“Everything Just Fell Into Place,” Baba Azmi Wins Big In Dublin
One of India’s most accomplished cinematographers Baba Azmi’s directorial debut MeeRaqsam about a sprightly young Muslim girl’s determination to …
Swara Bhaskar On Love Jihad & The Growing Intolerance
The tirade against “love jihad ” recently on a prominent news channels(where panelists were heard asking…
“Your Talent Should Be Your Drug,” Shekhar Suma Condemns Bharati Singh
Shekhar Suman , the baap of stand-up comedy in India has some wise words of rebuke for Bharati Singh, now in…
Kartik Aryan, The Birthday Boy Who Loves To Be Loved
Kartik Aryan turned 30 on Sunday. But he strikes me as being 13 or maybe 15 …
Mismatched Review: It Is More Cold Than Cool
Mismatched(Netflix) Starring Prajakta Kohli, Rohit Saraf, Rannvijay Singh, Vidya Malvade Rating: ** What if Simran in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai were a lesbian? And what if she hung around Rahul …
Raju Shrivastava On Bharati Singh’s Drug Scandal : “Lalli Ho Gayi Talli”
After stand-up comic Bharati Singh and her husband were arrested for drugs possession, one of India’s oldest…
Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa Review: Dull Lifeless Pointless
Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa(ErosNow) Starring Nawazzudin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathy, Niharika Singh Written & Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta Rating: * ½ Pankaj Tripathy makes an appearance after 50 minutes…
No Nargis Fakhri In Sanjay Dutt’s Torbaaz ?
Nargis Fakhri who has disappeared from Bollywood , is nowhere to be seen in the…
Bicchoo Ka Khel, More Mayhem & Filth From Mirzapur
Bicchoo Ka Khel(Zee5) Starring Divyendu Sharma, Rajesh Sharma,Syed Zeeshan Qadri Rating: ** Some more mayhem and maha-mari in the land of bakchodi and maara-mari. The stinkiepoosmall-town formula …
Torbaaz Is Very Close to My Heart,” Director Girish Malik
Sanjay Dutt’s long-awaited Torbaaz directed by one of Bollywood’s underrated names GirishMalik , is going to be on Netflix on…
Ahmed Khan On Turning Producer With Aditya Not Tiger
The announcement on Monday morning of Ahmed Khan collaborating with Zee Studios for an action film Om: The Battle…
Mercy Killing ,Yes…But “Guzaarish” Was Not A Sad Film
You would think playing a man on a wheelchair would make any normal actor wretchedly…
Manta Ray Movie Review: A Tribute To Satyajit Ray
Manta Ray(Thailand,France) Starring Aphisit Hama, Wanlop Rungkamjad and Rasmee Wayrana Directed by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng. Rating: **** The Rohingya community of displaced refugees has earned…
Confirmed, Only SRK, No Salman In Laal Singh Chaddha
There are reports in a section of the press stating that Shah Rukh Khan and…
Krushna Abhishek On His Ongoing Feud With Uncle Govinda
The cold war between Bollywood’s iconic dancing star Govinda and his nephew television’s prominent entertainer Krushna Abhishek, shows no…
Akshay Kumar’s Defamation Suit Against YouTuber Is Warning To All Fakenews
Akshay Kumar has slammed a Rs 500 crore defamation suit against YouTuber Rashid Siddiqui from…
Manoj, Diljit On Their Film Being Screened For Covid Warriors
A special screening of the Abhishek Sharma-directed comedy Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari was organized at the PVR Juhu Mumbai on November 18 for the policemen…
Switzerland, A Heartwarming Bengali Sondesh
Switzerland Starring Abir Chatterjee, Rukmini Maitra Written & Directed by Souvik Kundu Rating: *** In these turbulent traumatic times I wonder…
Tanushree On Where The MeToo Movement Is Heading In Bollywood
Actress Tanushree Dutta spearheaded the MeToo Movement in Bollywood. Just a year after she accused…
Bad Hair Review: It Is New ‘Weave’ Cinema
Bad Hair(Hulu) Starring Elle Lorraine, Jay Pharoah, Lena Waithe, Kelly Rowland, Laverne Cox, Chanté Adams, James Van DerBeek, Usher Raymond…
They Call Me Their Grandson,” Abhishek Bachchan Gets A Royal Welcome In Kolkata
Twice recently Abhishek Bachchan landed in Kolkata to shoot for two different films. Each time…
The Crown Season 4 Is The Crowning Glory…Or Is It?
The Crown Season 4(Netflix. 10 Episodes) Starring Olivia Colman ,Tobias Menzies, Helena BonhamCarter, Ben Daniels, Marion Bailey, Erin Doherty,…
Rajamouli Will Have To Wait Longer For Alia
Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been continuously shooting the latest and longest schedule of his underproduction film Gangubai Kathiawadi in Film City, Mumbai….
