There are some books you read like a film. And then there are books you read like a conversation that refuses to end even after the lights come on. Bollywood, Hollywood and the Future of World Cinema by Rajesh Talwar belongs to the second category for me — less popcorn, more post-screening debate.   I have journeyed through many of Talwar’s works before — from his fiction that dissects ideology and identity to his sharp explorations of law and justice — and what has always in

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