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Shame On The Baba From The Dhaba For His Greed

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago3rd November 2020

80-year old ‘Baba’ whose Dhaba suddenly became hot property after food blogger Gaurav Vasan posted a video on him, has gotten greedy after his revived fortunes. Baba now accuses Vasan of defrauding him of the flow of...

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Sean Connery’s Last Co-Star Naseeruddin Shah On The Experience Of Bonding With Bond

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago2nd November 2020

Naseeruddin Shah has only done one international film, a big comicbook adaptation titled The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003.It was not a pleasant experience for Naseer and he never returned to international projects. But he did...

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Unknown Facts About Shah Rukh Khan

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago2nd November 2020

1. His career-making role in Deewaana was meant to be played by star-son ArmaanKohli, veteran filmmaker Raj Kumar Kohli’s hot-headed son who completed one schedule of the film and walked out after a tiff with director...

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Shabana Azmi On Doing Horror For The First Time

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago2nd November 2020

To see Shabana Azmi take over the screen once again , and never mind its size, in Terrie Samundra’s otherwise-disappointing Kali Kuhi is to be made aware all over again that she is by far...

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Shah Rukh Khan: What Next?

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago2nd November 2020

The Nation wants to know, what next? This is the question Shah Rukh Khan needs to answer , as his fans are now developing alarming withdrawal symptoms. SRK , an acronym he hates,...

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Knowing Aishwarya Rai Beyond The Bachchans

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago1st November 2020

I don’t remember when I spoke to Aishwarya Rai first. But it was definitely long before she became Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. And we’ve marveled at the amazing ways of providence, to have put a ‘Rai’ in ...

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10 Unknown Facts About Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago1st November 2020

1. Aishwarya fell in love with AbhishekBachchan during the shooting of J P Dutta’s Umrao Jaan. They would be missing from the sets for hours driving the finicky Dutta up the nearest papier-mache wall. 2. Once during their courtship on the sets...

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The Lie Review: It Is An Intriguing Thriller

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago1st November 2020

The Lie(Amazon Prime) Starring Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King Written & Directed By Veena Sud Rating: ** ½ Directors and actors of Indian descent are lately making some waves in America.But Veena ...

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Mira Nair Has A Fall Undergoes Emergency Surgery

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago31st October 2020

A Suitable Boy’s suitably accomplished director Mira Nair is currently not feeling as top-of-the-world as the great reviews for her series should make her feel. Mira, who is India’s most...

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Kangana Ranaut’s Jayalalitha Scenes Will Shoot Public Rally Scenes Through CGs

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago31st October 2020

We all know former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha was an exceptional orator.Her public-address rallies were political phenomena that defied all analysis.It therefore comes as no surprise to know that the makers of Thalaivi, the multi-lingual Jayalalitha bio-pic starring Kangana Ranaut were...

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Mirzapur 2 Producers Issue Apology To Insulted Writer …But Is It Enough?

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago31st October 2020

The most absurd and unreasonable thing that a scriptwriter can do is use the names of books and movies as props in an inappropriate context. Uttar Pradesh’s 81-year old popular Hindi novelist Surendra Mohan Pathak ...

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Kali Khuhi Funniest Horror Film Of All Times

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago31st October 2020

Kali Khuhi(Netflix) Starring Shabana Azmi, Leela Samson, Satyadeep Mishras, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Riva Arora Directed by Terrie Samundra Rating: * ½ Damn! Life can be such a bummer. Just hours after Sanjeeda Sheikh made such a stunning impact in Taish she’s part of a...

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Nadiadwala,Yashraj Films Won’t Take The OTT Route

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago30th October 2020

While several filmmakers are seriously looking at crossing over to the OTT platform, two major productions houses won’t hear of it, let alone seriously consider the crossing over to the compact format....

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Priyanka Chopra Plays A Bereaved Beloved In Her Next Hollywood Outing

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago30th October 2020

Finally Priyanka Chopra is actually doing another film.Reports of her joining Keanu Reeves in his next Matrix film(clearly a misconceived PR exercize) notwithstanding, Priyanka has wangled what looks like her most powerful Hollywood sojourn to date. In Text...