New I & B Censorship Rule Scares The hell Out Of Mirzapur
With the streaming platform now coming under the censorship guidelines of the Ministry of Information…
An Actor Like Soumitra Chatterjee Is Very Rare, Says Nawazuddin
In all modesty, Nawazuddin Siddqui, considered one the finest contemporary actors. Feels inadequate when he watches an …
Manoj Bajpai Speaks On Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari, the OTT and Forthcoming Assignments.
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari sees you donning several disguises.Was that a challenge? It was a challenge getting into all…
Shabana Azmi On Soumitra Chatterjee
Shabana Azmi is currently in Budapest shooting for Steven Spielberg’s webseries. She was filled with a sense of…
Girl Review: Every Boy, Girl, Man , Woman & Transgender Should See This Film
Girl(French, Belgian. Available on Netflix) Starring Victor Polster as Lara Verhaeghen,Arieh Worthalter as Mathias Verhaeghen Directed by Lukas Dhont **** ½ Watching first-time …
“They Greats Are All Gone,” Sandip Ray On Soumitra Chatterjee
The mighty Satyajit Ray directed Soumitra Chatterjee in 14 films. Ray’s son Sandip grew up watching this great twosome at work,…
The Legendary Sophia Loren Returns In A Noble Tearjerker
The Life Ahead(Italian, Netflix) Starring Sophia Loren, Ibrahima Gueye and Abril Zamora. Directed Edoardo Ponti Rating: *** ½ Some experiences are forever. For…
Dilijt Dosanjh On Theatres Pe Covid Bhari
Although Diljit Dosanjh is very happy that his comedy Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari is released in movie theatres, he wonders if the public…
Arnab Goswami Renews Attack On Bollywood, “He isn’t entirely wrong”
Back from his incarceration news-anchor Arnab Goswami has renewed his attack on Bollywoodand its actors. Calling out Arjun Rampal for being summoned…
Kartik Aryan Plays A Journalist In Ram Madhavani’s Film
Kartik Aryan who has been very busy during the lockdown posting videos of his family activities, is all…
Karanvir Bohra Will Shock You In His Next
The film is Called Qutub Minar, and that’s the name given to the hero of the film KaranvirBohra who …
Arjun Ramlal: Not Shaken By The NCB’s Summon,But Disturbed By Lack Of Support
Arjun Rampal has always been a genial bloke, easy to get along with , much loved and…
Laxmii Bombs, Sequel Dropped
With Disney-Hotstar’s Laxmmi, earlier entitled Laxmmi Bomb(probably they knew it would bomb) getting the poorest response from the…
Ekta Kapoor Brazenly Hosts A Maskless Diwali Bash Amidst Coronavirus & Starvation in The Television Industry
Just two days after veteran actor Jeetendra declared that he won’t be hosting a Diwali party this…
Soorarai Pottru Review: It Is Everything Cinema Should Be
Soorarai Pottru(Tamil, Amazon Video With Hindi/English Subtitles) Starring Suriya, Paresh Rawal, and Aparna Balamurali Directed by Sudha Kongara Rating: **** Emotions run high…
The New Mutants Review: It Is Disappointingly Lowtide
The New Mutants Starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga. Directed by Josh…
After Laxmmi, A-listers On OTT Have Reason To Be Very Scared
Mindless entertainment is no longer an option for Indian audiences. The shocking response to the…
Diwali Messages From Lata Mangeshkar, the Bachchans & Shatrughan Sinha
Diwali this year would not only lowkey in the film industry , but almost non-existent. Those film families …
Siddharth Roy Kapur Spearheaded Lawsuit Against TV Channels, Is Now Quiet
It can now be told that producer Siddharth Roy Kapur was the brain behind the collective lawsuit that…
“After Tiger and Shashi Kapoor I’ve Lost Another Dear Friend,” Sharmila Tagore Speaks On SoumitraChatterjee
“I don’t know of anyone as erudite as Soumitra. He could talk about any subject under…
Tributes To Soumitra Chatterjee From His Colleagues
Abir Chatterjee: “The last of the Mohicans. Irreparable loss. He was an institution.He is part of our…
Rishi-Ranbir Were Not Planning A Film Together
It is very convenient to attribute intentions and words to a dead person, since he …
5 Lesser-Known Feelgood Films To Cheer Up Your Diwali
Arguably this is the worst Diwali in the history of our civilization. A virus has…
Akshay Kumar Teams Up With Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Director
Just how many films is Akshay Kumar going to do every year? He has just completed and released Laxmii . Sooryavanshi is…
“Asif was pissed off with the way Bollywood treats real actors” …Asif Basra, Underrated, Underused, Bitter, Angry , Dead
In Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met he had only one sequence as a railway-platform lecher who harasses Kareena Kapoor Khan. But Asif Basra …
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Is Fun While It Lasts
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari Starring: Manoj Bajpai,Diljit Dosanjh, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Sripiya Pilagoaonkar, Anu Kapoor Directed by: Abhishek Sharma Rating: *** Suppose Tom was a Sardarji and Jerry a Maharashtrian.And…
Primary Entertainers Reveal Diwali Plans
Shabana Azmi: “I am shooting for Halo In Budapest till 11th December. Budapest has also got into lockdown since Wednesday…