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Involvement – the activity we avoid
Jun 9 2009, Shantanu

“Halla Bol ” released last year is an interesting film in many ways because it brings to the fore front the role of civil society in bringing social change. The context in the film of course is a murder case pertaining to an aspiring movie...

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