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Guest critic Lopamudra Banerjee Dhar on Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider — Hamlet in Kashmir, the Army portrayal, and why revenge can't buy freedom.

Comedian Sahil Shah's reaction video to Hindi film songs captures something universal: the involuntary surrender to Bollywood's joy. From the TI archives.

A 2014 TI op-ed on the Deepika Padukone vs. TOI cleavage-photo row — and the uncomfortable question of Bollywood's own objectification of women.

September 15, 2014: Arnold Schwarzenegger was chief guest at the audio launch of Shankar's 'I' in Chennai, sharing the dais with Rajinikanth.

Sreepathy's Retro Reel Vol. 24 on A Few Good Men (1992): Jack Nicholson's magnetic villainy, Aaron Sorkin's crackling dialogue, and why 'You can't handle

Retro Reel Volume 23 revisited M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense — the 1999 thriller with six Oscar nominations and cinema's most famous twist.

Sreepathy's Retro Reel recommends The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — William Wellman's stark western about mob justice and Henry Fonda's man-in-the-minority.

Retro Reel on Spielberg's Munich (2005): a chilling espionage thriller that becomes a genre-defying meditation on the moral cost of revenge.

Warner Bros. announced in August 2013 that Ben Affleck would play Batman opposite Henry Cavill's Superman in Zack Snyder's 'Man of Steel' sequel.

In 2013, a Zurich boutique clerk refused to show Oprah a $38,000 handbag, telling her she couldn't afford it — sparking apologies and a global debate.

Part 2 of the 'Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin' story — Sudhir Mishra's 1996 single-night thriller, and the true family incident behind it.

Polish exorcists put Madonna's music on the agenda of a five-day meeting — the latest chapter in her decades-long clash with the Catholic Church.

Jiah Khan's death put Bollywood's treatment of young women back in the headlines — and inspired a film about it. Why do aspiring actresses stay so vulnerable?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan skipped meeting Al Pacino to look after Aaradhya — and the media made it national news. An essay on judging women's choices.

A 2013 rumor claimed Penelope Cruz would be the next Bond girl in Sam Mendes' follow-up to Skyfall. The rumor was debunked within weeks.

In 2013, Bollywood planned a Rambo remake with John Abraham — and Stallone reportedly said John was 'built better than I ever was.'

Jiah Khan, 25, was found dead at her Juhu residence on June 3, 2013. The Bollywood fraternity mourned the Nishabd and Ghajini actor's death.

Bolly Volley Vol 13 (May 2013): 22 Bollywood picks — Khosla Ka Ghosla, Dev D, Lagaan and more — plus how digital transformed Indian cinema.

Retro Reel Vol 19: a true 1996 Hyderabad story — a gun at a cinema ticket window, then 'based on a true story' flashes on screen. Guess the film!

Suchitra Sharma's 2013 review of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect' at Silk Road Rising — a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister, in Chicago.