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Priyadarshan Signs Ajay Devgan’s Heroine

Subhash K . Jha30th November 201930th November 2019

On Tuesday afternoon the indefatigable Priyadarshan selected his leading lady for Hungama 2 out of the many hopefuls who auditioned. It is none other than Pranitha Subhash, a prolific Bangaluru-born actress who has done films in Tamil, Telugu...

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David Dhawan On Varun’s Stunt Gone Wrong

Subhash K . Jha30th November 201930th November 2019

It literally became a cliff-hanger for Varun Dhawan when a car perched precariously on a cliff for a stunt in Coolie No 1 went horribly wrong. Recounting the experience with a shudder Varun’s dad...

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Yeh Saali Aashiqui Movie Review: It Is The Surprise Shocker Of The Year

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Yeh Saali Aashiqui Starring Vardhan Puri, Shivaleeka Oberoi Directed by Cherag Ruparel Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) By the time the film’s protagonist gets down to chasing his primary target of wrath with an oversized ...

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Salman Pays A Tribute To Chiranjeevi

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

That Salman Khan is a huge Chiranjeevi fan is a well-known fact . They don’t only share a mutual admiration for each other’s work, but also share family ties.When Chiranjeevi’s son Ramcharan Teja was shooting for his...

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Lata Mangeshkar Is Recovering Fast

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Though a large section of the media lost interest in Lataji’s health the minute they realized she wasn’t going anywhere, her genuinely concerned fans keep inquiring about her health from...

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Hotel Mumbai Movie Review : It Takes Us Where We Don’t Want To Go

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Hotel Mumbai Starring: Anupam Kher, Dev Patel, Armie Hammer,Nazneen Boniadi Directed by Anthony Maras Rating: ** ½ (2 and a half stars) Like all cinema on terrorism, this partially-gripping recreation of 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai’s Taj hotel, walks...

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Is Raveena Tandon Playing Indira Gandhi ?

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

In the sequel to the hit franchise KGF , Raveena Tandon will be playing a politician whose look and ideology would be inspired by Mrs Indira Gandhi. This fact is not being divulged by ...

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Commando 3 Is The Need Of The Hour

Subhash K . Jha29th November 201929th November 2019

Commando 3 Starring Vidyut Jammwal, Gulshan Devaiah, Adah Sharma, Angira Dhar Directed by Aditya Datt Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) The hero’s entry in this slick and taut anti-terror thriller is something else. In an akhada a young ...

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Hollywood’s 26/11 Film Gets Stiff Competition From Commando 3

Subhash K . Jha28th November 201928th November 2019

Terror and terrorism are the crux of the evil in the two releases coming Friday. The verdict on debutant director Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai, which attempts to recreate the events during the horrific terror ...

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Amitabh Bachchan To Shoot Action Scenes In Poland!!!

Subhash K . Jha28th November 201928th November 2019

In spite of loud health warnings and the medical advice to slow down the pace of his work, the Big B Amitabh Bachchan continues to slog it out with the furious energy of...

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Breaking News: Meezaan Jaffrey To Play The Lead In Hungama 2

Subhash K . Jha28th November 201928th November 2019

The ultra-prolific Priyadarshan is working fast and furiously on his sequel to Hungama, the hit 2003 comedy which starred Akshay Khanna and Aftab Shivdasani in the male lead. Hungama 2 has found its leading man. It is none other than Meezaan Jaffrey....

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How Parvathy Got Joker’s Misanthropy Wrong

Subhash K . Jha28th November 201928th November 2019

There’s been a huge roar of approval for actress Parvathy Thiruvothu for calling out the by-now mythical misogyny of the Telugu blockbuster Arjun Reddy and its Bollywood twin KabirSingh during a roundtable chat moderated by critic Anupama Chopra, and that too...