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Taish Review: It Is A Stunning, Brilliant Big-Screen Experience

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago30th October 2020

Taish(Zee5) Starring Harshvardhan Rane, Jim Sarbh, Pulkit Samrat, Sanjdeeda Sheikh, Kriti Kharbanda, Directed by Bijoy Nambiar Rating: **** As I finished watching this lengthy masterpiece, indeed a masterclass in adroit storytelling with room for every character to breathe even when they...

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Shah Rukh Khan In Madhavan’s Bio-pic, And It’s A 40 Minute Role

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago30th October 2020

It is confirmed. Shah Rukh Khan’s last screen appearance until he signs further films , is going to be in R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry, a bio-pic on the amazing story ...

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Suriya Plays Air Deccan Founder ….Or Does He?

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago30th October 2020

In the trailer of director Sudha Kongra’s bio-pic Soorarai Pottru on economized air travel’s prime architect G R Gopinath, Suriya is not named Gopinath. He is Nedumaaran Rajangam. Shakespeare has warned us about a rose by by any other name. And...

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The Curious Case Of Chirag Paswan

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago29th October 2020

For a while, circa the time he wanted to be a movie star, Chirag Paswan was close to me. It started when his Bollywood debut Miley Na Miley Hum was released in 2011. Prakash Jha was supposed to launch Chirag into cinema. But...

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Season 2 Of PM Narendra Modi Webseries Looks At The Godra Incident

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago29th October 2020

It looks like the second season of ErosNow’s Modi Journey Of A Comman Man is willing to stick its head out to look at the controversial aspects of the Statesman’s public conduct, including the Godra incident,...

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Shradha Is A Short Film With Long Legs

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago29th October 2020

Shradha(Disney-Hotstar) Starring Vikram Gokhale, Anushman Jha, Vinati Makijany Directed by Jasraj Padhye Rating: *** While Disney-Hotstar continues to promote films with A-listers in the cast, a little gem like Shradha gets submerged in the brouhaha.Sad , because here is film that...

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The White Tiger: Adarsh Gourav ‘Introduced’ In This film??!!!

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago29th October 2020

The anxiously-awaited screen adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s novel on class-conflict is ready. The trailer grabs your attention not because of the odd lead pair—Rajkummar Rao(who seems miscast) and Priyanka Chopra(who seems to have nailed the ...

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Sonu Sood: “Questioning Good Intentions Is In Their DNA”

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

Actor-activist Sonu Sood is unfazed by trolls who are questioning his commitment to providing a helping hand to the needy all across India.A troll recently tried to prove that a tweet asking...

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V Movie Review: It Is Nani-Sudheer Babu’s Crackerjack Thriller

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

V(Amazon Prime Starring Nani,Sudheer Babu,Nivetha Thomas,Aditi Rao Hydari Written & Directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti, Rating: *** ½ It is appalling how the language of the Great Indian Masala Dossier is looked down upon as an inferior brand ...

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Anurag Kashyap Ready To Take Optimum Legal Action Against Accuser

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

A lot of the anxious bystanders who have been watching the drama between Anurag Kashyap and his accuser(accusing him of sexual misdemeanor) unfold are wondering why the filmmaker has been...

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Akshay Makes Transgender Celebrity Laxmi Narayan Tripathy Offer She Can’t Resist

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

There are no free meals , at least not in Bollywood. In his effort to aggrandize his viewership by wooing the transgender community as a marketing strategy for Laxmmi Bomb, Akshay Kumar has now roped in ...

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Khurrana Replaces Sushant

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

Someone in heaven must be smiling at the announcement of Abhishek Kapoor’s next project which goes by the vapid title of Chandigarh Kare Ashiqui, whatever that means. The project was meant to star Sushant Singh Rajput. Right ...

