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99 Songs, Jazz,Bach and all that Jaazbaat

Subhash K . Jha6 hours ago17th April 2021

99 Songs Starring Ehan Bhat as Jay,Edilsy Vargas as Sophie Written & Directed by Vishwesh Krishnamurthy Rating: ** ½ Make no mistake. This is a highly ambitious film where the musical phenomenon A R Rahmanwants to prove...

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Gobar Who Is Playing The Vet Ajay Devgan Or Pankaj Tripathy?

Subhash K . Jha6 hours ago17th April 2021

The announcement of Gobar,a satire directed by ad filmmaker Sabal Shekhawat set in the cow belt about a vet who unearths a fodder sca, has its co-producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and...

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Yes, It Is A Villain’s Role,” Vijay Sethupathi Speaks on The Offer From Kamal Haasan

Subhash K . Jha6 hours ago17th April 2021

The brilliant Vijay Sethupathi currently basking in the success of his two back-to-back villainous act in the Tamil and Telugu blockbusters Master and Uppenu, could soon be pulling off a hat-trick of vileness on screen. He...

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Happy Birthday, Lara Dutta

Subhash K . Jha1 day ago16th April 2021

She once told me she was named Lara after the heroine in her mother’s favourite film Dr Zhivago.I don’t know Lara Dutta well. But I’ve always felt very positive vibes from her. Our...

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Adivi Sesh “This Is The Best Response I’ve Ever Had To Any Of My Work”

Subhash K . Jha1 day ago16th April 2021

The teaser of Major, Telugu star Adivi Sesh bio-pic treatment of the life and courage of Indian soldier Sandeep Unni Krishnan who lost his life battling terrorists during the 26/11 siege of the Taj hotel in Mumbai, is out. And Adivi has never...

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Lata Mangeshkar To Take The Jab This Week

Subhash K . Jha1 day ago

India’s Resident Nightingale Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar is all set to take the Covid vaccine this week. All the other members of distinguished Mangeshkar family have already taken the vaccine. “Bass main baqi reh gayi hoon(only I remained),” says Lataji. She had been ...

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What Dance Numbers? Alia Is Not Dancing In Bhansali’s Film

Subhash K . Jha1 day ago16th April 2021

There are reports in a section of the media that Alia Bhatt will be performing two dance numbers in Gangubai Kathiawadi . Sources close to the film completely debunk these dance aspirations...

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OTT Is The Only Way Ahead For Cinema

Subhash K . Jha2 days ago15th April 2021

Netflix, Amazon, Disney-Hotstar, Applause Entertainment …get used to them around you. In the coming months, you will be hearing a lot more from them. Sources inform that these four major OTT players...

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Ajay Devgan Plays Referee In Rajamouli-Boney war

Subhash K . Jha2 days ago15th April 2021

The Dussehra maha-yuddh between S S Rajamouli’s RRR and Boney Kapoor-Amit Sharma’s Maidaan is likely to averted. And the one playing peacemaker and mediator is Ajay Devgan. Says a source in the know, “Since Ajay Devgan happens to be the common...

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Akshay Kumar To Work With Sajid Khan? Banish The Thought!

Subhash K . Jha2 days ago15th April 2021

Producer Feroze Nadiadwala has gone on-record to proclaim that he would love to work with MeTo accused Sajid Khan since they “go back a long way” Akshay Kumar and Feroze...

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Pratik Gandhi: “It Is Unfair To Compare My Performance With Abhishek’s”

Subhash K . Jha2 days ago15th April 2021

Ever since Abhishek Bachchan as Harshad Mehta in the feature film The Big Bull started streaming ,critics and audiences have been comparing him to Pratik Gandhi’s Harshad Mehta in the webseries Scam...

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Hazrat Jaipuri, A Tribute On his 99th Birth Anniversary

Subhash K . Jha2 days ago15th April 2021

Hasrat Jaipuri Saab Was A Poet Who Thought Like The Masses,” Says LataMangeshkar,Paying The Peerless Poet A Tribute On his 99th Birth Anniversary If Hasrat Jaipuri had lived longer he would have been 99 on May...

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On Ambedkar Jayanti 5 Finest Films On Inequality & The ‘ Great’ Indian Caste System

Subhash K . Jha3 days ago14th April 2021

1. Sujata(1959): Inspired directly by Dr Ambedkar’s treatise on the abolishment of the caste system Sujata is a haunting ever-renewable ever-relevant meditation on blood ties and social inequality. Nutan won her her Filmfare award as the socio-economically backward ...

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Kartik Aaryan’s Dhamaka Sold To Netflix for Rs 135 Crores

Subhash K . Jha3 days ago14th April 2021

The market was buzzing with this vital information since reports of Netflix acquiring Ram Madhvani’s thriller Dhamaka , based on the South Korean film The Terror Live where KartikAaryan stepped into the role originally played by Ha Jung-woo...