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Ajay Devgan To Team Up With Neeraj Pandey For Chanakya

Subhash K . Jha27th November 201927th November 2019

The fall-out with Akshay Kumar has gravitated filmmaker Neeraj Pandey towards Ajay Devgan which is not a bad thing at all. Pandey who had a noisy fall-out with Kumar allegedly...

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Frozen Beats Pagalpanti At The Boxoffice

Subhash K . Jha27th November 201927th November 2019

Here is one more warning for Bollywood to mend its ways before it’s too late . The Hollywood animation film Frozen has completely out-performed this week’s big Bollywood release Pagalpanti.Frozen released in Hindi , English, Tamil and Telugu...

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Legendary BBC Talk Show Host To Interview Shah Rukh Khan

Subhash K . Jha27th November 201927th November 2019

First the iconic David Letterman , and now BBC America’s legendary Tom Brook , they both came to interview none other than Shah Rukh Khan. What’s with the uni-focused fascination with one Bollywood ...

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Akshay To Grow A Real Beard For Next

Subhash K . Jha26th November 201926th November 2019

Aamir Khan’s fans are hugely impressed by his dedication to playing a Sardarji in Laal Singh Chaddha.Aamir has grown a real thick beard to look the part. Commending him for his...

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“Kriti Kharbanda Has Already Shot With Bachchan Saab For Chehre”

Subhash K . Jha26th November 201926th November 2019

Kriti Kharbanda is being replaced in Rumy Jaffrey’s Chehre in spite of having shot for the film. A source close to the project reveals, “She has already shot some scenes with BachchanSaab.And she has a...

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The Goan Disaster: Everything That Could Possibly Go Wrong

Subhash K . Jha26th November 201926th November 2019

Everything that could possibly go wrong at the 50th International Film Festival Of India(IFFI) in Goa has gone wrong. The VIP invitees are talking in hushed whispers about mismanagement. Says...

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Rajinikanth To Quit Politics?

Subhash K . Jha25th November 201925th November 2019

They may make a great photo-op. But Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan are certainly not coming together as political allies. In fact Rajinikanth, according to well-informed sources, may quit politics even before formally taking to active...

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Govinda Incensed Over Kartik’s Ankhiyon Se Goli Mare

Subhash K . Jha25th November 201925th November 2019

Govinda is not amused with what Kartik Aryan has done to the iconic Ankhiyon se goli mare song from his 1998 hit Dulhe Raja. The remix version filmed on Kartik Aryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey for the film Pati Patni Aur Woh has not gone down well with Govinda’s fans many of...

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A Film Version Of Kaifi & I?

Subhash K . Jha25th November 201925th November 2019

The very remarkable life of actor Shabana and and cinematographer Baba Azmi’s parents, the illustrious Kaifi and Shaukat Azmi is already a huge successful play Kaifi & I where Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi play her parents. We now hear there are at least four leading ...

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“The Woman I Admired The Most Is Gone,” Shabana Azmi On The Passing Of Shaukat Kaifi

Subhash K . Jha24th November 201924th November 2019

On Friday evening the legendary theatre personality, activist actress Shaukat Azmi left us.She was 93 and still spirited to the hilt when it came to her two favourite topics: theatre and sarees. She...

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Rajinikanth To Quit Politics?

Subhash K . Jha24th November 201924th November 2019

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Stars In Public Places

Subhash K . Jha24th November 201924th November 2019

I enjoy meeting Akshay Kumar. We haven’t met for some time. He hasn’t changed at all over the years that I’ve known him. We’ve gone through our share of ups...

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Adithya Varma Movie Review: It Is More Of Arjun Reddy

Subhash K . Jha23rd November 201923rd November 2019

Adhitya Varma(Tamil) Starring Dhruv Vikram, Banita Sandhu Directed by Gireesaya Rating: **(2stars) Adithya Varma is the third film based on Sandeep Vanga’s stormy ode to misogyny. And frankly, we don’t need one more version of the story of an insufferably...

