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Pragyan Mohanty
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Birds, boats, and bottles: Poll symbols in Bollywood
In our films, election symbols have typically appeared as background props, even in the ones with political themes and characters. They’re used arbitrarily with no connection or impact on the story.
24 May 2024, 23:02 IST
Birds, boats, and bottles: Poll symbols in Bollywood
24 May 2024, 23:02 IST
Behind the wheel
Leisure, liberty, livelihood, and life lessons. Pragyan Mohanty explores what driving has meant for women in Hindi cinema
22 December 2023, 22:55 IST
Behind the wheel
22 December 2023, 22:55 IST
Children in Hindi cinema: The good, the brat and the wily
A look at how kids are represented on screen. Nov 14 is Children’s Day
10 November 2023, 18:17 IST
Children in Hindi cinema: The good, the brat and the wily
10 November 2023, 18:17 IST
Dev Anand: Directing dil se
Dev Anand was well-informed, cosmopolitan and often admired for his easy camaraderie with his leading ladies. In films he directed, his ease around women, progressive worldview and global experiences reflected in the stories and characters he portrayed.
25 September 2023, 17:52 IST
Dev Anand: Directing dil se
25 September 2023, 17:52 IST
Throwback: Bollywood spies who fought locusts, flew cars, and freed abducted scientists
Contemporary spy thrillers are big-budget, sophisticated films. Long before the top studios and stars got involved, the genre was the domain of B-grade Hindi filmmakers, writes Pragyan Mohanty.
25 August 2023, 23:35 IST
Throwback: Bollywood spies who fought locusts, flew cars, and freed abducted scientists
25 August 2023, 23:35 IST
Sanjeev Kumar: A tribute
Tomorrow is his 85th birth anniversary. The actor who died young played elderly characters with a natural ease
07 July 2023, 19:40 IST
Sanjeev Kumar: A tribute
07 July 2023, 19:40 IST
Sulochana’s most atypical mother roles
The actor, who passed away last week, was the quintessential Hindi film ‘maa’ — noble, nurturing and often naive. But in her best mother roles, she didn’t fit in this mould
09 June 2023, 18:59 IST
Sulochana’s most atypical mother roles
09 June 2023, 18:59 IST
How Hindi cinema reads its newspapers
In Hindi cinema, the ubiquitous activity of reading newspapers has incidentally become a showcase of the diversity of the Indian print media. Some dailies have gone defunct, some are still going strong. And some are fictional
19 May 2023, 20:19 IST
How Hindi cinema reads its newspapers
19 May 2023, 20:19 IST
