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Indian summer

If the parade of summer blockbusters doesn’t get your heart pounding, consider taking the Bollywood route this summer. Hollywood movies have skewed their demographics toward the young men who give blood and guts flicks like Saw and Hostel boffo opening weekends, and independent offerings are often downers. In contrast, Hindi films provide the pleasures of […]

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Movie Spotlight

In 1857, the Indian subcontinent chafed under colonialism. When the British introduced a new rifle cartridge to the Sepoy troops, greased with animal fats that violated both Hindu and Muslim dietary laws, their disregard of the soldiers’ objections triggered an insurgency led by infantryman Mangal Pandey. The most anticipated Bollywood film of 2005 has been […]

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