I was a fan of Sagar Sarhadi’s writing. Mellow, mordant and modern, his perception of love and related issues was unique and yet so inured in tradition that ...
Janhvi Kapoor who has been working round-the-clock promoting her last release Roohi and simultaneously shooting for her next film Good Luck Jerry in Patiala has finally wrapped up all her work .With some ...
On Friday the internet was brimming with bonhomie when they saw Shabana Azmi and her husband Javed Akhtar wearing what was described as clothes given to them by a fan named Jayshree who sat next to ...
It is crystal-clear that three years after their marriage Priyanka Chopra and her husband Nick Jonas remain hopelessly in love with one another. On a British...
Land Starring Robin Wright, Demián Bichir Directed by Robin Wright Rating: *** ½ How do you embrace life when it deals you a blow worse than ...
An entire SpiceJet aircraft has been painted with a message praising Sonu Sood for his philanthropic work. The message reads, “A Salute To The Saviour Sonu Sood.” Sounding deeply moved Sonu Sood says, “It’s phenemonal…the...
Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar Starring Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra Director Dibakar Bannerjee Rating: *** After a really shaky prologue—the film begins with a bunch of louts in a moving car crackling over sexist jokes...
Last week I drove down to a multiplex in Patna for my screening of Roohi, a movie about spooks, ghosts and chaudails. Aptly the mall looked like a ghost...
This Eid Bhai has company. Salman’s Radhe India’s Most Important Bhai will have competition from John Abraham’s Satyamev Jayate 2. For fans of John’s histrionics there are two of him in Satyamev Jayate2. Yes, his first double role. And...
Salman Khan’s commitment to bring his Eid release Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai into movie theatres remains steadfast. The film is all set to release for Eid 2021....
The Wife(Zee5) Starring Gurmeet Chowdhary , Sayani Dutta Directed by Sarmad Khan Rating: * ½ There is a house-help named Anjana who keeps looking at her boss in a too–dutiful way. In one sequence while ...
Raya & The Last Dragon(Disney –Hotstar, animation film) Rating: *** Disney’s 59th feature film is everything you would expect it to be. Frothy, hopeful, adventurous, joyful,...
Boxoffice bleakness is now a pandemic , with every week looking less viewer-friendly for the movie theatres .Since movie theatres re-opened after the lockdown only one film has shown ...
Roohi did well in movie theatres? I’m extremely delighted by the response. As a cinema lover even I was missing watching films on the big screen. I’m...
The Chehre producer Anand Pandit is glad that the trailer reveals that Rhea had not been obliterated from the film’s publicity or for that matter, from the ...
Twilight’s Kiss(Original Title Suk Suk, in Cantonese) Starring Tai Bo as Pak,Ben Yuen as Hoi Directed by Ray Yeung Rating: ** ½ This much talked-about film promises a lot more than it delivers.To begin with,...
C/O Kaadhal(Tamil, Netflix) Directed by Hemambar Jasti Rating: *** ½ By the end of the 2 hour-plus film about four star-crossed love-couple grappling with social strictures and emotional sleepingdogs, all but...
The 30 July release date of one of this year’s most anticipated film Gangubai Kathiawadiremains unchanged in spite of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali(SLB) and a few crew members contracting the Covid .Sources...
Boney and Sridevi Kapoor’s younger daughter Khushi is getting ready for her Bollywooddebut in the next two years.Unlike her mom and sister Janhvi, Khushi has decided to be a trained actor. Says her proud...
The legendary Dharmendra who has been locked way in his farmhouse during the pandemic is all set to step out for the Covid19 vaccination. “I recommend it...
Kailash Surendanath an iconic name in the ad world has taken the plunge into the OTT platform with Applause Entertainment’s weberies Chakravyuha. Recalling his journey Kailash says “I started making films from the...
India’s most precious national treasure Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar has some advice for Mumbaikars and Maharashtrians. “My humble request to them with folded hands is, please don’t take Covid lightly. It is not gone as yet....
Even as the sequel to KGF wraps up shooting and readies for a Summer 2021 release, Kannada superstar Yash has moved on to his next project....
A screen-shot of an FIR posted on Twitter accompanied by the following message has created quite a stir.The message reads “No Compromise On City’s Safety!BMC has filed...
Sophie Jones Starring Jessica Barr as Sophie Jones,Skyler Verity as Kevin,Claire Manning as Claire,Charlie Jackson as Lucy,Dave Roberts as Aaron,Tristan Decker as Riley,Sam Kamerman as Kate...
On Sunday, fans friends and admirers of the iconic Dharmendra were concerned when he posted what seemed to be a despondent poem about mortality.Soon tweets about his...
Priyanka and Nick Jonas’ announcements of the Oscar’s nominations were more exciting than the nominations themselves. Priyanka gave the list her full Bollywood treatment. Sadly some of the nominations...
After 2020’s morale-roasting events, Mahesh Bhatt has much reason to be happy in 2021. Both his daughters Pooja Bhatt and Alia Bhatt have given powerful exceptional performances in different films. While Alia Bhatt’s pitch-perfect...
She started her career as a leading lady in her mentor Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year—prior to that she played young Preity Zinta in Tanuja Chandra’s Sungharsh because they both had the dimples...
March 14 is director Rohit Shetty’s birthday. Rohit’s friend Akshay Kumar announced the release date of his first collaboration with Rohit Shetty on Twitter. After repeated postponements Sooryavanshi is indeed releasing on April 30. Confirming ...
The Mauritanian Starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Kevin Macdonald Rating: *** They gave the Golden Globe to the wrong actor in the right film. Powerful ...
There was something special about Alia from the beginning. Among all of Mahesh Bhatt’s children Alia was the Chosen One.Being the youngest she should have been Bhatt Saab’s favourite. But...
Operation Cleanup has started in right earnest on all the major streaming platforms with all references to religion politics and real-life characters wiped out. One major...
Actor-singer Karan Oberoi who was embroiled in an ugly sexual harassment case in 2019 where a woman accused him of blackmail among other things, knows the pain of being ...
The legendary Dharmendra was filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s favourite actor. And RajeshKhanna who was extremely possessive about his favourite directors didn’t like thie partiality at all. Hrishida told me how irked “Kaka”(Khanna) would get when...
Bombay Rose(Netflix) Animation Film Rating: **** True confession. I have never been a fan of animation films.Until now. Bombay Rose , a delicately drawn , elegantly told ...
It appears to be one more case of a long-standing relationship gone sour. Young actor MadhurMittal stands accused of rape by his former girlfriend,whom he was all...
I can’t deny Aamir is the most adventurous performer in India. Aamir has constantly taken risks, gone against the flow and generally been more than just...
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 ...
