There have been any number of screen adaptations of the Ramayan. But none to match the scale ,expanse and expense of producer Madhu Mantena’s interpretation of the...
News Of The World Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel Directed by Paul Greengrass Rating: *** ½ At the risk of sounding odious, let me state that I am...
At a time when the movie-theatre business is struggling for survival it comes as shock to know that S S Rajamouli has chosen September 13, 2021 as his ...
Retaliation Starring Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Charlie Creed-Miles, Anne Reid, Alex Ferns and Josh Myers. Directed by Ludwig Shammasian and Paul Shammasian Rating: **** “I rape myself,” Orlando Bloom in...
The awards, national or otherwise, have become a bit of a joke with names in the list of awardees that have to be googled to be recognized ,...
In 2018 when Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment bought the Hindi rights of the Kannada hit KGF(Kolar Gold Fields) little did they know that the film will turn out to...
Sonu Sood may have been missing from the list of Padma awardees. But his reputation as the messiah of the masses grows with each passing day.Fans and admirers continue to...
Forte(French, Amazon Prime Video) Starring Melha Bedia,Valérie Lemercier,Alison Wheeler,Bastien Ughetto,Jonathan Cohen,Ramzy Bedia Directed by Katia Lewkowicz Rating: ** A French comedy about an overweight girl with unconventional looks, seeking male company is not...
Narendra Chanchal who quietly passed away on January 22 left behind a legacy of ‘Mata Rani’ Bhajans that will be chanted sung and celebrated as long as God and Music...
That Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth is being remade with Tamil actress Revathi stepping into the director’s seat, is well-known by now. The film’s producer Sharat Chandra recently spoke on how Shabana Azmi who gave one her...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali still recalls with shuddering smile the trauma that he went through while making Padmaawat when he and the film were attacked by a right-wing group. “It was crazy!Through...
“Kissko pataa tha yeh gaana logon ko itna pasand ayega?(who knew the song would be so much liked by people?).When Aemere watan ke logon was being created we never thought it would become such an imperishable patriotic anthem.I recall vividly...
When Rang De Basanti opened on Jan 26, 2006 I was in a theatre in Patna watching a very fidgety, very confused audience reacting as we all to...
There are some uncanny similarities between Ali Abbas Zafar’s Taandav and Prakash Jha’s 2010 star-studded political drama Raajneeti. In both the hero finds himself eligible for political leadership after his father’s...
Shah Rukh Khan is always known to be kind and considerate beyond the call of duty. It comes as no surprise to know that he has gone ...
Another film D Company on Dawood from you. Why have you made a career of glorifying gangsters? Why not a film on Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa? ...