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Manoj Tiwari Faces Death Threat At Rally

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

Bihar was abuzz on Monday with rumours of BJP’s top crowdpuller Manoj Tiwari facing death threat at a rally in a mofussil town of Bihar.Security around the Bhojpuri actor was duly tightened, and Manoj was advised to skip the risky rally. However Manoj decided...

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The Glorias Review : It rings Back The Many Personalities Of Gloria Stenheim

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago28th October 2020

The Glorias(Amazon Prime) Starring by Gloria Steinem Starring Julianne Moore,Alicia Vikander,Timothy Hutton,Lorraine Toussaint,Janelle Monáe,Bette Midler Directed by Julie Taymor Rating: ** If you have followed Gloria Steinem’s feminist philosophy—and I can’t claim to have done so—this...

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Neetu Singh-Anil Kapoor Paired For The First Time In Raj Mehta’s Next

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago27th October 2020

For fans of Raj Mehta’s Good Newz, the 2019 comedy featuring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani, there is good news.Raj heads to Chandigarh(the current favourite Indian city for Bollywood shootings), this time to shoot a comedy entitled Jug Jug Jiyo....

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Manoj Tiwari: “The Truth Must Be Revealed About Sushant’s Death”

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago27th October 2020

While Sushant Singh Rajput is a dead issue in the current Bihar elections, BJP’s actor-politician Manoj Tiwari thinks otherwise. “We musn’t think the matter is over. The people of Bihar...

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Saif Ali Khan: “I’ve No Plans Of Moving Out Of Mumbai”

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago27th October 2020

Of late, there have been some conflicting reports on Saif Ali Khan moving out of Mumbai to live with his wife Kareena and son Taimur in his sprawling palace in Pataudi(Madhya Pradesh). However, in a conversation with this writer Saif denies...

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Broken Hearts Gallery Review: Geraldine Vishwanathan Shines In It

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago27th October 2020

The Broken Hearts Gallery Starring Geraldine Viswanathan,Dacre Montgomery,Utkarsh Ambudkar Directed by Natalie Krinsky Rating: ** ½ Though her overdone vivacity is not really my cup of tea, I cannot deny the fact that in...

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The Bhatts Finally Take Retaliatory Steps

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago27th October 2020

The 1-crore defamation suit against the lady named Luviena Lodh who accused Mahesh Bhatt of being “the don of Bollywood”whose “nephew” her former husband, allegedly supplied drugs and girls to the movie industry, is the first major...

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Footfairy Movie Review: Fear Is The Key!

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago25th October 2020

Footfairy(& TV) Starring Gulshan Devaiah, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Sarika Ghatge Directed by Kaniskh Verma Rating: *** Why does the serial killer. nicknamed Footfairy , like to cut off his female victims’ feet after murdering them? Maybe he then finds it...

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Ajay Devgan Turned Down Raavan’s Role

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago24th October 2020

Do we sense another star-director friendship coming to an end? Ajay Devgan and director Om Raut have delivered Tanhaji the only superhit of 2020 . It was only expected that Devgan would feature as the lead in Raut’s followup...

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Salman’s Radhe To Have No Songs?

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago24th October 2020

Like Amitabh Bachchan’s grim joyless serious cop Vijay in Zanjeer, Salman’s khaki dressed Radhe in Radhe: India’s Most Wanted won’t sing songs on screen. At least that’s the plan for now.A source very close to the film reasoned ...

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Mirzapur Cast Already On To Season 3, Budget & Principal Actors’ Fee Doubled

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago23rd October 2020

It can now be told. Yes, there will be a third season of Mirzapur, the Amazon Prime series that has broken all records among the webseries of India by becoming the most watched...

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19 Years Later, Madhavan Is All For A Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein Sequel

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago23rd October 2020

On October 19, 2019 Madhavan made his Bollywood debut with Rehnaa Hai Teree Dil Mein . It was a first in Bollywood for many including Madhavan, leading lady Dia Mirza, director Gautham Menon and music director Harris Jayaraj . Unfortunately the film was not a pleasant experience for many of...

