bong Joon Ho on Parasite, Snowpiercer, The Host, and More at SBIFF

Bong Joon Ho opened up about Parasite, Okja, The Host, Snowpiercer, and the rest of his filmography as well as the HBO Parasite series.

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5 years

But my favourite MAMI story is this: An elderly guy, last year, just wanted to watch the first 20 minutes of a film. I asked why. "Because of my wife," he said. "She couldn't watch the first 20 minutes, and is in a different screening rn, so I'll tell her what she missed." Wow.

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5 years

That SRK-Letterman interview was so poorly researched that, after a point, it was painful to watch. Also, WTF was up with that generic sitar-flute sounds in the background? It was quite clear that Letterman had no interest in, or knowledge about, his subject. Quite disappointing.

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Tanul Thakur

5 years

Quite enjoyed Hamid. Watch it if you get the time. Review:

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Movie Review: 'Hamid' Is a Humane, Clever Look at the Aftermath of Violence

Set in Kashmir and centred around a seven-year-old boy, 'Hamid' never skirts around uncomfortable truths.

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3 years

So glad that Koozhangal has been chosen as India's entry to Oscars. I had seen it earlier this year, as part of the Rotterdam film festival, and immediately sensed that it was something special. Review:

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3 years

I think I'm gonna tear up (don't worry, I won't, coz I'm dead from inside), but this really brings back so many childhood memories. I'll list three from the top of my head:

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4 years

This interview of Saif Ali Khan⁠—especially from 7:30 to 12:30⁠, where he talks about the politics of Tanhaji—is wonderful. A rare moment of vulnerability and hesitance, and even shades of apology, by a Bollywood star is on full display here.

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Saif Ali Khan Interview with Anupama Chopra | Tanhaji | Jawaani...

Saif Ali Khan comes clean in this interview with Anupama Chopra on the politics of Tanhaji and why he felt the film is based on a 'dangerous idea'. As he tur...

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5 years

Very illuminating video essay on Mindhunter, which nails a significant editing nuance: cutting a scene in a manner that translates its inner-rhythm and -meanings.

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4 years

Civilization was invented to trick us into believing that licking our plates clean after eating Maggi is not cool.

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4 years

If you're interested in movies that depict the anxieties and imperfections of young love, then, as opposed to Imtiaz Ali, you should turn to South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang-soo. Start with his Right Now, Wrong Then (2015):

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RIGHT NOW, WRONG THEN Trailer | Festival 2015

The delightful new film from Festival favourite Hong Sang-soo (In Another Country) presents two variations on a potentially fateful romantic encounter betwee...

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2 years

Jahan teri yeh nazar hai, meri jaan mujhe khabar hai. Review, The Kashmir Files:

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As a Film, 'The Kashmir Files' Is Both Laughable and Frightening in Its Relentless Communalism

The script and the characters are plucked straight out of WhatsApp forward, but its over-simplification will appeal to audiences.

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4 years

Dating a writer is like being in a love triangle: there's you, the writer, and the writer in love with Himself.

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3 years

One of the best test cricket victories ever. No Kohli, no Shami, no Ishant, humiliated in the last test. The art of comeback, written in glowing prose by a young Indian team. Hats off, guys!

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5 years

Ashvin Kumar's No Fathers in Kashmir applied for a censor certificate more than 6 months ago. The CBFC's guidelines state that it shouldn't take more than 68 days to certify a film. And yet, the film is still stuck with the censor board. I find out why:

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This Film on Kashmir Sought CBFC Clearance 6 Months Ago – and Is Still Waiting

While the censor board claims 'No Fathers in Kashmir' has been granted 'A' certification, the director says the movie has in effect been banned.

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4 years

A new SonyLiv series, Scam 1992—based on Harshad Mehta's rise and fall—is ambitious, exhaustive, and terrific. Absolutely loved it. Review:

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'Scam 1992': Bulls, Bears and the Shadow World of High Finance

The series offers a rounded view of Harshad Mehta and a system that allowed his rise.

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2 years

And this problem will only intensify in the coming years, as: 1) the OTT platforms keep drowning us with their 'content', 2) more and more outlets hire half-a-dozen 'writers' to opine on the said content, 3) those pieces don't get edited. At all.

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4 years

Quite intriguing that both Bong and Lee Chang-dong hail from Daegu, once the hub of Korea's conservative party. Another obvious similarity is their last films: the social commentary in Burning (2018), especially the rage of Korean working class, finds echoes in Parasite.

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8 months

@shreemiverma lol, my therapist once told me that she and her colleagues once filed a petition against the movie as its depiction of schizophrenia was so misleading.

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2 years

No problem with people not liking Darlings, but what is this utterly vapid hot take that it's a #AllMenTrash film? Because it's quite simply not. Again, I don't think people watch films these days. Firstpost had a similar column *before* the film was out. I gives up.

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5 years

This is *not* a problem of Oxford comma. This is a problem of parallelism. There should have been an '-ing verb' before Bernie Sanders, too. You want to hate on Oxford comma? Do it all by means, but write a proper sentence first.

