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M K Raghavendra
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Mythologising Indira Gandhi’s avatars
The Indian state has made an enormous effort to build a durable mythology out of the freedom struggle but we search in vain for representations of our political leaders — including Gandhi and Nehru.
14 September 2024, 04:01 IST
Mythologising Indira Gandhi’s avatars
14 September 2024, 04:01 IST
Alain Delon: Surface glitter and inner core
A cultural and cinematic icon of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the most bankable European stars of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, and became an international sex symbol but perhaps, like James Bond, more an object of male envy than feminine desire
23 August 2024, 21:55 IST
Alain Delon: Surface glitter and inner core
23 August 2024, 21:55 IST
Alfred Hitchcock at 125: As enticing as ever
'Vertigo' is such a complex film in its implications that several books have been written about it.
10 August 2024, 04:03 IST
Alfred Hitchcock at 125: As enticing as ever
10 August 2024, 04:03 IST
The vigilante who is against ‘everything’
‘Indian 2’ continues the tradition of the angry citizen breaking the law to resist a corrupt system. It begins from the premise that not all is well with the nation, writes M K Raghavendra
19 July 2024, 23:54 IST
The vigilante who is against ‘everything’
19 July 2024, 23:54 IST
OTT censorship and political mobilisation
M K Raghavendra on how politicians are now policing streaming sites
18 May 2024, 00:19 IST
OTT censorship and political mobilisation
18 May 2024, 00:19 IST
How cinema simplifies complex politics
Regardless of what election rhetoric one subscribes to, today, one can hardly see either side as representing good and evil, or even patriotic and anti-national.
20 April 2024, 00:12 IST
How cinema simplifies complex politics
20 April 2024, 00:12 IST
Why ‘The Zone of Interest’ is insipid fiction
The Holocaust drama won an Oscar last week. M K Raghavendra looks at the challenges of fictionalising persecution.
16 March 2024, 02:53 IST
Why ‘The Zone of Interest’ is insipid fiction
16 March 2024, 02:53 IST
What do Vijay’s films say about his politics?
Vijay (Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar) is Christian by birth and in two of his recent films ('Master', 'Bigil') he played Christian roles.
16 February 2024, 23:31 IST
What do Vijay’s films say about his politics?
16 February 2024, 23:31 IST
Looking at political biopics
Ahead of the release of a film on A B Vajpayee, M K Raghavendra looks at the problems in the genre.
12 January 2024, 23:38 IST
Looking at political biopics
12 January 2024, 23:38 IST
Puttanna Kanagal and the caste perspective
Puttanna’s films denote only ‘middle-class’ milieus and ‘Brahmin’ has to read into them by noting the connections.
01 December 2023, 23:24 IST
Puttanna Kanagal and the caste perspective
01 December 2023, 23:24 IST
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