Mafia

The Godfather gave me an identity that was hard to cope with: Al Pacino opens up on 50 years of his breakthrough film

“It’s hard to explain in today’s world — to explain who I was at that time, and the bolt of lightning that The Godfather was,” Al Pacino says.

The Godfather turns 50: How Francis Ford Coppola's seminal gangster film imitated and inspired life

Generations of mobsters have looked to The Godfather for inspiration, validation, and as a playbook for how to speak and act and dress.

Dangals of Crime, two-part docuseries on Discovery+, shines a light on the mafia embedded in Indian wrestling

Olympian Sushil Kumar's recent arrest was not a case of a bad apple. It was a symptom of something systemic — the inextricable links between wrestling and organised crime in Delhi-NCR and adjacent regions.

Word from the Mob: Why dialogues of The Godfather trilogy have stood the test of time

Here is looking at the dialogues of The Godfather films that have inspired similar lines in numerous films across the globe. We choose not to rank these.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election result 2022: Why BJP is celebrating its UP win with bulldozers

BJP workers and supporters used #BulldozerBaba and sat atop the machine to celebrate the party’s resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh

UP polls: Imprisoned mafia will be released if Samajwadi Party voted to power, says Amit Shah

The home minister was speaking at a rally in Azamgarh, which goes to poll in the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, slated to be held on 7 March

How pan-India releases like RRR, Pushpa are playing villain to the Kannada industry

A theatrical release and having a box office win is still a big challenge for #Kannada cine industry as pan India movies sweep off several theatres for a long time

Life under Taliban: For Afghans, constant fear of retribution mingles with relief from having to pay bribes

The current regime is a stark contrast to the government it ousted, which was notoriously rife with bribery, embezzlement and graft

Mafia: Definitive Edition review | 2002 gangster classic returns bigger, badder and bolder

Hangar 13's ground-up remake of 2002's Mafia releases on 25 September on PS4, Xbox One and PC

Fourteen-minute gameplay of Mafia: Definitive Edition leaked before revised 25 September launch date

The ground-up rebuild is seeing delays in launch due to challenges stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.