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4 years

Netflix restrained from releasing the documentary Bad Boy Billionaires. I'm afraid this will set a bad precedent for investigative documentaries in future:

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Netflix restrained from releasing ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’ on plea by Ramalinga Raju

A Hyderabad civil court on Tuesday restrained Netflix from releasing web series Bad Boy Billionaires: India. The court passed a restraining injunction based on

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Tanul Thakur

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Glad to share I'm a South @AsiaSpeaks fellow this year. I'm looking forward to working with my mentor (McKenzie Funk) hoping his insights would make it a better book. You can read about the other fellows and their projects here:

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Class of 2023 | South Asia Speaks

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Tanul Thakur

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The 5-am-waking, blanket-draping 10-year-olds glued in front of their TV sets, considering disappointment an inevitability, would like to thank you guys. Thank you for setting a part of us free.

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7 years

Quite dug this little beauty. Review, Tu Hai Mera Sunday:

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'Tu Hai Mera Sunday' Is a Feel-Good Dramedy That Clings to Life's Little Triumphs

Tu Hai Mera Sunday with its terrific casting and credible performances is serious about its intentions but doesn’t take itself too seriously.

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Tanul Thakur

3 years

Need 6 Remdesivir injections for my uncle. He's admitted in Max Vaishali. I've a doctor's prescription. If you can share some verified leads, it'll be very helpful. Thank you.

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Tanul Thakur

4 years

Nepotism makes it tough to write film reviews. The copy of Sadak 2 was filled with all kinds of Bhatts: Pooja, Mahesh, Alia. Can't go by their last names, impossible to differentiate; and writing Mahesh Bhatt as "Mahesh" sounds as if I went to school with him.

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Tanul Thakur

1 year

Thank you, you're very kind. I *loved* Scam 1992. Was raving about Shahid here a few days ago.

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1 year

He doesn’t like most of my films. I like most of his reviews. @Plebeian42 Review: ‘An Action Hero’ Is a Movie That’s Truly Difficult To Predict via @thewire_in

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The Indian government banned my satirical Website, DowryCalculator, without any notice or reason, in September 2018. With @internetfreedom 's help, I challenged the decision in the Delhi HC. Its first hearing came up a few days ago. Here's the case summary:

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HC asks MEITY to consider hearing creator of blocked site

Mr Tanul Thakur is the creator of the satirical website dowrycalculator.com. In 2018, the Union Government blocked the website without granting him a hearing or providing a copy of the order. Mr...

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Tanul Thakur

4 years

Absolutely. I'd like to further state that a clear thorough-line connects capitalism and casteism. Both are 'upstairs-downstairs' structures, sustained by a simple, eternal promise. Upstairs? There's always someone to look up to. Downstairs? There's always someone to subjugate.

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Ideally, should they speak? Absolutely, no doubt about that. It's also true that nothing is easy in these times. But while we justifiably rage at their silence, it's also important to note the true weight of consequences. That's it.

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Tanul Thakur

4 years

Feels surreal to title a Word file 'Irrfan Khan Obituary'. Life doesn't have to be this cruel and absurd - but well it is, and what can we do? You were a true gift, sir, and we're grateful for your brilliance.

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Tanul Thakur

3 years

How many cliches must a sports film peddle/ Before you call it 'inspirational'? How many tires must Farhan wrestle/ Before we tell him that, yes, you've acting muscle The answer, my friend, is streaming on Amazon Prime. #Toofan

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Tanul Thakur

4 years

Zindagi meme na ban jaaye sambhalo yaaron.

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Tanul Thakur

5 years

Went to meet cinematographer Robert Richardson with a lot of pretentious questions and trepidation. But by the end of the conversation, I was doing shots with him, getting trolled by him, and mustered the courage to (very slightly) troll him back. Excerpt:

Robert Richardson: I think all my collaborations with directors have been ideal

The legendary cinematographer tells us about shooting Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time in Hollywood’ Richardson also discusses his previous partnerships with Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone

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Tanul Thakur

6 years

. @baradwajrangan Saaaaar, look what I found. You're the Kamal Haasan of film critics!

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2 years

Normalization of domestic abuse? Toxic? What? Have people stopped watching films these days? Have they gone completely nutty? Some 'commentary' around Darlings is just bizarre.

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2 years

Shahrukh Khan: *breathes* Liberal Twitter: OMGGGGG!!!! So progressive! So inclusive! So secular! That's what I call True Indian Breathing!

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"Raksha Bandhan is so masterfully incompetent that if it ran a 100m sprint alone, it would still come second." Review, the worst Hindi film of the year, Raksha Bandhan:

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Raksha Bandhan: Akshay Kumar’s Latest is Offensive, Sexist and Unbearable

Anand Rai’s film is not just clueless about gender politics, but is also devoid of logic, and harks back to the cheap films of the 1980s.

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An Action Hero is brilliant. Review:

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Review: ‘An Action Hero’ Is a Movie That’s Truly Difficult To Predict

The Ayushmann Khurrana starrer doesn’t spare anyone, including – and especially – the Indian public and media’s confused, helpless, and toxic relationship with stardom.

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