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Anu Malik Forced To Step Down From Indian Idol

Subhash K . Jha23rd November 201923rd November 2019

A letter from the National Commission Of Women has persuaded Sony Entertainment to relieve Anu Malik of his services as a judge on Indian Idol. The music composer had returned to the show...

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Priyadarshan: “The Quality Of Our Cinema Has Really Deteriorated.”

Subhash K . Jha23rd November 201923rd November 2019

One of the country’s most prolific and continually successful filmmakers Priyadarshan is currently in Goa heading the jury for the 50th International Film Festival Of India(IFFI). Priyan, as he is affectionately known, is ...

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Paagalpanti Hoping To Cash In On the Housefull Mood

Subhash K . Jha22nd November 201922nd November 2019

The Paagalpanti team is prepared for a critical backlash . John Abraham has already declared Anees Bazmi’s latest film as ‘critique proof’ which means film critics might as well save their breath for another...

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Aamis Movie Review: Meat Na Mila Re Man Ka

Subhash K . Jha22nd November 201922nd November 2019

Aamis(Assamese) Starring Lima Das, Arghadeep Baruah Written & Directed by Bhaskar Hazarika Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) ‘Meat’ in the phonetic Hindi and Sanskrit sound also means ‘beloved’. It is in the ...

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Rani Mukherjee Starrer Removes Rajasthan From Rape Radar

Subhash K . Jha21st November 201921st November 2019

The chilling trailer of Mardaangi 2 shows a brutal faceless serial rapist on a rampage in the small educational town of Kota in Rajasthan . The town has taken deep umbrage to being named as...

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Tanhaji Trailer: One More Bhansali

Subhash K . Jha21st November 201921st November 2019

It looks like every major Bollywood superstar wants to play a nationalist warrior taking on a kohl-black invader from the Mughal era. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani started the trend. Then came Ashutosh Gowariker’s Panipat where Maratha warrior Sadashiv Rao Bhau is seen taking on Dutt’s ...

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No Body Double For Parineeti Chopra

Subhash K . Jha20th November 201920th November 2019

Parineeti Chopra injured her shoulder while training to play badminton champ Saina Nehwal. She is now recuperating. But will soon get back to the game. I connected with Parineeti and she said, “I’ve injured myself...

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Blast From The Past: When Akshay Kumar Had To Choose Between Shilpa & Twinkle

Subhash K . Jha20th November 201920th November 2019

At one time , this was around 1999-2000, Akshay Kumar , then a very close friend of mine, was seeing Shilpa Shetty and Twinkle Khanna simultaneously. It was called two-timing back then. It’s still called that. How do...

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“Yes I’m Doing Udham Singh,” October Actress Banita Sandhu Is back In Shoot Sircar’s Udham Singh

Subhash K . Jha20th November 201920th November 2019

October came and went.And though the beautiful film fetched Varun Dhawan and his director Shoojit Sircar a truckload of acclaim , British-born debutante Banita Sadhu did not benefit from the glowing reviews at all. After a long break she...

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Zeenat, Rehana, Sushmita….3 Actresses Who Broke The Mould Were Born On The Same Day!!

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

What’s it about women born on 19 November that makes them clutter-breakers of extraordinary dimensions? Zeenat Aman, Rehana Sultan and Sushmita Sen all 19th November-born scorpios. Fiercely independent , all there redefined the Hindi film heroine and ushered...

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Zeenat Aman Speaks To Subhash K Jha

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

So Zeenat Aman is a year younger today.(laughs) If you want to put it that sweetly. Yes. One is just lucky to be alive healthy and happy. By the grace...

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Blast From The Past: When Dilip Kumar Had Madhubala Thrown Out

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

One doesn’t know how far the system of patriarchy runs in the entertainment industry. But it sure runs deep. How else do we explain what happened in 1957 when the ...

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Jhund Makers Taken To Court

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

The Sairat director Nagraj Manjule’s first collaboration with Amitabh Bachchan Jhund has been plagued with problems from the outset. Firstly, the original producer opted out leaving the project in the lurch. Bhushan Kumar and T series had to step in to...

