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Javed Akhtar transformed a routine Q&A into a sweeping meditation on heritage, identity, and the evolution of Indian cinema.

This research was supported by funding from: The National Center for Competence in Research "Evolving Language" (SNSF agreement number 51NF40_180888) Swiss National Science Foundation (project grant ...