Cinema

Patriot Bureau -February 8, 2020

Jojo Rabbit teaches us about the price collectively paid for fascism in the past. The movie is a visceral reminder of the past intruding on our present as we encounter violent right-wing racism and communal violence around us DIRECTED BY Taika Waititi and based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, Jojo Rabbit is […]

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Shruti Das -February 1, 2020

Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan depicts a homosexual love story, and finally makes Bollywood give its much-awaited due to the LGBTQ community. Here’s why! “Ek baat batao beta, kab decide kiya yeh banogey? (When did you decide that you want to be ‘that’?),” asks a middle-aged man.  To which, the young boy replies: […]

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Nabeel Ahmed -February 1, 2020

The soldiers who were inspired by Subhash Chandra Bose to fight against British colonialism get their due place in Kabir Khan’s web series, but with a touch of Bollywoodisation KABIR KHAN’S mini web series on Amazon Prime – The Forgotten Army – bring an often-ignored chapter of INA into the limelight but with a populist […]

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Patriot Bureau -January 29, 2020

With the launch of his new single ‘Tootey Khaab’, singer Armaan Malik talks about his journey as a singer, his evolution from a child artist and his upcoming projects SINGER ARMAAN Malik, who is the grandson of the veteran music director and composer Sardar Malik, made his debut as a child singer with the song […]

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MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -January 29, 2020

With Bong Joon-ho’s film Parasite making waves globally, South Korean films are all set to reach new heights It was 1998 when a film – Life is Beautiful – was the first foreign language one to be nominated for the Best Ensemble Award at Star Screen Guilds (SAG) Award. This year, history repeated itself – […]

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Patriot Bureau -January 19, 2020

The films ‘Jallikattu’ and ‘Aamis’ deploy the desire for meat to explore the concepts of love, altruism, greed, aggression Given a choice between the predictable and the prohibited, what would you go for? How far would you go to gratify your greed for the forbidden? Have you ever considered exhibiting your deepest desires uninhibitedly? Have […]

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Patriot Bureau -January 19, 2020

In these troubled times, a brave woman has chosen to fight for the greater good, even though she has the most to lose IN 2005, fifteen-year-old teenager, Laxmi Agarwal was assaulted. Acid was thrown on her face and body by a close family friend, Naeem Khan. In an all too familiar saga, the attacker, a […]

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Patriot Bureau -January 10, 2020

The film and the mini-series trace how Richard Ailes of Fox News was brought down by Gretchen Carlson. Every time a predator is felled, the cause of justice is served “I am not a feminist” Megyn Kelly, played by Charlize Theron, says repeatedly in the film Bombshell, often more to reassure herself that she fits […]

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