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Super Filmi Week: Prepping for Padmavati!

by Sukanya Posted on October 4, 2017

Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar’s exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor’s best performance in my Super Filmi Week. As I behold the cinematic pomp of Padmavati‘s posters, I am convinced its director … Continue reading →

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Super filmi week: Gulzar’s gussa, Sachin’s tears!

by Sukanya Posted on August 22, 2017

Christopher Nolan’s next, Gulzar’s gussa, Shyam Benegal’s Shivaji and RD’s Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in my Super Filmi Week. Monday What should Christopher Nolan direct next? My question on The New Yorker Movie Club’s Facebook … Continue reading →

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Looking back at Shyam Benegal’s mesmerising Mandi

by Sukanya Posted on April 14, 2017

Shyam Benegal’s mesmeric Mandi chronicles life through a woman running a brothel house in the crammed backstreets of Hyderabad. As is the nature of a marketplace, the establishment is marked by rumpus and range but Benegal views the matriarch’s lifestyle … Continue reading →

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