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Trial Of Chicago 7 Review: It Blends Brilliancy With The Bland

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago23rd October 2020

The Trial Of The Chicago 7(Netflix) Starring Eddie Redmayne , Noah Robbins,Mark Rylance,Alex Sharp,Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II,Sacha Baron Cohen,Daniel Flaherty,Joseph Gordon-Levitt,Michael Keaton,Frank Langella,John Carroll Lynch Directed by Aaron Sorkin Rating: *** ½ This remarkable testimony to the spirit of ...

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Review of Evil Eye: A Disappointing Eerie Tale

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago23rd October 2020

Evil Eye(Amazon Prime) Starring Sarita Choudhury ,Sunita Mani, Omar Maskati,Bernard White . Directed by Elan & Rajeev Dassani Rating: ** There is very little reason why we should sit through this blindly fallacious fear fare .Yes, there is...

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A Suitable Boy Review: It Is A Magnificent Melodrama

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago23rd October 2020

A Suitable Boy(6 episodes) Streaming on Netflix Starring Tabu as Saeeda Bai,Ishaan Khatter as Maan Kapoor,Tanya Maniktala as Lata Mehra Directed by Andrew Davies Rating; **** ½ How does a filmmaker, no matter how gloriously skillful , compress an epic novel into the cinematic format ...

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Prabhas 5 Unknown Facts About This Reclusive Figure

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago23rd October 2020

I have interviewed Prabhas only once. This was just after the release of Baahubali. He was humble softspoken polite and likeable. Soon his career suffered what I call the Friday frenzy …the Mallika Sherawat before-and-after affect when one...

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Sanjay Dutt Beats Cancer,Celebrates With Wife & Kids

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago22nd October 2020

A heavy load had been removed from Sanjay Dutt’s devoted wife Manayata’s head. Her husband , no stranger to pain and suffering, is apparently cancer-free.The good news is yet to sink in....

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Nawazuddin On The Pleasure Of Farming

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago22nd October 2020

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has gone back to his roots , and he couldn’t be any happier. Since the lockdown Nawaz is in his native village of Budhana in Uttarakhand where spends ...

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Rampant Suicides In Television Industry, Voices React

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago22nd October 2020

Another television actor Akshat Utkarsh recently committed suicide. This is the latest in an alarming string of suicides of financially-emotionally depressed individuals in the Indian television industry. Big names from television react. Shekhar Suman:...

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Satte Pe Satta Is Officially Shelved

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago22nd October 2020

Farah Khan’s ambitious plans of re-making Raj N Sippy’s Amitabh Bachchan blockbuster Satte Pe Satta has now been put to rest. She just couldn’t find the leading man for the job!!Farah first went to Hrithik Roshan who said neither yes...

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Comedy Couple Review: The Jokes Is On Us

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago22nd October 2020

Comedy Couple(Zee5) Starring Saqib Saleem,Shweta Basu Tripathi Directed by Nachiket Samant Rating: ** For a film about two stand-up comedians there is very little to laugh about in Comedy Couple. In one sequence in a civil court...

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“I Called Him Shammi Chacha,”Asha Parekh Recalls Her First & Most Favourite Co-Star on His Birth Anniversary

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago21st October 2020

In her hey-hey-ho-ho days Asha Parekh worked with all the top actors of the era. “But Shammi Kapoor was my favourite. He was everybody’s favourite. When he came into a project he brought with himself ...

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Demon Slayer Slays Japanese Boxoffice

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago21st October 2020

Even as the Indian boxoffice limps back to restoration,normalcy seems like a distant dream. Even the American boxoffice has not shown any encouraging signs after the Covid19 lockdown with big-budgeted films like Tenet and Mulan brutally under-performing ,Japan...

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Tina & Lolo Becomes Bullets

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago21st October 2020

Curious are the ways of the Indian entertainment industry. Yusuf Khan becomes DilipKumar.Rajkumar Yadav becomes Rajkummar Rao. Kareena Kapoor becomes Kareena Kapoor Khan. And a long-delayed film Tina & Lolo with Sunny Leone and Karishma Tanna in the titular roles becomes , errrr, Bullets?!!!! Not only has ...