Mayank Shekhar

Having directed nine acclaimed films in less than two decades, Rajat Kapoor is one of Hindi cinema’s most prolific and underrated auteurs. Then why does he always have a problem he always have a problem getting his movies funded?

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Rajat Kapoor: A Bollywood ‘Kapoor’ In Search Of An Audience

The best of movies and OTT serials are not about stars anymore. It is invariably about writing, casting, production and of course, the director. Movies Prateek Vats’ Eeb Allay Ooo! About a man (Shardul Bharadwaj) monkeying around India’s power centre—areas surrounding Parliament Street in Lutyens’ New Delhi. What’s he up to? Taming monkeys. No, literally—that’s [&hellip;]

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The Best Of Hindi Movies And OTT Serials Of 2020

Once upon a time in Mumbai, shortly after a global dot-com bust of the early noughties, or as a result of it, journalists suddenly received massive salary raises. It meant that scribes like me, but especially those on the metropolitan beat (covering civic issues, crime, etc.)—most of them married to their jobs, obsessed with its [&hellip;]

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Mumbai Without Its Mirror

There are many ways to see New York City. One of them is to view it through the lens of films starring Al Pacino, 79, and Robert De Niro, 76, over generations. Of course, I wouldn’t have thought of this if it wasn’t for a morning in end-September, that I woke up in a hotel [&hellip;]

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Talking With Al Pacino And Robert De Niro: An MW Exclusive

“An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind,” is a famous Mahatma Gandhi line that, like the rest of the world, had impressed the then US President Ronald Reagan’s speech writers very much. They wished to quote the line in one of Reagan’s forthcoming speeches. Except, they were unable to figure out [&hellip;]

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Gandhi, The Person Vs. Gandhi, The Movie

House Spirit: Drinking in India (Speaking Tiger), edited by Palash Krishna Mehrotra, is a valiant attempt to make sense of our guilt ridden national pastime.

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A New Anthology On The Great Indian Love Affair With The Bottle

‘Daredevil’ Charlie Cox says there is no such thing as a superhero film any more — there are films with superheroes in them.

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“No Such Thing As A Superhero Film, There Are Films With Superheroes In Them” – Charlie Cox

Movies from 2015, so unforgivably terrible, they&#8217;ll make a wiser viewer out of you

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The Worst Bollywood movies of 2015

Why a country made mostly of young people is still enamoured by the triumvirate of Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, each of whom is well past their sell-by date, going by Bollywood&#8217;s century old history.

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The Khans at 50: How the Triumvirate Conquered Time and Convention

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