Author: Sanjay Shah

For more than a decade, India’s cinematic landscape has been witnessing a subtle yet unmistakable inversion of influence. Films emerging from the southern industries have repeatedly conquered the Hindi belt through dubbed versions, transforming regional productions into genuine national phenomena. Yet the reverse journey, Hindi films commanding similar cultural dominance in southern markets, continues to remain elusive. The recent release of Dhurandhar – The Revenge illustrates this paradox with remarkable clarity. The film arrived amid immense anticipation across the Hindi-speaking regions. Its trailers generated widespread excitement, advance bookings surged, and theatres across North India reported packed houses. In the Hindi…

Deshwale presents the most authoritative and watchable review of DHURANDHAR – THE REVENGE in HINDI by its Editor-In-Chief Sanjay Shah. The much‑anticipated sequel to Dhurandhar released on 19 March 2026 in theatres worldwide in multiple languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. 👉 Know —✔ Story and plot strengths✔ Ranveer Singh’s performance and character arc✔ Action sequences, pacing and direction✔ Themes and controversies around the movie✔ Final verdict with spoiler‑free insights Whether you are a fan of the first film or curious about whether Dhurandhar 2 lives up to the hype, this review will help you decide whether it’s…

India’s decision to bind every messaging account to a physical SIM card is the world’s boldest anti-fraud gambit. It may also be its most blunt. Sanjay Shah Priya arrives at her desk every morning, opens her laptop, and finds WhatsApp logged out. Again! She is a journalist. Her sources message her on WhatsApp. Her editor sends assignments on WhatsApp. Half her working day runs through it. She has already done what the government asked: She has ‘bound’ her account to her phone’s SIM card. And yet the desktop version keeps dropping her, sometimes mid-conversation, sometimes before she has even had…

સંજય શાહ  માણસની જેમ અમુક નસીબવંતી ફિલ્મ મોંમાં ચાંદીની ચમચી લઈને જન્મતી (શરૂ થતી) હશે? શક્ય છે. અન્યથા, મૂળે, અઢી-ત્રણ કલાકની, એક ફિલ્મ તરીકે પ્લાન થયેલી અને પછી, બે કટકેય ચચ્ચાર કલાકની જોડી બનનારી ‘ધુરંધર’ આટલી ધન્યભાગી ના હોત. વરસો પછી દેશમાં કોઈ બોલિવુડ ફિલ્મની રજૂઆત પહેલાં આવો પ્રચંડ, ફિલ્મતરફી માહોલ છે. સ્થિતિ એવી છે કે આ ફિલ્મ વહેલા જોઈ આવનારા ધરતીથી બે વેંત ઊંચા ચાલીને, કૉલર ટાઇટ કરીને કહી શકે, “અમે તો જોઈ નાખી. લો બોલો! તમે હજી નથી જોઈ?!” સ્થિતિ એવી પણ છે કે તમે બેમાંથી એકપણ ‘ધુરંધર’નું ઘસાતું બોલો તો સામેવાળાનાં ભવાં ઊંચાં થઈ જાય! કારણ ‘ધુરંધર…

By Sanjay Shah Just like some fortunate people born with a silver spoon in their mouth, could some lucky films be born (or rather, released) the same way? Quite possible. Otherwise, a film originally planned as a single one – two-and-a-half to three hours long – which then ended up being split into two parts making a combined eight hours or so, wouldn’t have been this blessed. After years, there is such an explosive, film-crazy atmosphere in the country before any Bollywood release. The situation is such that those who watched the film early can walk two feet above the…

It is 2026, and the world remains fragile. Not despite the extraordinary might of nations like the United States, China, and Russia, but partly because of it. No superpower has managed to usher in true, lasting peace. Their rivalries, interventions, and neglect have, time and again, fuelled the very fires they claimed to extinguish. America’s Broken Promise The United States has long positioned itself as the self-proclaimed beacon of democracy and the world’s policeman. The record tells a different story. Under a second Trump administration, the U.S. has retreated further into isolationism. Tariffs and “America First” rhetoric strain long-standing alliances.…

Amid rising urban pollution across India, a few regions still offer a rare luxury: remarkably clean air. While many major cities struggle with persistent smog and hazardous particulate levels, some parts of the country continue to maintain fresh and breathable atmospheres. These locations record significantly lower levels of particulate matter compared with India’s heavily polluted metros. As air quality worsens in many urban centres, such places highlight how geography, conservation, and responsible development can protect environmental health. Recent data from early 2026 shows that PM2.5 concentrations in certain regions remain comfortably below national standards. Based on assessments conducted in 2025,…

As I conclude this series, reflecting on unrest’s scale, superpowers’ lapses, and internal divides, a sense of urgency grips me. In 2026, the world teeters not from inevitable doom, but from choices we can still make. I have shared my unhappiness: how fragility persists despite our advancements, how peace eludes us, and how prosperity mocks the many. Yet, as a journalist who has seen glimmers of hope, from peace accords in Colombia to youth movements in Africa, I believe change is possible. A World of Widening Divides The fractures are not confined to superpowers. They are global, deep, and worsening.…

The year 2026 finds our planet not at peace, but fractured. According to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, the International Crisis Group, and the Council on Foreign Relations, approximately 59 ongoing armed conflicts are active across the world right now. When the scope is widened to include political instability, social unrest, economic collapse, and military insurgencies, the number of significantly affected nations rises to between 40 and 50. The World Bank classifies 39 states as fragile or conflict affected, a grim roster that includes Afghanistan, Yemen, and the Central African Republic. These are not abstract…

India has approximately 62 million stray dogs, the largest free-roaming dog population on earth. Every year, more than 15 million Indians receive post-exposure rabies treatment, a multi-injection course that costs money rural families frequently do not have, requiring clinic visits to facilities that frequently do not stock the vaccine. India accounts for roughly 36 percent of all rabies deaths on the planet. Rabies, once symptomatic, kills with near-perfect reliability, turning the brain against itself, through confusion first, then terror, then the inability to swallow water, then death. Children die from it in disproportionate numbers because they are shorter, slower, and…