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Fifty years after Deewar: No wall so high

Once during a conversation, I asked Javed Akhtar about the meaning of Vijay’s return to his mother’s lap in the climactic scene of Deewaar. He said the text he wrote with Salim Khan is open to interpretation — “Did he return to the mother because of his ideology or his emotion is still debatable. After all,…

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Customised wall murals elevate homes in Hyderabad.

Love, matinee idols and nostalgia shape a wall at Balamreddy Sandeep Reddy’s house in Hyderabad. The ‘memory wall’ has two murals narrating two diverse stories. Created by Varshita Lakshmi, the first one (16×7 feet) features elements of cinema such as doodles of filming equipment, bust portraits of Kamal Haasan, Johnny Depp, Mammootty, Rajinikanth and Prabhas…

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