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Ellie Bamber talks about biopics Moss and Freud and Anna

Ellie Bamber talks about biopics 'Moss and Freud' and 'Anna'

6 Aug 2024 6:37 AM GMT
Mumbai: British actor Ellie Bamber, who will be seen in two biographical dramas “Moss and Freud” and “Anna”, said that it’s a challenging task to...
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Anna Hazare warns of fast in Delhi from 2 October over Lokpal

Anna Hazare warns of fast in Delhi from 2 October over Lokpal

21 Jun 2013 12:24 AM GMT
Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the UPA government of stabbing him in the back on the issue of Lokpal Bill and said that a...
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On a formidable pulpit
"By Many a Happy Accident" | On a formidable pulpit

Author: M. Hamid Ansari

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 795

Roger Sherman, a founding father of the American Constitution, had observed that ‘if the vice...

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In her own voice
"Lata Mangeshkar in Her Own Voice" | In her own voice

Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 695

Nasreen Munni Kabir (NMK): In which year did you move to Bombay? Lata Mangeshkar (LM): In 1945....

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India’s irrepressible gadfly
"Rebels with a Cause" | India’s irrepressible gadfly

Author: TT Ram Mohan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 599

In early 2014, Arundhati Roy wrote a lengthy introduction to one of B.R. Ambedkar’s most powerful...

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Star of the Millennium
"Amitabh Bachchan: A Kaleidoscope" | Star of the Millennium

Author: Pradeep Chandra & Vikas Chandra Sinha

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 1500

Don is the only Hindi film directed by Chandra Barot. Both Don and Barot have interesting histories....

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Of loss and resilience
"Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History" | Of loss and resilience

Author: Sudeep Chakravarti

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 799

In the Ain-i-Akbari, a record of administration during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar, what...

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Across ethnic and regional identities
"Urban Ethos and Pathos" | Across ethnic and regional identities

Author: Raj Liberhan

Publisher: Har-Anand Publications

Price: 595

The thoughts and views expressed in Urban Ethos and Pathos relate to social and political...

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India’s tweakers: a legacy
"Wizards: The Story of Indian Spin Bowling" | India’s tweakers: a legacy

Author: Anindya Dutta

Publisher: Westland

Price: 599

February 7, 1999 – On a cold morning at the Ferozeshah Kotla (now Arun Jaitley Stadium), chasing 419...

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Danger knows no gender
"Queens of Crime" | Danger knows no gender

Author: Sushant Singh and Kulpreet Yadav

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 299

Often women in India and even around the globe are perceived as ‘soft, gentle and nurturing’ human...

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Between the reel & real
"Nambiarswami: The Good, the Bad and the Holy" | Between the reel & real

Author: M.N. Dipak Nambiar

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 400

Written by grandson Dipak Nambiar, this book on the life of noted Tamil actor M N Nambiar carefully...

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Entangled in fatal lust
"Shehla Masood : The Murder that Shook the Nation" | Entangled in fatal lust

Author: Hemender Sharma

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 499

If an urban woman with ‘modern’ sophistication and a ‘questioning’ attitude is killed in our...

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Being an Indian Woman
"Besharam: Of Love and Other Bad Behaviours" | Being an Indian Woman

Author: Priya-Alika Elias

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 299

Being a female in any religion, community or part of the world, we have to follow a set of societal...

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Making of modern Middle East
"Lords of the Desert: Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East" | Making of modern Middle East

Author: James Barr

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Price: 699

The Islamic State’s razing of a Syria-Iraq border post after they over-ran huge swathes of both...

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A relevant film

"Hotel Mumbai" | A relevant film

Director: Anthony Maras

Star Cast: Dev Patel, Anupam Kher, Armie Hammer

An Australian filmmaker has delivered the definitive manifesto on what must surely rank as one of...

Good performances in a cursed plot

"Hexing" | Good performances in a cursed plot

Director: Christophe Lenoir

Star Cast: Dominique Swain, Ketan Anand, Emma Eliza Regan, Adam Weafer, Zeb Moore, Alicia Mairead Gerrad, Camille Solal, Nigel Mercier, Shane Robinson, Conor Marren, Michael Parle

It’s been a while that I saw Hexing, a horror-drama, and, seriously, even after vexing my grey...

‘Posham Pa’ doesn’t tempt us to invest in its scummy characters

"Posham Pa" | ‘Posham Pa’ doesn’t tempt us to invest in its scummy characters

Director: Suman Mukhopadhyay

Star Cast: Mahie Gill, Sayani Gupta, Ragini Khanna

It is heartbreaking to see how much Sayani Gupta and Mahie Gill have invested into their characters...

Tried and tested formula

"Typewriter" | Tried and tested formula

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Star Cast: Palomi Ghosh, Samir Kochhar, Kanwaljit Singh

In our childhood days, all of us believed that ghosts do exist. Firming our childhood beliefs and...

Killer thriller

"Judgementall Hai Kya" | Killer thriller

Director: Prakash Kovelamudi

Star Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao

Judgementall Hai Kya celebrates the bizarre, at the cost of giving in to glaring flaws, much like...

Kataria’s ‘noble’ debut

"Noblemen" | Kataria’s ‘noble’ debut

Director: Vandana Kataria

Star Cast: Kunal Kapoor, Ali Haji, Mohommad Ali Mir

If I say ‘all boys boarding school’, the first thing which might come to your mind is bullying. And,...

Chopticks: A big let down

"Chopticks" | Chopticks: A big let down

Director: Sachin Yardi

Star Cast: Abhay Deol, Mithila Palkar and Vijay Raaz

There is a vast difference between smart cinema and smart ass cinema. The latter is designed by...

Emotionally engaging but cliched

"A Dog’s Journey" | Emotionally engaging but cliched

Director: Gail Mancuso

Star Cast: Kathryn Prescott, Abby Ryder Fortson, Emma Volk, Josh Gad, Betty Gilpin, Marg Helgenberger, Henry Lau, Dennis Quaid, Ian Chen, Jake Manley, Daniela Barbosa and Conrad Coates

What happens when an elastic band gets stretched? It snaps, right? That’s exactly what happens while...

More personal than cricket

"22 Yards" | More personal than cricket

Director: Mitali Ghoshal

Star Cast: Barun Sobti, Amartya Ray, Chaiti Ghoshal, Rajit Kapoor, Panchi Bora, Geetika Tyagi, Rajeev Sharma

22 Yards is a cricket film that’s not actually about cricket. The actual game takes up less than 15...

A laugh riot with underlying message

"Luka Chhupi" | A laugh riot with underlying message

Director: Laxman Utekar

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan; Kriti Sanon; Aparshakti Khurana; Pankaj Tripathi; Vinay Shukla

Set in a small town of India – Mathura, Laxman Utekar’s directorial Luka Chhupi envelopes a lot of...

A perfect blend of fact and fiction

"Uri: The surgical strike" | A perfect blend of fact and fiction

Director: Aditya Dhar

Star Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam, Paresh Rawal

Depicting a real-life political incident on the screen can be a task, that too when so many films...

A preach-fest that fails to make an impact

"The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City" | A preach-fest that fails to make an impact

Director: Tariq Khan

Star Cast: Mahesh Bhatt, Kay Kay Menon, Deepraj Rana, Neha Khan, Alisha Seema Khan, Avii Pardasani, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, Jyoti Malshe, Sayed Gul and Irfanouzzaman

This film is a preach-fest which underlines, “Zindagi mein haarna, par zindagi se na haarna”, which...

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