INDEPENDENCE DAY
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'Everything is for sale in this wretched nation' – The prophetic words of V Shantaram’s Apna Desh (1949)
As part of our series on early Hindi films dealing with India's independence, we look back at V...
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'Beti zyada pyaari hai': The progressive vision in ML Anand’s Lahore (1949)
Celebrating 71 years of India's independence, we take a look at some early Hindi films the...
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70 years of Independence: Hindi cinema from the 1940s to 2017
On 15 August, the day India became free, we chart dominant themes and events in nearly eight decades...
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70 years of Independence: Walking down the film lane of 1947
As the nation celebrates 70 years of independence, we revisit the films that made up the tumultuous...
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70 years of Independence: Lyrics that defined freedom, but would never clear the first cut today
From the early years of Independence, lyricists and poets have often shaped the cinema conscious of...
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How Akshay Kumar is taking over Independence Day
The actor has already slotted the Independence weekend of 2017 for his next, Crack. This would be A...