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दीवार : बिल्ला क्रमांक ७८६ मार्गे हिंदूंचे खच्चीकरण

दीवार : बिल्ला क्रमांक ७८६ मार्गे हिंदूंचे खच्चीकरण

शिव हा एक शिक्षा देणारा देव आहे जो कधीही निरुपा रॉय यांच्या आजीवन प्रार्थना ऐकत नाही तर ७८६/ अल्लाह एक संरक्षण करणारा देव आहे

Deewaar: The Classic Cinematic Textbook Celebrating the Worst of Nehruvian Secularism and Communism: Part 2

Deewaar: The Classic Cinematic Textbook Celebrating the Worst of Nehruvian Secularism and Communism: Part 2

The first and greatest thing about Deewaar is the fact that it truly is a fantastic piece of cinema. It is also why it has endured as a classic. The storytelling is simply compelling, a big reason for its repeat value. Indeed, there is truth in the near-universal consensus

Agni Mattu Male: The Sound and the Fury of Perversion

Agni Mattu Male: The Sound and the Fury of Perversion

By the time Girish Karnad wrote Agni Mattu Male (The Fire and The Rain) in the early 1990s, he had already pocketed the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Padmashri, the Padmabhushan, and the Karnataka Sahitya Parishad Award…all of which he had amassed on the wreckage of Indian culture and

Does Sanjay Leela Bhansali Have the Guts to tell the Full Story of Ala-ud-din Khilji?

Does Sanjay Leela Bhansali Have the Guts to tell the Full Story of Ala-ud-din Khilji?

And so it begins again. As the release date for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest opium-addled celluloid perversity approaches, all manner of politicisation has erupted once again. If Karni Sena’s preemptory antics are on the one side, its wealthy, celebrity Sepoy cousin, Devdutt Pattnaik is on the other.

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