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Why Emotional Intelligence Is the Actor’s True Superpower
In a world flooded with method clichés and surface-level performance hacks, emotional intelligence grounds you.
Sajeev Varghese
Mar 3010 min read
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Irrfan Khan: A Masterclass in Becoming the Character
An actor who didn’t chase the camera but let the moment find him. And when it did, he held it with grace, humility, and astonishing humanity
Sajeev Varghese
Mar 239 min read
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Reimagining Indian Cinema: The Shift to a Story-first Mindset to Become a Global Storytelling Powerhouse
The world wants Indian stories—but they must be told with universal depth, narrative discipline, and artistic mastery.
Sajeev Varghese
Mar 159 min read
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A24: The Blueprint for Indian Cinema’s Next Chapter
The future of Indian cinema will not be shaped by the remnants of a broken system but by those who dare to reimagine it.
Sajeev Varghese
Mar 1410 min read
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The Dharma Productions Debacle & Bollywood’s Existential Crisis
Dharma Productions, once a symbol of Bollywood’s dominance, is now a cautionary tale of its downfall. Audiences have walked away from it.
Sajeev Varghese
Mar 99 min read
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Could Chhaava (2025) have Been Oscar Worthy? 🎬🏆
Every year, the Academy Awards remind us of one brutal truth: Indian cinema is capable of greatness, but it keeps falling short.
Sajeev Varghese
Mar 29 min read
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Indian Cinema 2.0 - Filmmaking for Global Success
The audience is waiting. But will India’s film industry seize this moment of transformation, or continue its slow descent into irrelevance?
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 287 min read
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Real Film Producers are MIA? How the Indian Film Industry Lost Its Backbone
Indian film directors run unchecked, studios chase vanity projects, and actors turn films into personal branding exercises.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 258 min read
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The Great Indian Cinematic 🎞️ Reset: Storytelling 🎥, Craft 🎭 & Global Success 🏆
What comes next is inevitable: The National Indian Film Industry. A unified, AI-powered, story-first ecosystem.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 2210 min read
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Bollywood’s Self-Destruction – Why India’s Film Industry Needs an Overhaul
Today, Bollywood stands at the edge of irrelevance. Its decline is not merely a cyclical downturn—this is an industry in existential crisis.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 198 min read
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The True Torchbearers of Acting in Bollywood: Rajkummar Rao & Sanya Malhotra 🎭
Acting in cinema is not a vanity project—it’s a craft, a responsibility, and an art form that demands surrender, not self-promotion.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 177 min read
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Chhaava (2025) – A Historical Biopic That Roars But Doesn’t Soar
Laxman Utekar’s Chhaava leans on grandiosity without the depth to match it. Despite its authenticity and scale, it struggles to transcend.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 155 min read
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Mrs. versus The Great Indian Kitchen: The Slow-Burning Truth of Gender Roles in Indian Homes
The Great Indian Kitchen (2021)—a quiet, simmering revolution in storytelling that refused to blink in the face of domestic patriarchy.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 1218 min read
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From Hype to Hook: Why Bollywood Must Rethink Its Trailer-making
Bollywood filmmakers have turned trailers into overcooked, high-decibel VFX showreels that prioritize sheer noise over narrative clarity.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 914 min read
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Film Acting 101: It’s Not About You, It’s About the Character
Bollywood actors must shed their ego-first approach and embrace the character-first philosophy that defines truly legendary performers.
Sajeev Varghese
Feb 610 min read
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Sky Force (2025) – A Storytelling Analysis
Bollywood’s frequent disregard for research and historical accuracy results in an on-screen spectacle that, feels disconnected from reality.
Sajeev Varghese
Jan 306 min read
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🎬 Bollywood’s “Cinematic Universe” – Where Anything But Storytelling Is Paramount
Because in the grand Bollywood Cinematic Universe, anything is possible—except, of course, respecting the storytelling craft.
Sajeev Varghese
Jan 309 min read
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From Mediocrity to Mastery: What Satyajit Ray Teaches Today’s Filmmakers
Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray stands as proof that the most extraordinary cinema comes from the most ordinary of lives.
Sajeev Varghese
Jan 269 min read
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Filmfare Nominations: Why South Indian Films Deserve the Spotlight
The journey from spectacle to substance requires courage—from filmmakers to prioritize story over star power.
Sajeev Varghese
Jan 2412 min read
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Oscar 2025 Nominations - What Makes a Best Picture?
From sweeping epics to intimate character studies, these films invite us into worlds that demand to be seen, felt and understood.
Sajeev Varghese
Jan 238 min read
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