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Seema Pahwa: “Every Actor Should Work With Sanjay Bhansali At Least Once”

Subhash K . Jha3 days ago

The supremely talented Seema Pahwa who dazzled as the matriarch in Dum Lagake Haisha, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari , has changed tracks , and how! In Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubau Kathiawadi Seema plays a role she has never attempted before. Without revealing her character the seasoned actress...

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Satish Kaushik On Turning 65 & Minding Kids During Corona

Subhash K . Jha4 days ago13th April 2021

Actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik who turned 65 on 13 April is not un happy about celebrating his birthday during times of Cornova, "This is my second consecutive lockdown birthday . Last year being at home I celebrated virtually with friends Anil Kapoor ...

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Facts About Chupke Chupke As It Turns 46 On April 11

Subhash K . Jha5 days ago12th April 2021

1. Chupke Chupke was a comedy of errors, a remake of a 1971 Bengali film Chhadmabeshi about a man who must pose as his wife’s chauffeur to hide his identity from her brother-in-law. It ...

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“It’s The Biggest Win Of My Life,” Adarsh Gourav On Losing The BAFTA To Anthony Hopkins

Subhash K . Jha5 days ago12th April 2021

For all of us who were hoping to see Adarsh Gourav win the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for his stunning portrayal of an underdog’s revenge on Capitalism in The...

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Huma Qureshi On Playing Rabri Devi In New Webseries

Subhash K . Jha5 days ago12th April 2021

Looking at the first teaser of SonyLiv’s forthcoming political drama Maharani it is clear as daylight that the series is based on Rabri Devi’s ascent to the Chief Minister’s throne after her...

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Fans Of Original Pink Disappointed by Vakeel Saab

Subhash K . Jha5 days ago12th April 2021

Vakeel Saab , Telugu superstar Pawan Kalyan’s first release in three years after the disappointing Agnyaathavaasi in 2018,is anything but an official remake of Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s 2016 cult hit Pink . As the trailer had aptly indicated, the ...

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Riz Ahmed Is Not The First Muslim To Be Nominated For An Oscar

Subhash K . Jha6 days ago11th April 2021

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 effort to be the ...

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Amit Sharma, “Football Players From Worldover To Play In Maidaan”

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago10th April 2021

“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 fully recovered from Covid laughs ...

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Madhavan Is Much Better, Looks Forward To Resuming Work

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago10th April 2021

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 to working on Rocketry,” says Madhavan about...

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Marathi Well Done Baby Fails To Hold Attention

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago10th April 2021

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 bordering on fixation with...

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Happy Birthday, Swara Bhaskar

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago9th April 2021

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 that two of my...

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FWICE sets up monitoring team to ensure new Covid guidelines compliance.

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago9th April 2021

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 of the partial lockdown imposed in...

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Jaya Bachchan: 5 Performances You Don’t Know About

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago9th April 2021

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 master-performances which you have ...

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Alia Bhatt Teams Up With Pawan Kalyan(though not in the way we would like)

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago9th April 2021

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 Telugu version of the ...

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Aditya Narayan, “I’m Back Home From Hospital”, To Get Back On Indian Idol

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago9th April 2021

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 weak,” says Aditya as he...

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Will Deepika Padukone Play Sita ?

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago9th April 2021

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 into the same role ...

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The Brilliant Joji Confirms Fahadh Faasil To Be Indian Cinema’s Greatest Actor

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago8th April 2021

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 merges into his characters ...

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Soumitra Chatterjee’s Wife Passes Away, Sharmila Tagore Grieves

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago8th April 2021

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. Sharmila Tagore who knew the ...

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Neena Gupta Was Recommended by Amitabh Bachchan

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago8th April 2021

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 the cast as Mr...

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Is Alia’s Role in RRR Going To Be Expanded?

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago8th April 2021

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 major rehaul. “There’s a...

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The Serpent Review: A Serpentine Stunner On The Life & Crimes Of Sobhraj

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago8th April 2021

The Serpent(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Tahar Rahim as Charles Sobhraj,Jenna Coleman as Marie-Andrée Leclerc,Billy Howle as Herman Knippenberg, Amesh Edireweera as Ajay Chowdhury ·Directed by Tom Shankland, Hand Herbots · Rating: *** ½ It is hard to sit through 8 serpentine episodes of The Serpent, not...

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Arjun Rampal-Konkona Sen-Aparna Sen Complete Film

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago7th April 2021

In the sweltering heat of Delhi, Aparna Sen who last directed a version of Rabindranath Tagore Ghaire Bhaire entitled Ghawre Bairey Aaj is now readying her next feature film which promises to be one of the finest cinematic experiences of 2021....

