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Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

All stories by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

Pathaan Is About Shah Rukh's Life
Rediff.com2 Feb 2023

More than anything else, Pathaan is a silent and subtle statement of Shah Rukh Khan...

Why Naseeruddin Shah is WRONG about Dilip Kumar
Rediff.com28 Jul 2021

Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing...

My Name is Khan, A Decade Later
Rediff.com18 Feb 2020

What has not changed in a decade is the character of Rizwan Khan. He is complex,...

Who doesn't want to escape reality for a while?
Rediff.com22 Feb 2017

'While there cannot be any doubt that the national anthem should be shown utmost...

Talat Aziz's genius elevates Majaz
Rediff.com23 Jan 2017

Majaz, based on the life of Asraul Haq Majaz, the John Keats of Urdu poetry,...

Bajirao Mastani: The Grandeur of Movie Manufactured History
Rediff.com22 Dec 2015

Bajirao Mastani has the potential to do for Maratha 'history' what Mughal-e-Azam did...

Heed the concerns of our writers
Rediff.com23 Oct 2015

'The writers fear that the fringe is threatening to become the mainstream and the...

How Bajrangi Bhaijaan subverts ideology
Rediff.com24 Jul 2015

'The most important aspect of Bajrangi Bhaijaan is the use of humour to touch some...

The hidden lessons of Dil Dhadakne Do
Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

Dil Dhadakne Do joins the debate over the role of women in India.

It took a 100+ years for Bollywood to acknowledge that shit exists
Rediff.com20 May 2015

Any subject is good enough for producing good art. Piku, and its obsession with...

The Pakistan that India loves!
Rediff.com7 May 2015

The ordinary life lived in Pakistan is rarely a part of Indian imagination. This is...

PK wouldn't have understood PK
Rediff.com5 Jan 2015

'It is beyond him to understand how human beings can say the same thing to mean so many...

History is not only about the past, but also about the present
Rediff.com4 Dec 2014

It is ironic that Raja Mahendra Pratap's Jat connection is being used for vote bank...