Uttaran Das Gupta
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Uttaran Das Gupta
Uttaran Das Gupta is a writer and journalist based in New Delhi. He teaches journalism at O P Jindal Global University and has received the Robert Bosch Media Fellowship and Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship. He writes columns for Business Standard and The Wire, and is the author of two books.
Uttaran Das Gupta is a writer and journalist based in New Delhi. He teaches journalism at O P Jindal Global University and has received the Robert Bosch Media Fellowship and Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship. He writes columns for Business Standard and The Wire, and is the author of two books.
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Frames per Second: The Big Bad Bollywood Wedding
Fans obsess over celebrity weddings such as Ranbir-Alia. But the big fat Indian wedding is inalienable from Bollywood
 "Frames per Second: The Big Bad Bollywood Wedding")
Frames per Second: Bollywood watching Bollywood
Netflix's Hindi adaptation of 'Call My Agent' is disappointing, but the film industry has frequently been deeply introspective
 "Frames per Second: Bollywood watching Bollywood")
Total Recall: Bombay, Gangsters and Satya
Bullets Over Bombay is divided into seven chapters, each of which is a well-considered essay on various aspects of the film
 "Total Recall: Bombay, Gangsters and Satya")
Frames per Second: The spectacle of a massacre
Jallianwala Bagh has been represented in films several times, in different ways, for different purposes
 "Frames per Second: The spectacle of a massacre")
After rape - a search for solutions
Each of the five women profiled in the book have a dedicated chapter
 "After rape - a search for solutions")
Frames per second: Medals for 'New India'
The rising popularity of sports films in India reflects a new phase of nationalism
 "Frames per second: Medals for 'New India'")
Frames per Second: The burden of the river
Raj Kapoor's last film, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, conflated the river's pollution with the corruption of people, and is still a poignant metaphor for our times
 "Frames per Second: The burden of the river")
Frames per second: Lost at the Kumbh
Getting lost at the religious fair was a trope for Hindi popular cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, but this year, India lost something greater.
 "Frames per second: Lost at the Kumbh")
Before and after darkness
Book review - No Straight Thing Was Ever Made: Essays on Mental Health
 "Before and after darkness")
Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka
The film critical of Indira Gandhi's regime was banned during the Emergency, but what's the purpose of continued censorship now?
 "Frames per Second: The strange career of Kissa Kursi Ka")
Frames per Second: In custody, then and now
Anand Patwardhan's film Prisoner of Conscience, on political prisoners in India during the Emergency, has some deep resonances for our times
 "Frames per Second: In custody, then and now")
Do terrorists grow in farms?
Gulzar's Maachis operates in a matrix where the audience is infected with Stockholm Syndrome
 "Do terrorists grow in farms?")
Frames per Second: Banality of Law
Chaitanya Tamhane's Court has eerie echoes for our contemporary times
 "Frames per Second: Banality of Law")
Montage of a Bollywood legend
Book review of A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life
 "Montage of a Bollywood legend")
Essential anthology
Book review of The Book of Indian Essays: Two Hundred Years of English Prose
 "Essential anthology")
A Pakistani in Bangladesh
This book is a great addition to the already rich literature on 1971 and its aftereffects
 "A Pakistani in Bangladesh")
Frames per Second: The long walk home-2
The government has extended the Covid-19 lockdown - but provided little succour to the most vulnerable
 "Frames per Second: The long walk home-2")
The language of Delhi
Katyal, as his many fans would already know, also creates a queer map for Delhi
 "The language of Delhi")
Frames per Second: So easy to kill a man
As uneasy calm settles on Delhi, there is little hope for sprouting love like between Mr and Mrs Iyer
 "Frames per Second: So easy to kill a man")
Brands, good and bad
Apple does not allow bad characters in films to use its iPhone
