Maderc..d. That’s the last word we hear Nagarjuna utter in the breakneck paced trailer of Wild Dog. Nag, we are told, plays the title role. So called by his...
It’s time to dance for Janhvi Kapoor and her two co-stars Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma who have what looks like a hit on their hands. A year after Covid closed down theatres audiences have shown...
With the release date of Rumi Jaffrey’s crime thriller Chehre being announced preponed from April 30 to April 9 internal discussions in the team are on to decide...
The captivating enigmatic Rekha may not be seen on screen these days. But she is pursuing her secret passion…no, not what you think…Rekhaji is heavily into singing, and ...
Chakravyuha(MX Player, 8 Episodes) Starring Prateik Babbar, Simran Kaur Mundi, Ruhi Singh, Ashish Vidyarthi, Shiv Panditt, Gopal Datt and Asif Basra Directed by Sajit Warrior Rating: *** ½ Chakravyuha , based on Piyush Jha’s crime bestseller, fills that space on the web which we want filled:...
Anand marked the first of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 3 historic collaborations with RajeshKhanna, the other two being Bawarchi and Namak Haraam. Anand is without a shred of doubt Rajesh Khanna’s career’s finest performance.Just how he got the role...
After regaling his fans for 15 years Arijit Singh has now reinvented himself as a music composer. In Netflix’s forthcoming feature film Pagglait which features a stellar line-up ...
Aelay(Tamil, Netflix) Starring Samuthirakani and Manikandan Written & Directed by Halitha Shameem Rating: ** More thn 24 hours after I finished watching this annoyingly selfconscious dramedy about a father who sells icecream and a son who screams and...
Netflix’s Delhi Crime in 2019 , recreating the horrific gangrape and death of Nirbhaya, shook the nation’s conscience. Very few web shows in India have had a similar impact....
Roohi…Earlier known as Rooh Afza? (chuckles) Yes it was Rooh Afza. Then we though we could get away with Roohi Afza. Phir humne socha Roohi hi rakh lo chup-chaap. You are no stranger to ghost stories? Yes, earlier I...
A popular entertainment portal has made a mellifluous tall claim on behalf of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi. The portal most confidently announced that Alia will be singing a composition...
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) has asked Netflix to stop streaming Alankrita Shrivastava’s stunningly layered Bombay Begums.Apparently two Twitter handles condemning scenes related to the film’s youngest ...
Even as the internet went wild over an announcement that the Russo Brothers’s global multi-series Citadel will headline Priyanka Chopra in one of its episodes, news comes that our very own ...
Roohi Starring Janhvi Kapoor,Rajkummar Rao Varun Sharma Rating: **** Directed by Hardik Mehta There are three principal actors playing four main characters in Roohi, all whipping...
That our own Adarsh Gourav stands tall in the BAFTA nominations for best actor alongside Riz Ahmed for The Sound Of Metal , late Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom , Mads Mikkelsen for the Danish language film Another Round,veteran British actor...
If there was a lifetime achievement award for the most undisciplined potential star of Bollywood, Prateik Babbar would win hands-down. His constant battle to stay on the right track has...
The hope that the big filmmakers with big-screen films won’t go the OTT way seems like a distant dream now. More and more of the biggies are going...
Coming 2 America(Amazon Prime Video) Starring Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, Teyana Taylor, Wesley Snipes, and James Earl Jones Directed by Craig Brewer Rating:...
Going out to greet crowds during this time of the Covid crisis is the last thing any actor would want to do .And yet Janhvi is doing just that....
Congratulations on a stunning comeback in Bombay Begums. It is criminal how you have been hiding yourself from the camera? Ha ha, thank you. I got...
Indian cinema finally get a pride of place on the global map after a long time.Thanks to the exceptional performance given by Adarsh Gourav in The White Tiger. On Tuesday...
1. It is the first big-budget film of the year, and not a carryover from another time being revived to cash in on the current famine of ...
The relationship between a fan and a star is very sacred. I still remember how kind Shabana Azmi was to me when I met her for...
While women have actively joined the gender conversation in every walk of life, there continues to be a dismaying paucity of women directors all over the...
Bombay Begums(Netflix, 8 Episodes) Starring Pooja Bhatt,Amruta Subhash, Shahana Goswami, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, Bornila Chatterjee Rating: **** Like them or loathe them, hug them or hate them, spurn them or ‘sperm’ them….The 5 ...
