chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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4 June 2021

How Benegal turned an '80s train ride into a journey of self-discoveries

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For my weekly column in Mirror/TOI Plus, the seventh piece in a series on trains in Indian cinema: Shyam Benegal's thought-provoking te...

4 April 2017

The Sense of an Ending

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My Mirror column : Regal, one of Delhi’s iconic single-screen theatres, closed down this week. But what exactly is ending with its clo...

26 December 2016

The Eyes of the Beholder

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My Mirror column : On watching Mirch Masala 30 years after Smita Patil’s death, and being struck by the film’s complicated relationshi...

24 October 2015

Picture This: Dark waters

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My BL Ink column : Bhaskar Hazarika’s striking directorial debut, Kothanodi, turns the magic realism of the Assamese folk tale into s...

26 April 2015

Living by the loom: Shyam Benegal's Susman

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My column in Mumbai Mirror today: Shyam Benegal's Susman offers a portrait of the handloom weaver's predicament, sadly rel...

23 August 2012

That '80s Show: Katha Sagar

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Benjamin Gilani and Supriya Pathak in 'Sannata' A long piece I did for Caravan magazine, about an almost-forgotten TV ...

8 April 2010

Film Review - Well Done Abba

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When Truth Turns Trite TRISHA GUPTA FILM >> WELL DONE ABBA DIRECTOR >> SHYAM BENGAL STARRING >> BOMAN IRANI, MINISSHA LAMB...

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11 October 2009

The Viewfinder: Shyam Benegal

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A short profile for Tehelka's 'Elixir of Life' issue in 2009. SHYAM BENEGAL Age : 75 Profession : Award-winning filmmaker credit...

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