Rony Patra
When he’s not busy watching old cricket matches and reaction videos on Youtube, or marvelling at how bad screenplays in Hindi cinema can get, this guy teaches English literature at a university in West Bengal, besides taking an interest in Indian cinema, popular culture and global media industries. Rony also reviews movies and shows for LetsOTT. He can be reached at rony@nakedtruth.in, on Twitter at @ronypatra, and on Instagram at @rony.writer.
Stories by Rony Patra
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A new country to charm Indian cinema
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Disney+ has a branding problem outside India
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Netflix’s dream run in streaming hits a wall
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Digital holds the key in the IPL media rights auction
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Modern Cities: Love
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Can pan-India films save India’s cinemas?
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Cinema is having an existential crisis
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The shades of the Indian sports drama
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Surviving the Crooked City
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Indian theatres wait for a bountiful Christmas
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The Unravelling of Hustle Culture
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The Knight Riders push for a global cricket empire
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The Halyna Hutchins saga forces a relook on safety
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Netflix cracks its knuckles in the gaming world
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Yash Raj Films aims for a splash in the digital...
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Can ‘The Wheel of Time’ give Amazon its GoT moment?
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The Many Faces of Academia
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Asian content is having a renaissance on OTT
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Can Shibasish Sarkar lead Reliance Entertainment in a new direction?
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India’s short-form video apps look for a boom
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Can film festivals look at a ‘hybrid’ future?
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Are cinemas bringing in the festive cheer?
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The rush to get back to the office is here
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Zee gets a lifeline against Invesco
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BCCI gets ready to hawk IPL media rights
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James Bond, Adam Groff, and On-screen Masculinities
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We are now past the Friday habit
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The Recasting of Stardom
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India’s OTT and the Sub-versus-Dub debate
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9/11 and the cinema thereafter
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The Storytelling Kick of the Phone Call
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‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and the Dreams of the Middle-Class
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‘Mimi’ and the Single Mother in Hindi Cinema
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‘America’s Sweethearts’, Divorce and PR in the Social Media Age
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Jubilee Hits, Stardom and the Rise of OTT
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The Many Shades of Grief
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Mare of Easttown and the Perils of Idealising Motherhood
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Work from Home and the Pitfalls of Class
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Covid-19 and the Celebration of the Ordinary
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Are you ready for the marriage?
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The long but slow walk of cinema to Indian villages
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Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear
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The Fascinating Lives of Hungry Onlookers
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The Demise of a Screen Idol
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The Addiction of Speculation
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Living with Big Brother
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Work is Changing
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A tale of chases
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The Death of Centrism
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No country for feisty women
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OTT, Massification and the Lack of Variety
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The clash between “house” and “home”
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In a post-truth world, what is real anymore?
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Connectivity is God. We are all devotees
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What ails the lonely multiplex
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Online learning has a problem with “inclusivity”
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Socializing and social distancing
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Of pandemic and entitlement
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What it means to be a superhero
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Picnics and the art of littering
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Can sportsmen be moral icons?
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Daddy, should I fear my God?
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Reflections on cinema and the fringe
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The unknown connection of a teacher with pop culture
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The (possible) extinction of digital memories
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Living in the Gangsterocracy
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In our everyday lives, we all are spies
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Lights, Camera and the idea of Home
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Hello, listening hurts
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Modern Cities: Love
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Can pan-India films save India’s cinemas?
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Cinema is having an existential crisis
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The shades of the Indian sports drama
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Surviving the Crooked City
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The Unravelling of Hustle Culture
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