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12 Years of Dabangg and the rapid resurgence of Salman Khan
Vinamra Mathur •If Wanted was a drop in the ocean, Dabangg could be an entire rainfall in Salman Khan’s career, which has always been driven by unpredictability.
Will Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan finally give a blockbuster to Salman Khan?
Vinamra Mathur •The star shared a tease of what to expect from him and his film. Bhai is in full swagger mode. The slow-mo entry, the attitude rolled up on his sleeves, the flying hair only amplifying his fierce celluloid aura.
2021 was the year of meting out death penalty on screen, from Sooryavanshi, Satyamev Jayate 2 to Dhamaka, Tadap
Poulomi Das •All these films look at the death penalty as a calling — as a way for them to sanitise the world of suffering. Guilt becomes an afterthought when the very act of death is intertwined with public service.
Sooryavanshi to Satyamev Jayate 2, why the new-age police costume in Hindi cinema seldom goes beyond a khaki blur
Manjima Bhattacharjya •Gone are the days when the reference to a ‘police ki vardi’ referred to the sanctity of the uniform, and the police-protagonist was sometimes incorruptible, a symbol of integrity, or of simmering anger against the system in which they were a part.
Tracing the graphs of the three Khans in a nation transformed by sociopolitical upheavals
Devanshsharma •Kaveree Bamzai's new book on Shah Rukh, Aamir, and Salman benefits the most from its timeliness, given the rising conversations around Islamophobia, the streaming vs theatres debate, and the Khans' own complacencies.
Arbaaz Khan contemplates legal action against Abhinav Kashyap after Dabangg director's claims against his family
Fp Staff •Filmmaker Abhinav Kashyap revealed that Salman Khan and family had sabotaged his career after he directed their 2010 film Dabangg.
Wajid Khan passed away due to cardiac arrest, Sajid clarifies, thanks doctors for taking care of him 'like a brother'
•Wajid Khan's brother Sajid wrote that the composer-singer had a successful kidney transplant last year and was undergoing treatment for throat infection at the hospital.
Music composer Wajid Khan dies at 42 following kidney ailments; Priyanka Chopra, Vishal Dadlani tweet condolences
•Wajid Khan has sung chartbusters like 'Mera He Jalwa', 'Fevicol Se' and 'Chinta Ta Chita Chita', among others.
Salman Khan's Dabangg to turn into an animation series, will include characters of Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood
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From Sholay to TVF's Panchayat, how the face of rural India has transformed in Hindi entertainment
Devanshsharma •TVF's Panchayat redeems the depiction of rural India by breaking out of the template perpetuated by the 1975 classic Sholay.