Films
Return of the Jungle: Vaibhav Kumaresh's 15-Year Bet on an India Without Gods or Minions
The Lamput creator self-funded a family film about a grandfather, a school bully and the Panchatantra. It came back from Cannes to glowing reviews and empty theatres. Both facts matter.
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4 min readSupergirl Box Office Update: DCU Movie Faces a Crucial Second Weekend
The Invisible Everyman: How Mr. India Became Indian Sci-Fi's Foundation Stone
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Enthiran to 2.0: Rajinikanth, Shankar and India's Biggest Sci-Fi Machine
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Eega: The Reincarnated Fly That Proved Rajamouli Could Do Anything
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Baahubali and the Rise of India's Visual Effects Industry
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RRR: The Global Breakthrough and the Night Naatu Naatu Won the Oscar
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Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, the Indo-Japanese Anime That Refused to Die
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My Dear Kuttichathan: The Kerala Goblin That Gave India Its First 3D Film
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Arjun: The Warrior Prince, the Disney-UTV Epic That Dared to Grow Up
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Kalki 2898 AD: Mythology Meets Science Fiction at Indian Cinema's Biggest Scale
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The Invisible Everyman: How Mr. India Became Indian Sci-Fi's Foundation Stone
Shekhar Kapur's 1987 fable about a violinist with a cloaking device gave Hindi cinema its first durable superhero template and its most quotable villain.
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