After a young girl was tested positive for the Coronavirus, a posh highrise in suburban Mumbai Oberoi Springs which houses several Bollywoood actors and directors has been completely sealed off . The building’s residents ...
In the Netflix film She , the Gully Boy actor Vijay Varma is cast as a low-level sleazy gangster who repeatedly abuses the female protagonist. How difficult was it for Vijay to play...
Hasmukh(Netflix,10 Episodes) Starring Vir Das, Ranveer Shorey, Manoj Pawa, Suhail Nayyar, Ravi Kissan Directed by Nikhil Gonsalves Rating: *** 1/2 (3 and a half Stars) It’s like Lata Mangeshkar being hired to play a bad singer.It takes a very brilliant actor to play a ...
Girlfriend Chor(MX Player, 5 Episodes) Starring Sishir Mishra, Sonali Sachdev, Mayur More, Diksha Juneja Rating:*** 1/2 (three and a half stars) When it’s not busy being over-cute this 5-episode series about a young lovelorn but loveless chap...
The Roads Not Taken Starring Javier Bardem. Elle Fanning,Laura Linney,Salma Hayek Directed by Sally Potter Rating: *** The Spanish Javier Bardem is among the most influential actors of contemporary times....
With the future of movie-theatre business plunged into deep uncertainty many Bollywood producers are now thinking of releasing their pending films on the digital patform. However...
Seasons Greetings(Zee5) Starring Lillette Dubey, Celina Jaitley, Azhar Khan , Shree Ghatak Rating: ***(3 stars) Meant to be a tribute to my great much-missed friend Rituparno Ghosh, Seasons Greeting is glutted with clotted emotions , all trying...
Love Wedding Repeat(Netflix) Starring Sam Claflin as Jack,Olivia Munn as Dina,Eleanor Tomlinson as Hayley,Joel Fry as Bryan, Tim Key as Sidney,Aisling Bea as Rebecca, Jack Farthing as Marc, Allan Mustafa as Chaz, Freida Pinto as Amanda...
The Raikar Case(Voot, 7 Episodes) Starring Atul Kulkarni, Ashwini Bhave, Neil Bhoopalan Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar Rating: * ½ It is hard to believe that an...
Ek Thi Begum (MX Player ) Starring Anuja Sathe,Ankit Mohan Directed by Sachin Darekar Rating: **(2 stars) Every time the underworld shows up in our viewing...
Bamfaad(Zee5) Starring Aditya Rawal, Shalini Pandey, Vijay Verma Directed by Ranjan Chandel Rating: *** ½ Call it a withdrawal symptom. But I was sure as hell...
Panchayat a 10-episode webseries on Amazon featuring Jitendra Kumar, the bright natural actor who played Ayushmann Khurrana’s gay partner in the film Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan, is currently streaming across homes throughout India. Jitendra Kumar is happy about the...
Prabhas was in self-imposed quarantine ever since he cut short his shooting in the USA and returned to Hyderabad. According to sources close to Prabhas the period ...
Television’s hearthrob Barun Sobti is overwhelmed by the response to his new webseries Asura from Voot, where he shares screen space with Arshad Warsi and Sharib Hashmi. “I must admit it has been pretty heartwarming. I know the webspace ...
Coffee & Kareem(Netflix) Starring Ed Helms, Terence Little Gardenhigh, Taraji P Henson Directed by Michael Dowse Rating: *(1 star) How starved are you for laughs during these trying times...
Panchayat(Amazon Prime Video, 8 Episodes) Starring Jitendra Kumar, Chandan Roy, Neena Gupta, Raghuvir Yadav Directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra Rating: *** ½ This one knows.Just knows. Panchayat is an insider’s job. Its director(Deepak Kumar Mishra), writer(Chandan Kumar) and the actors,...