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Taj: Divided by Blood series review: Naseeruddin Shah lords over a weary epic

Taj: Divided by Blood series review: Naseeruddin Shah lords over a weary epic

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Naseeruddin Shah in a still from ‘Taj: Divided by Blood’ | Photo Credit: ZEE5 Perhaps the best cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear is Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 epic Ran. The film’s title, explains Donald Richie in his book on Kurosawa, carries multiple meanings, ranging from ‘turmoil’ and ‘chaos’ to ‘rebellion’. “It was perhaps a combination of […]

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Naseeruddin Shah interview: The British looted us, The Mughals gave us so much

Naseeruddin Shah interview: The British looted us, The Mughals gave us so much

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On a recent trip to Nainital, a local bookseller showed me a picture of Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah visiting her son’s makerspace farther up the hillside. Shah is thrilled to talk about it when I mention it during our chat. “It’s housed inside a more than hundred-years-old bungalow where we spent a lovely […]

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