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The Indian Story :: Bollywood

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Revival of Passive Resistance in Indian Commercial Cinema

Vaibhav Jain   Feb 7, 2008

That non-violence is an integral and a much respected part of our culture, seems to have slowly escaped our memory.

Suleiman and Salman

Shashi Gupta   Jun 27, 2006

Suleiman cycled through the waste of humanity, throwing a polite smile to anyone who bothered. As he dismounted, he could not help noticing the torn holes in the thin yellow plastic sheet, which offered the only cover to his dignity and self-respect.

Welcome to Desiwood

Ali Rizvi   Mar 18, 2006

The sad desi public is the victim of this senseless battle of one-upmanship. The movies of such horribly low magnitude now seem to be churned out for the sake of flashy clothes, irrelevant dreams, cheesiest lyrics, pathetic dialogues...

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