First rule of trumpet-blowing. Never blown your own. Second rule: before blowing make sure you have the facts right. Even basic research is lacking in the...
Jathi Ratnalu(Amazon Prime) Starring Naveen Polishetty, Priyadarshi, Rahul Ramakrishna, Faria Abdullah Written and directed by Anudeep KV Rating: *** When was the last time I had so much fun watching a film about a bunch...
Not many remember Satish Kaul as Rehana Sultan’s handsome lover in the 1973 drama Prem Parbat where he played the sexed-up forest ranger Rehana ran to for sex when her aged husband Nana Palsikar was asleep....
“Badhai Ho, you have tested Negative,” I pun-joked with filmmaker Amit Sharma whose new ambitious venture Maidaan promises to do for football what Lagaan did for cricket and ChakDe for hockey. Amit who has now...
Tamil-Hindi star-actor R Madhavan, quarantined at home with Covid, can’t wait to get back to work. “Just a few more days to go, then I can get back...
Well Done Baby(Amazon Prime) Starring Amruta Khanvilkar, Pushkar Jog, Vandana Gupte Directed by Priyanka Tanwar Rating: * ½ Marathi cinema has made great headway in terms of themes performances and execution. But the fascination ...
It is perhaps no coincidence that two of my favourite people from the Hindi film industry Jaya Bachchan and Swara Bhaskar are born on the same day. It is perhaps no coincidence...
The Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) has issued a fresh set of guidelines to be followed by members of the film industry in view...
At one point in her career(circa 1973-75) Jaya Bhaduri was a bigger star than Amitabh Bachchan.Her much-lauded performances in the obvious films Abhimaan, Uphaar, KoraKagaz, etc need no recommendation. But what about the Jaya Bhaduri ...
No no not what you think. They are not doing a film together. However from Friday when Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan’s Vakeel Saab opens in movie theatres all across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the...
Singer-entertainer Aditya Narayan is back home after being hospitalized for Covid19. “I am feeling much better. My wife is also much better, though the virus has left her...
Once upon a time Deepika Chikhalia inscribed her name into history by playing Sita Maiyya in Ramanand Sagar’s long-running serial Ramayan. Now another Deepika, Padukone, may step...
Joji(Malayalam, Amazon Prime) Starring Fahadh Faasil ,Unnimaya Prasad,Baburaj ,JojiMundakayam ,Sunny PN Directed by Dileesh Pothan Rating: **** Is Fahadh Faasil India’s greatest living actor? In film after film he proves himself a fearless peerless seamless actor who...
Deepa Chatterjee , wife of the legendary Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee who passed away in November 2020, joined her husband in his heavenly abode on April 3 after a prolonged illness....
The cast of Vikas Bahl’s Goodbye just got more interesting. Besides Amitabh Bachchan and Rashmika Mandannna who play father and daughter, the incredible Neena Gupta has now joined...
There is good news for Alia Bhatt all the way from Hyderabad. Sources close to S S Rajamouli’s RRR inform me that Alia’s role is in for a ...