So Mithun Chakraborty did finally join the BJP’s rally in West Bengal on Sunday, putting an end to all the will-he-won’t-he speculation about his future in politics. A source ...
Everything seems pitch-perfect in the trailer of the Saina Nehwal. The canvas is laid out a bit too neatly.The pushy mother, played by the talented Meghna Malik who is typecast as...
A1 Express Starring Sundeep Kishan and Lavanya Tripathi while Murali Sharma and Rao Ramesh Directed by Dennis Jeevan & Kanukolanu Rating: *** In real life and movies,hockey has always got the wrong end of the stick. Just the fact that...
The Married Woman (AltBalaji/Zee 5) Starring Riddhi Dogra, Monica Dogra, Imaad Shah Directed by Sahir Raza Rating: ** ½ This could have been a lot more than what it finally is. A mirror of a middleclass marriage...
Right. So we all know about the great women’s pictures from Mother India to Arth to Pink. But there are some absolute gems featuring female heroes that...
Shabana Azmi: “India is country that lives in several centuries simultaneously. And so it is with the position of women in our society. On the one hand...
As the nation celebrates Saif and Kareena’s second child ,my mind goes back to the time when Kareena , much younger far more impulsive told me...
The one major lesson that Covid19 has taught us is, home is the best place to be. No wonder producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Ahmed Khan have dropped...
The gorgeous Pooja Bhatt long missing from the screen is back in the eminently engaging webseries Bombay Begums on Netflix. “And look at the coincidence. I have...
Birthday boy Tiger Shroff has a treat in store. The long-awaited sequel to the 2019 blockbuster War is now a living reality…almost. Plans are on at Yash Raj films to revive...
There are two big ladies’ specials lined for streaming this Women’s Day.So which one will you watch first, Netflix’s Bombay Begums or Alt-Balajee’s A Married Woman? Though the two...
On Friday we woke up to what seemed like another tall claim by the delusional Rakhi Sawant. This time she said the renowned writer Javed Akhtar wanted to make a film...
It would be no exaggeration to say that the sensational Sushmita Sen’s digital debut in Aarya has been most propitious. So much so that Disney-Hotstar has signed the actress and director...
Ajay Devgan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali go back a long way. They were a perfect team in Hum…Dil De Chuke Sanam and have been looking for a project that would bring them together again.The two...
2021 seems to be a significant year for female heroes in Hindi cinema . This Women’s Day audiences will see two important OTT products Netflix’s Bombay Begums and Alt-Balajee’s The Married...
Homemade(Netflix, Anthology of 17 ShortFilms) Rating: ** ½ The pandemic has given rise to lockdown films all over the world. In India we’ve seen films as diverse in...
Applause Entertainment’s Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story proved popular beyond all expectations. Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story which is currently streaming on SonyLIV, witnessed immense love and fanfare unlike any other show has...
March may prove decisive for the movie-theatre business in India. There are as many as 9 Hindi films being released in movie theatres this month. These ...
The trailer of Haathi Mere Saathi would have pacified Rajesh Khanna. This Haathi Mere Saathi has nothing to do with Mr Khanna’s 1971 blockbuster of the same title. This one ...
Thirike(NeeStream) Starring George Kora, Gopikrishna Verma Directed by George Kora, Sam Xavier Rating: ** ½ Maybe I expected too much. From NeeStream which gave us the great The Great Indian...
It’s always a pleasure to catch up with Telugu superstar Nagarjuna .He has just returned to Hyderabad after completing a Hindi film Brahmastra with producer Karan Johar and...
Janhvi Kapoor is super-busy these days. While she has one release Roohi around the corner, she is shooting another film Good Luck Jerry in Patiala right now. So where does that...
Your D Company which opens a week after , looks a lot like Sanjay Gupta’s Mumbai Saga.? Well , the subject matter is in the public domain and everyone will...
S S Rajamouli can breathe easy. When I last spoke to him he seemed a little concerned about Aamir Khan beating him to directing a screen version of the Mahabharat....
Eye surgery cannot deter the Bachchan hurricane. Barely hours after surgery and his return home, the unstoppable mega-star is anxious to get back home. He is the only...