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Happy Birthday, Ramu …And I Know The Satya About You

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago7th April 2021

I know Ram Gopal Varma for a longer time than I know almost anyone else in the film industry,except Shabana Azmi and Sanjay Leela Bhansali whom I have been friends with from much longer. These two apart, Ramu is a...

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Sonu Sood:“Don’t Scam In My Name, I’ll Give You A Job Instead”

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago7th April 2021

Super-philanthropist Sonu Sood is enormously distressed by a chap from Muzaffarpur Ashish Kumar Singh defrauding an unsuspecting victim of Rs 60,000 by using Sonu’s name. Says Sonu Sood, “It is really sad when they try to dupe poor people....

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Nagarjuna: “Wild Dog Belongs On The Big Screen”

Subhash K . Jha1 week ago7th April 2021

In spite of the Covid upsurge, Nagarjuna’s new action adventure Wild Dog has opened to encouraging response. Says Nag, “We always knew it wouldn’t be an opening like normal times. But we were ...

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Kartik Aaryan Airlifts Luxury Car From Italy To Avoid 3-Month Wait

SKJ Reporter2 weeks ago6th April 2021

Kartik Aaryan's journey to the top in Bollywood has remained exceptional and inspirational for many aspiring actors who come from the outside world. The actor who’s known as the heartthrob of the nation has...

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Ajay Devgan Completes Shooting Of Gangubai Kathiawadi

SKJ Reporter2 weeks ago6th April 2021

Sanjay Leela Bhansali who had one day's shooting pending with Ajay Devgan when Covidplayed villain , has completed his stint with the actor. Ajay Devgan who has an extended guest appearance in Gangubai Kathiawadi couldn’t have hoped for a better...

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Dharmendra: “Now On To A Second Dose of Covid”

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago6th April 2021

The iconic veteran actor Dharmendra wants to reassure his fans that the Covid vaccine is absolutely safe. “I took my first dose last month. There were no side effects at ...

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Wild Dog Nagarjuna Revvs Up The Action Genre

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago5th April 2021

Wild Dog(Telugu) Starring Nagarjuna, Sayami Kher , Atul Kulkarni Directed by Ashishor Solomon Rating: *** ½ No trial, no jury….only fury ….That could sum up Nagarjuna’s role as the encounter-friendly cop from the imaginary anti-terror cell known as ...

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“She Played Bad Women But Was An Angel,” Dharmendra On One Of His Favouite Co-stars Shashikala

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago5th April 2021

When the ever-affable Dharmendra returned my call on Sunday evening he was deeply grieved. “I just heard Shashikala is no more,” he mumbled sadly before I could raise the topic. “We have done ...

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Lata Mangeshkar Sends Her Best Wishes To Aditya Narayan: “Now Even The Young Are Getting The Virus”

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago5th April 2021

The Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar is worried about the spike in Corona numbers. “It’s become much worse, and we are to blame for it. So many people are not following the guidelines, not wearing...

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Lalit Pandit Tells What Composing “Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye” Meant To His Life.

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago5th April 2021

Lalit Pandit, The Composer Of Munni Badnaam Hui Darling Tere Liye , Tells Subhash K Jha What Composing This, The Most Popular Item Song Of Hindi Cinema, Meant To His Life. What...

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Chhichhore Is Not The Best Hindi Film Of 2019, Article 15 Is

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago4th April 2021

Many in the film industry feel Anubhav Sinha has paid his price for being a vocal opponent of Government policies. His brilliant political drama Article 15 from 2019, hands-down the finest film of...

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Parveen Babi’s 5 Finest Movies

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago4th April 2021

Subhash K Jha Picks Parveen Babi’s 5 Finest Unfairly , she was always compared with Zeenat Aman and even labelled the Poor Man’s Zeenat. In truth Parveen was a better actress who never got the opportunities that Zeenat did, never...

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Godzilla Vs Kong, Is This What The World Braved Covid For?

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago3rd April 2021

Godzilla Vs Kong Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir Directed by Adam Wingard Rating: ** Two overgrown mechanical monkeys battling it out against ...

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Irul: Fahadh Faasil’s Terrific Sinister Act Obfuscated By An Unconvincing Plot

Subhash K . Jha2 weeks ago3rd April 2021

Irul(Netflix) Starring Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir ,Darshana Rajendran Directed by Naseef Yusuf Izuddin Rating: ** ½ Being a Fahadh Faasil fan, I really wanted to like this thriller. And in parts, I did. But on the whole, the delicate adroitly-drawn structure required...