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Mohalla Assi, Review: Holy river, unholy Babas • Nov 15, 2018 at 03:16 PM
by Siraj Syed

Mohalla Assi, Review: Holy river, unholy Babas He’ll get there, eventually. Beginning with the TV serial Chanakya (321 BC-283 BC), about the life and times of the master strategist in the Maurya...

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Sunny Deol
Sakshi Tanwar
Chandraprakash Dwivedi
Rajendra Gupta
Akhilendra Mishra
Varanasi
Kashi
Banaras
Saurabh Tiwari
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Mukti Bhawan review, by Siraj Syed: Pulsating, Soulful, Lively tale, of Death • Apr 05, 2017 at 12:48 PM
by Siraj Syed

Mukti Bhawan review, by Siraj Syed: Pulsating, Soulful, Lively tale, of Death Mukti is Hindi for release or detachment, and Bhawan is home or mansion. Don’t wait too long after Mukti Bhawan is...

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Citizen Kane
Anil K. Rastogi
Adil Hussain
Kashi
Orizzonti Prize
Showkat Shafi
Al Jazeera
Time within Memory
The Ballad of Narayama
Akira Kurosawa
Ingmar Bergman
Sunghursh
Masaan
Tajdar Junaid
David Huwiler
Michael McSweeney
Shushashish Bhutiani
Lalit Behl
Gitanjai Kulkarni
Palomi Das
Navnindra Behl
Manas Mittal
Banaras
Varanasi
Kannauj
Kanpur
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Ganga
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Masaan (a.k.a. Fly Away Solo), Review: Burning bodies, tormented souls and a minor classic • Jul 24, 2015 at 09:27 PM
by Siraj Syed

Masaan (a.k.a. Fly Away Solo), Review: Burning bodies, tormented souls Set in a city known as the holiest cremation ground in India, Masaan is made with fired-up creativity, and has won encomiums it...

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Bashir Badr
Chakbast
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Dushyant Kumar
ghats
Gulzar
Indian Ocean
Kashi
Kashika
Mirza Ghalib
Neeraj Ghaywan
Richa Chadda
Sangam
Sanjay Mishra
Shiladiyta Bora
Shweta Tripathi
Urdu
Varanasi
Varun Grover
Vicky Kaushal
Vikramaditya Motwane
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