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When 800 Indian Soldiers Escaped

Photograph: Kind courtesy: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205053514/Wikimedia Commons Which was the largest prison break of World War II? Was it when 76 plucky Allied POWs fled the......

Why All The Fuss Over The Kashmir Files?

Why is everyone getting so het up over what, after all, is a mere film?If you don't like it, don't watch it.Why create a public spectacle over it? asks Virendra Kapoor. IMAGE: The Kashmir Files......

Myth and Reality of Manipur is in Its Sport

Olympic Silver medalist Mirabai Chani's feat is a story of grit, dedication and desire, but it isn't unique. In Manipur, discovers Vaibhav Raghunandan. IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu Saikhom on the podium......

Dom's Take: Kangana's Comet

With every passing day, the daily soap opera that is Kangana Ranaut gets more and more bilious. No one is immune from Ranaut's rants. Not the chief minister of the state where she found fame and......

When Trump gave special shout out to DDLJ, Sachin, Virat

United States President Donald Trump on Monday reached out to Indians by hailing the "genius" of the Hindi film industry and recalling two all-time favourites, "Sholay" and "Dilwale Dulhania Le......

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......

Watch Out For Raveena Mini, Rasha

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rasha Thadani/Instagram Unlike Raveena Tandon, her daughter Rasha Thadani always dreamed of sizzling on celluloid. Her wish comes true on January 17 when she makes her......

Shyam Benegal, Sir, Only Gratitude For You

'With his passing, Indian cinema has lost its most undaunted voice, a voice of unsettling truths, a window to history, a school of filmmaking.'Sukanya Verma mourns the movie legend. IMAGE: Shabana......

Kamal@70: The Motto He Believes In

'Kamal has surfed and navigated a lot of tidal waves, manoeuvring the peaks and troughs, combining rare intelligence and commonly available intuitions to overcome unimaginable crises all his......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

'Laapataa Ladies Right Film To Represent India

'Indian life is full of chaos. So it captures the cultural chaos quite beautifully and lightly.' IMAGE: Nitanshi Goel in Laapataa Ladies. As soon as Kiran Rao's Laapataa Ladies was announced as......

What's Mbappe Doing At French Open Final?

IMAGE: Kylian Mbappe, Zlatan Ibrahimovich greet each other at the French Open men's singles final. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images IMAGE: Mbappe and Ibrahimovich enjoy the tennis on......

Tim Cook, Sonam Kapoor Enjoy Game Of Cricket

IMAGE: Apple CEO Tim Cook with Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor. Photograph: BCCI With the IPL returning to the home and away format, the stands have witnessed an influx of stars -- from the......

'Kaushik dedicated his entire life to hockey'

IMAGE: Former India player Tushar Khandker, left, with MK Kaushik. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Tushar Khandker/Twitter On a deadly Saturday, COVID-19 snatches away 'Golden Men' Ravinder Pal and MK......

PIX: Preity Zinta's priceless reactions

Preity Zinta, whose cheerful presence we miss in Bollywood, is someone we like spotting in the stands when the Kings XI Punjab -- the team she co-owns -- is playing a game. Whenever the camera......

First Look: Prithviraj in Celluloid

Prithviraj plays the role of J C Daniel, regarded as the father of Malayalam cinema, in director Kamal's Celluloid. Daniel had produced, directed, written, photographed, edited and acted in the......

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