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Few Biopics Stand the Test of Time...you Have to Get It Right
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who recently stirred the social media with his picture as Saadat Hasan Manto, continues to do interesting projects that have him making characters come alive in a way that only he can. At his work-cum-house space at Yari Road in Mumbai, he speaks to Prachi Pinglay-Plumber about the processes that an actor must go through, his choices ranging from small films like Haramkhor to a lavish series with BBC, the Hindi film ind ustry and his brother’s short film on triple talaq. Excerpts:
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April 24, 2017
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Has The Start-up Story Ended?
The much-touted start-up scene is cracking up. Is the boom over then? No, say experts. It’s necessary course-correction.
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October 03, 2016
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A Riddle of Hill and Valley
As two national parties battle it out, the faultlines that run through the north-eastern state only come out sharper.
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February 27, 2017
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Who Wants a Bound Script?
After a flurry of coups and near ­coronations, TN may settle down to a Thevar­ Gounder tug of war.
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February 27, 2017
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Winning By A Bye
A US policy waffle in Asia, fed by a paucity of diplomats, will allow China to gain ground.
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May 15, 2017
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Comprehensive National Power
India needs a strategic effort to understand that it is no longer competing with China, but seeking to cope with an increasing asymmetry of power
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May 15, 2017
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'Kashmir Could Lead To A Nuclear Accident If There Are No Talks'
In Kashmir, the students are protesting in the streets demanding azadi, while the Election Commission of India has cancelled the Lok Sabha bypolls in Anantnag. Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of the All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference, who is under “house arrest”, tells Naseer Ganai in a telephonic interview that New Delhi knows whom to talk to in Jammu and Kashmir, but wants to avoid dialogue. “It is not a question of whom to talk to, but what to talk about,” says Mirwaiz.
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May 15, 2017
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Kabuliwala's Bag Of Tricks
With the googly and a disarming smile, Rashid Khan confounds batsmen and raises high his national flag
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May 15, 2017
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Scent Of The Lotus Bloom
It’s not just about dashing moves, their motive has to reach people. Modi knows it.
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January 09, 2017
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Broomstruck In Bathinda
Akalis are seen as useless amid economic distress; the Congress is patchily popular. It’s the AAP many in Punjab are turning to.
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January 09, 2017
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Woof Of Nepotism
Public outcry grows over a ‘job-giving clique’ around CM
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March 19, 2018
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Scent Of A Phul Bloom
After almost a quarter century, Uttar Pradesh politics is witnessing an almost impossible pheno­menon: the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have joined hands in the poll arena.
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March 19, 2018
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Yonder, The Dark Star
The CPI(M) should have emulated some social movements in India. A know-it-all attitude undid the party.
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March 19, 2018
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X Files: Karma Or Karti
Here’s what the Sheena Bora murder case has to do with investment in INX and the arrest of Karti Chidambaram
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March 19, 2018
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Addicted To Melancholia, And All Its Glory
In awe of the self-destructive, tragic lover, Hindi cinema continues to reimagine Devdas, as if for each generation
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March 19, 2018
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New Lock For EU's Digital Mines
Indian companies dealing with European data wait ­anxiously as the EU pushes in new security rules
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March 26, 2018
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The Vulture On The Wire
As more of our lives comes to be lived online, the worst we encounter or evade in ‘real’ life reappears digitally magnified with a vengeance­
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March 26, 2018
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Rain Or Shine, The Glow Eludes Growers Yet Again
Sky-high tomato prices have set off WhatsApp jokes, but the farmer is shortchanged—and left only to weep.
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August 07, 2017
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Crash Boom Bang
Farmer protests have been loudest in states with high agricultural growth. What explains the paradox?
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July 03, 2017
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A Field Amidst The Forces Of Market
Good monsoon or bad, glut or drought, boom or bust...it’s always fair weather for the range of middlemen who come between the farmer and consumer. An anatomy of the trade.
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July 03, 2017
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Getting a Grip on Diabetes
In two decades, India will be home to 120 million diabetics. There are ways, though, to survive the looming ‘epidemic’. Here’s what you can do.
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July 03, 2017
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Onfield Nationalism From A Box
A gullible nation, groomed for decades by television channels striving to maximise profit, has come to regard India vs Pakistan matches as proxy war
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July 03, 2017
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This Way For The Trump Card
Modi meets POTUS this week. An Afghan strategy and an offer of mediation can make it noteworthy.
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July 03, 2017
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Drawing The Net Closer
Stingier customers, a digital shift, Brexit and an H­1B scare have slashed IT profits. But leading Indian firms have caught sight of a smarter path.
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March 06, 2017
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Ostentatious Obligations
An austerity bill by a luxury biker has few rich takers desperate to splurge.
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March 06, 2017
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Seen Clearly In The Crump's Flare
Sadhvi Pragya is a BJP candidate now. In Malegaon, victims dare to hope for justice amid gathering despair.
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May 13, 2019
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Voyage Of The Red Islanders
Kanhaiya’s Begusarai foray has enthused other JNU student union ex-presidents.
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May 13, 2019
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Present Continuous
Naveen Patnaik and Pawan Chamling are chasing one more term. What makes them champion long-distance runners?
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May 13, 2019
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Star Wars
The political split in Bollywood has never been so wide open and seemingly unbridgeable as the two camps—Modi, anti-Modi—battle it out.
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May 13, 2019
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Circle Of Doubt In Ring Of Fire
Pakistan can hide its terrorist network behind Masood Azhar’s Unlisting. it can spark stalled talks with India too.
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