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Jazz City Review: Over-Ambitious Historical Fiction

Jazz City Review: Over-Ambitious Historical Fiction

Rediff.com19 Mar 2026

Jazz City could have been enjoyable had it not been so densely over-plotted and unevenly executed, notes Deepa Gahlot.

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

Rediff.com23 Dec 2024

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.

'How many of us really know our prime minister?'

'How many of us really know our prime minister?'

Rediff.com31 Oct 2023

'We think we know him because he's written about everyday.' 'But how many of us know him as a person?'

2 killed in terrorist attack on police post near Sopore mosque

2 killed in terrorist attack on police post near Sopore mosque

Rediff.com18 Aug 2015

The terrorists struck at the police picket in Tujjar Sharief area of Sopore in Baramulla by opening fire.

Woman caned for getting too close to man in Indonesia

Woman caned for getting too close to man in Indonesia

Rediff.com30 Dec 2015

Nur Elita was forced to endure the punishment outside a mosque where hundreds of people gathered to watch her being caned.

91 dead after powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia

91 dead after powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia

Rediff.com6 Aug 2018

The quake occurred in the early evening after sunset and was the second powerful temblor on Lombok in a week.