One of India’s most accomplished cinematographers Baba Azmi’s directorial debut MeeRaqsam about a sprightly young Muslim girl’s determination to learn Bharat Natyam has won for Baba the Best Debut Director at the just-concluded Indian Film...
The tirade against “love jihad ” recently on a prominent news channels(where panelists were heard asking that cross-communal marriages be forbidden by law) provoked strong protests from...
Shekhar Suman , the baap of stand-up comedy in India has some wise words of rebuke for Bharati Singh, now in custody for alleged drug consumption. Says Shekhar, “Your talent should be your...
Kartik Aryan turned 30 on Sunday. But he strikes me as being 13 or maybe 15 , no more. He is childlike in his enthusiasm to win...
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 as his best friend without ever lusting for him? Mismatched seems to take...
After stand-up comic Bharati Singh and her husband were arrested for drugs possession, one of India’s oldest and most respected stand-up artistes Raju Shrivastava condemned the culture of substance abuse. “I...
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 of a tortuous this plodding surreal yatra, and that too for 5...
Sanjay Dutt’s long-awaited Torbaaz directed by one of Bollywood’s underrated names GirishMalik , is going to be on Netflix on 11 December. Dutt’s fans, of whom there’s no dearth, can expect...
The announcement on Monday morning of Ahmed Khan collaborating with Zee Studios for an action film Om: The Battle Within starring Aditya Roy Kapoor came as a surprise . Isn’t Ahmed already directing two...
You would think playing a man on a wheelchair would make any normal actor wretchedly unhappy.Not Hrithik. Not in Guzaarish. Though he played a paraplegic in the film...
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 the unflattering reputation of being the most persecuted people in the...
There are reports in a section of the press stating that Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will be seen together with Aamir Khan in Laal Singh...
The cold war between Bollywood’s iconic dancing star Govinda and his nephew television’s prominent entertainer Krushna Abhishek, shows no sign of abating. In fact the feud just got worse with Krushna staying...
Akshay Kumar has slammed a Rs 500 crore defamation suit against YouTuber Rashid Siddiqui from Bihar who not only spread falsehoods related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s...
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 of Mumbai , as a stressbuster. Speaking of screening , the Abhishek Sharma -directed film’s two leading...
Switzerland Starring Abir Chatterjee, Rukmini Maitra Written & Directed by Souvik Kundu Rating: *** In these turbulent traumatic times I wonder why American cinema is churning out so many horror films. They ...