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Dear Ms Vani Kapoor, If This Is Not Provocation, What Is?

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

Vani Kapoor who is the inhouse heroine of Yash Raj Film(all her 5 film so far are Yash Raj Productions) was a target of terrifying trolling earlier week after she wore a low-cut top with ‘Ram’...

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Salman To Sing For Dabangg 3

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

When it comes to making a film, Salman Khan has become quite a multi-tasker. Not only does he play the central character he also helps with the direction and editing.And of course ...

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Good Newwz Is A Sex Comedy In The Truest Sense

Subhash K . Jha19th November 201919th November 2019

‘Sperm’ ceased to be a dirty word in Hindi cinema after Vicky Donor. Now in Karan Johar’s full-on sex comedy Good Newwz the word is given constant currency. Except that it’s pronounced ‘spam’ by ...

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Lata Mangeshkar Is Recovering ,Anxious Fans Waiting Her Return At Her

Subhash K . Jha18th November 201918th November 2019

On a normal day when Lataji is home, there are hordes of curious fans and devotees standing on Peddar Road hoping to catch a glimpse of her.Now as news of her illness has spread ...

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Stop Spreading Lies About Lata Mangeshkar, Requests Family

Subhash K . Jha18th November 201918th November 2019

The vultures in the media business are having a field day. In the last one week ever since India’s most beloved singer Lata Mangeshkar was hospitalized , the alarmists and sensation-mongers are putting ...

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Paagalpanti is Anees Bazmi’s Ode to Madness

Subhash K . Jha18th November 201918th November 2019

With Housefull 4 breaking records in spite of the yucky reviews, it is quite evident to Kumar Mangat and Aneez Bazmi the producer and director of Paagalpanti that there is a huge gap between what the critics and ...

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Hellaro Takes Indian Cinema To The Next Level

Subhash K . Jha17th November 201917th November 2019

Hellaro(Gujarati) Starring Shraddha Dangar, Jayesh More Directed by Abhishek Shah Rating: *****(5 stars) Once in a decade or maybe twice , if we are lucky, an Indian film makes us proud to be who we are. Hellaro is...

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Bollywood A-listers To Include No-OTT Clause? Saif Denies Such Plans

Subhash K . Jha17th November 201917th November 2019

With Karan Johar’s feature film Drive heralding the new era of straight-to-digital screening, there is a widespread apprehension among Bollywood’s A-listers that their feature films could find their release on the digital platform without ...

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House Arrest Is A Disgrace From Netflix

Subhash K . Jha17th November 20191st March 2020

House Arrest (Netflix) Starring Ali Fazal, Shriya Palgaonkar, Jim Sarbh Directed by Shashanka Ghosh, Samit Basu Rating: * ½ (one and a half stars) Ali Fazal is an affable actor. He brings a certain charm,reminiscent of Shashi Kapoor, into all his roles....

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Rani Mukherjee Saves Kota

Subhash K . Jha16th November 201916th November 2019

The small but bustling town of Kota in Rajasthan is where students descend in droves for coaching in engineering examinations. You can call it the city of middleclass dreams. It is also a nightmare for ...

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Jhalki Is For All Those Who Worry About India’s Children

Subhash K . Jha16th November 201916th November 2019

Jhalki Starring Aarti Jha, Sanjay Suri, Divya Dutta Directed by Brahmanand S Siingh Rating: *** ½(3 and a half stars) Jhalki is not a great film.It is riddled with imperfections and the plot careens dangerously towards manipulative sentimentality. But...

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The Joke Is On Akshay & Rohit Shetty

Subhash K . Jha15th November 201915th November 2019

Akshay Kumar is one of the cleverest superstars of Hindi cinema. He gives out the vibes of a simple unassuming son of the soil. But under that veneer of earthiness beats ...