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Gulf Times Columns & Features
By Gautaman Bhaskaran
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Pitfalls and picnics of Indian cinema...November 28 2012
Irrfan's incredible journey...November 21 2012
Doha Film Fest's opening film takes a fresh look at extremism...November 19 2012
A mix of Arab and Indian films at DTFF...November 14 2012
Naxalism rolls out of Prakash Jha's film...November 7 2012
Abu Dhabi Film Fest gripping...October 31 2012
A dramatic patience...October 24 2012
Child is the father of man...October 17 2012
Abu Dhabi Festival sets stage for global films...October 10 2012
Barfi and the bitter truth of India's Oscar entries...October 3 2012
A cut-and-paste Heroine...September 26 2012
Woody Allen's Roman holiday...September 19 2012
Venetian violets...September 12 2012
Wheels of change...September 5 2012
The Golden Lion roars...August 29 2012
Vertigo: The pinnacle of Alfred Hitchcock's art...August 22 2012
Baffling choice of films at 2012 Osian's Cinefan...August 15 2012
Cashing in on celluloid artefacts...August 8 2012
Brush with Bollywood's poster art...August 1 2012
An interesting take on Gandhi's principles...July 25 2012
India's first Mr Muscles...July 18 2012
The first Indian superstar...July 11 2012
Highlights from Venice 2012...July 4 2012
A perplexing mix of critical opinions...June 27 2012
The Road to Shanghai...June 20 2012
Gangs of India(II)...June 13 2012
Gangs of India (I)...June 6 2012
The cocktail at Cannes...May 23 2016
Maladies that movies make...May 16 2012
A worthwhile century?...May 9 2012
Mr Critic, you are not wanted...May 2 2012
The Cannes collections...April 25 2012
Stardom under the scanner...April 18 2012
In the can? ...April 11 2012
At the count of 3...April 4 2012
The many masks of Soumitra Chatterjee...March 28 2012
Is this fair?...March 21 2012
Joy Mukherjee: A suave leading man...March 14 2012
The ways of the media...March 7 2012
Flying off the handle...February 29 2012
The school of hard knocks...February 22 2012
Crime and punishment...February 15 2012
Man behind murder...February 8 2012
The critical difference...February 1 2012
When the stars shine down...January 25 2012
Super Men sing, sway and slam...January 18 2012
A spirit called Smita Patil...January 11 2012
A Separation -- ties that bind dilemmas...January 4 2012
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India needs to learn some film fest lessons...December 29 2011
Truth or dare?...December 21 2011
Tempests in tinsel teacups...December 14 2011
The man who never knew winter...December 7 2011
IFFI all bright and shining this autumn...November 30 2011
Back to the tent...November 23 2011
A twisted view...November 16 2011
Plotting in a palace...November 9 2011
An Arab spring in autumn...November 2 2011
Cinema on the desert...October 26 2011
An anguishing voyage...October 19 2011
A classic revisited...October 12 2011
Season without reason...October 5 2011
What tangled webs they weave...September 28 2011
Scandal, shame and glory at Venice...September 21 2011
A beguiling cocktail of hits and misses...September 14 2011
Behind the greasepaint...September 7 2011
Stormy saga by the sea...August 31 2011
A love story written in blood...August 24 2011
Missing the point...August 17 2011
Taking off on wings of fire...August 10 2011
The news on the Rialto...August 3 2011
Directors in need of a clear direction...July 27 2011
Naseeruddin Shah at his candid best...July 20 2011
Mani Kaul, the man the world forgot...July 13 2011
Getting the scissors out...July 6 2011
Pregnant pause...June 29 2011
Two different celluloid journeys...June 22 2011
Bengali films adapt to changing tastes...June 15 2011
Labouring over lunch...June 8 2011
Feasting on disinformation...June 1 2011
Different standards for different folks...May 25 2011
A criminal side to Cannes... May 18 2011
India is all over Cannes...May 11 2011
Filming the radical...May 4 2011
Going, going, gone...April 27 2011
Grinning and baring it...April 20 2011
Cannes spells out its charms...April 13 2011
Mani Ratnam's next epic saga...April 6 2011
Wedded to quality films...March 30 2011
India's celluloid heritage fades away...March 23 2011
Powerful slices of reality...March 16 2011
The man behind myriad faces...March 9 2011
Scripts make the movie...March 2 2011
Serial killer seductress trips up on her plots...February 23 2011
Censor board should cut out meaningless dogmatism...February 16 2011
Waiting for the PRO...February 9 2011
Not a rewarding experience...February 2 2011
Stories between the clothes lines...January 26 2011
The Black Tulip takes on the Taliban...January 19 2011
A hazy picture...January 12 2011
An actor named Kamal Hassan...January 5 2011
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Hits and misses of the year...December 29 2010
Fearless tales to the fore...December 22 2010
DIFF spreads out a wide canvas...December 15 2010
Dubai Film Festival aims for diversity...December 8 2010
Too many cooks..Love found in boat wreck...December 1 2010
The travails of an Indian film festival...November 24 2010
The last-minute stumble...November 17 2010
Sen's unfinished letter...November 10 2010
Mumbai Medley...November 3 2010
The brightest Khan...October 27 2010
The legend of Satyajit Ray haunts Abu Dhabi...October 20 2010
Abu Dhabi trailer...October 13 2010
The puzzle that is Rajnikanth...October 6 2010
The importance of being an Aamir Khan production...September 29 2010
Yellow Boots, but where's the thrill?...September 22 2010
Films with a view...September 15 2010
Educating Frieda...September 8 2010
Venetian Vista...September 1 2010
Out of focus...August 25 2010
An idea of India...August 18 2010
Crumbling history...August 11 2010
Nothing official about it...August 4 2010
Big brother Bollywood...July 28 2010
Villains of the real kind...July 21 2010
Fact, fiction and a Raj romance...July 14 2010
Slaves to an idea of beauty...July 7 2010
The pen and the pal...June 30 2010
An epic disappointment...June 23 2010
The art of politics...June 16 2010
'Lion' stars wound Tamil cinema...June 9 2010
Drifting Kites, sinking hearts...June2 2010
Faltering in the festival circuit...May 26 2010
Repressing cinema...May 19 2010
Documenting India...May 12 2010
Benegal's cocktail of comic and caustic...May 5 2010
From silver screen to political podium...April 28 2010
Hope soars with 'Udaan'...April 21 2010
Reel visions of the real...April 14 2010
Piracy bane of film industry...April 7 2010
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