Why We Need Films Like Shanghai in the Age of Hyper-nationalism
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Why We Need Films Like Shanghai in the Age of Hyper-nationalism

Dibakar Banerjee’s Shanghai could easily have been adapted into a political potboiler with countless twists, item songs, and stereotypical portrayals of the bureaucracy. But, Banerjee refuses to go down the OTT route. Shanghai is an exercise in restraint. In a way, it can be looked as a balm for the hyper-nationalistic age we live in.
A Day in the Life of L K Advani
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A Day in the Life of L K Advani

Each time L K Advani sees his chowkidar these days, his BP mysteriously shoots up. He spends most of his time reminiscing over his heyday in Ayodhya, planning a Second Innings home for snubbed netas with MM Joshi, and listening to “Chariots of Fire” on loop.