Movie: Spyder Starring: Mahesh Babu, S J Surya, Rakul Preet Singh Written & Directed: A R Murugadoss Rating: ****(4 stars) There is nothing like a perfect spy thriller. But Spyder comes close. It is...
In what seems to be a suspiciously well(?)-timed move to hurt Amit Masurkar’s highly lauded Newton, a sudden plagiarism charge hit the film out of nowhere on Saturday triggering off a...
Ever since the fire on the sets of Black, Sanjay Leela Bhansali had decided stay away from incendiary scenes. In fact even before the fire in the sets of Black which destroyed property...
By Subhash K Jha Haseena Parkar Starring Shradha Kapoor, Siddhant Kapoor, Ankur Bhatia Directed by Apoorva Lakhia Rating: ****(4 stars) If only Haseena Parkar didn’t suffer from the curse of clunky inept shoddy central performance , it would have been...
Starring: Rajkummar Rao, Anjali Patil, Pankaj Tripathi Directed by Amit R Masurkar Rating: ****(4 stars) In Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Satyakam, a film that echoes in unexpected ways in...
Every year without without fail, the Mangeshkars on Peddar Road in Mumbai receive one group of guests: the entire team of the infinite television show CID. Everyone knows CID is Lataji’s favourite...
I think of that moment in Hrishida’s Aashirwaad when the old and dying Ashok Kumar stumbles into his estranged daughter’s wedding to bless her before kicking...
Starring: Khushmeet Gill, Manmeet Singh, Surekha Sikri, SushmitaMukherjee Directed by: Amole Gupte Rating: *** ½ (3 and a half stars) The best thing about Sniff! are the wonderful children—God bless their untarnished souls—who play detectives to...
“The fight against triple talaq has been waged by very brave Muslim women such as Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan members. They have brought the issue centre stage. So when, in 2016, Shayara Banopetitioned the...
Adnan Sami is over the moon .With the arrival of a daughter in the family his cup of joy spills over. “Medina is a baby that was born...
Pahlaj Nihalani Hits out At All Those In Power Who Aimed Their Guns From His Shoulder Pahlaj Nihalani is one angry man. It’s not so much his exit as...
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Om Puri Directed by: Gurinder Chadha Rating: **** ½(4 and a half stars) At the end of Gurinder Chadha’s breatakingly beautiful parable on political propensity ,...
By now everyone knows there are uncanny similarities between the two on-release films Lucknow Central and Qaidi Band. Both films whose trailers show a group of prisoners forming a musical...
There are reports in sections of the media about Alia Bhatt skipping Kashmir for the shooting of Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi. Reports suggest a set representing Kashmir would be erected at a...
There were reports earlier of the forever-gutsy Kangana Ranaut returning to the shooting of Krish’s historical Manikarnika on Saturday just 4 days after a serious forehead injury which left...
After a stupendous success of VIP the spectators now have the chance to enjoy Velaiilla Pattadhari 2, popularly referred to as VIP 2. It is an...