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Never Go Full Tubelight
In Tubelight, Salman Khan’s Laxman believes he can actually move mountains, but all he manages to do is move the audience to yawns.
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Real Men Don’t Cry
To cry is to fall from a position of power that patriarchy bestows on men. My teardrops, then, have probably taken my masculinity score below freezing point.
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Ishqiya, the Kachori Western Served With Noir Ki Chutney
Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya retains the intensity of a Western through poignancy in dialogue, a classic trope of the Western that sets the men apart from the boys
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Hey People, Leave MS Dhoni Alone
Let’s not script a farewell for MS Dhoni. He knows better than anybody else when it’s time to call it a day.
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My Ex-Box Dilemma: What Should We Do with Gifts from Girlfriends Past?
I stumbled upon my “break-up box” and hidden in it were a few love letters and all the memories of my high-school romance. I wondered if I should still keep the mementos? Or try to send them off on their way, “Mera kuch saaman” style?
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Dev.D: The Eternal Soundtrack for the Broken-Hearted
It's been 10 years since Anurag Kashyap's Dev D came out, and what continues to live on, is its gorgeous soundtrack. The film demonstrated, through the music alone, that it is as much Paro and Chanda’s story as it is Dev’s.
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Ranbir Kapoor: The Patron Saint of Lost Boys
Ranbir Kapoor has come to be the validation for millennial angst in all its glory. But it’s now time to make a big-boy decision: To man-child or not to man-child.
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India U-19: Stars in the Making or Flashes in the Pan?
Winning the U-19 Cricket World Cup is doubtless a milestone we all will cherish, but we must not let that become the criteria for judging players like Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti in the future.
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Dhadkan: The Altar at Which Jilted Lovers Pray
Twenty years after Dhadkan released, Suniel Shetty’s Dev is the reason the film still has a tremendous but low-key fan following over the country.
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What the Fukrey is up with these Sequels?
Fukrey Returns comes with the same characters as the first film. The second installment in the franchise, sadly, is not fit for everyone’s palate.