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Bhaskar Chawla

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By Bhaskar Chawla

The number 4 dilemma

As India takes on Australia today in the ICC World Cup, and one problem still plagues them: the no. 4 slot. India found no answers in the lead up to the World Cup.

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Game of Drones? How bad writing in 'Game of Thrones' has turned into sexist cliché

Without proper source material, the series has become a crude impersonation of what it was in the first four seasons.

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'No Fathers in Kashmir' Movie Review: 'No Fathers in Kashmir' is a valiant attempt at capturing the Valley's sufferings

The world of 'No Fathers in Kashmir' is a small and simple one but encompasses a much bigger, more complex one. The writing and acting, however, aren't without flaws.

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No, 'Gully Boy' is not a great film. Here’s why

The movie is cultural appropriation, plain and simple.

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Would 'Rang De Basanti' be allowed to release today?

When it released 12 years ago, the radical 'RBD' changed how India saw its youth, and vice-versa. Today, it's hard to image such a film would be allowed to release.

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How the manufactured buzz around Sara Ali Khan exposes Bollywood’s deceit

In the last two years, Bollywood has said plenty on the nepotism debate. When will it finally act?

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No, 'Raazi', 'October', 'Andhadhun' were not ‘great cinema’: How 2018 proved we need better film journalism before better films

If we want good cinema, its watchdogs must fearlessly call out shoddy scripts and bad acting. However, if they're chasing stars for interviews, film critics will be the first to praise their mediocrity.

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Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye: On the anniversary of the cult film, how a Delhi thief became the Indian Jay Gatsby

It is Lucky, a man who only wanted what we’re all conditioned to want, who is labelled a dangerous criminal in the same league as murderers.

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How we can protect #MeToo from allegations of 'mob mentality'

Any revolutionary movement that challenges the status quo generally faces the burden of addressing many factors within it that make it less 'palatable' to those in power.

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How Friends encouraged us to be a sexist, homophobic and regressive lot

Throughout its 10 seasons, the popular sitcom is littered with instances of problematic, judgemental behaviour by its characters.

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Why India needs Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli to be more than just good motivators

Planning, preparation, and strategy are more important and it is high time they pick up the slack in these departments.

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10 years of The Dark Knight: Does the film deserve all the praise it has received?

The film is riddled with needless plot devices and nonsensical contrivances any time one sequence needs to lead to another and take the story forward.

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How Sacred Games is burdened with our expectations

The Netflix-original series breaks new ground for Indian TV, but doesn't quite put it on par with the world.

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Ranbir Kapoor sucks: His B-grade acting in Sanju proves it

Bollywood confuses the talent of writers, musicians and make-up artists as that of the actors alone.

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Why are we always ready to forgive Bollywood stars for shameful behaviour?

Indian audience is far more active in demanding accountability from Hollywood than from the Mumbai film industry.

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How the elitist club made north Indian tourists the villain of Goa's dirty picture

The problem with hyperbole and generalisations is that even the valid points are often rendered invalid.

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Dhoni is a better captain than Kohli and other things IPL 2018 taught us

It's become clear that the league matches carry much more weightage than domestic cricket as far as selection for ODIs and T20Is are concerned.

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How a loophole in the system helps Chennai Super Kings dominate IPL

Players also realise that exorbitant bids come with huge expectations that few players have been able to meet, which then reduces their value.

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How Sunrisers Hyderabad built the best team in IPL

A well-rounded front.

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Why Twitter users ripped apart Ranveer Singh over his oh-so-poor childhood

It is only natural that a lot of celebs feel the need to make their lives seem like a Bollywood rags-to-riches story

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Bitter Twitter lessons for 'creepy uncle' Amitabh Bachchan

Yo, here's a reality check.

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Why Sanju is more about Ranbir Kapoor and the myth of poor star kids

This is simply a new wave of Bollywood propaganda.

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What makes MS Dhoni a better captain than Virat Kohli?

Captain Cool's biggest strength is that he knows how to accept that he may not be fully in control of the game.

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How to make Varun Dhawan a star: Anatomy of a Bollywood ad campaign

It's all about the long game and has a very high success rate.

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Why Royal Challengers Bangalore is the worst IPL team ever

It is primarily because of how lopsided the team balance has always been.

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Do nail-biters like Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Mumbai Indians hint at IPL being fixed?

The season has seen some exciting finishes already but this one took the cake.

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IPL 2018: The mystery of CSK's batting line-up and Vinay Kumar's presence in Indian cricket

The bigger issue is the abysmally low standard of domestic cricket in India.

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Baaghi 2 glorifies human rights violation, how is it less a crime?

Bollywood continues to be a toxic cesspool of pretty much everything that is wrong with the Indian society.

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