Amitabh Bachchan: “My favourite romantic film is Guru Dutt’s Kagaz Ke Phool for no particular reason.” Rakeysh Mehra : “Raj Kapoor’s Bobby and Guru Dutt’s Pyasa are the two romantic films that shaped and moulded my view of love...
Directed by Venkat Prabhu Rating: * Honestly, spooks shivers and scares were never funnier than this. Live Telecast is neither horror nor spoof. It is plain hogwash,with no redeeming qualities....
Malcolm & Marie(Netflix) Starring John David Washington,Zendaya Rating: * ½ All through this tortuous turgid talkathon about about two people who deserve one another—and not in a good...
From his entire Kapoor family,it was Ranbir that the late Rajiv Kapoor was closest to. Not much of a talker, Rajiv poured his heart out to Ranbir whenever they met. “They were really close. In fact Ranbir was closer...
There are reports in a section of the press that Sara Ali Khan has bagged Ahmed Khan’s Baaghi 4. However when I spoke to someone very close to ...
Savage State(in French and English) Starring Alice Isaaz, Maryne Bertieaux, Déborah François, Kevin Janssens Directed by David Perrault Rating: *** As the genteel French Todeschini family made its way from its posh existence in Missourie to New York...
Javed Akhtar told me about an incident that Pandit Jasraj narrated to him .In the 1950s PanditJasraj was in Amritsar when he went to meet the classical genius Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan who was...
By a happy coincidence Rajiv Kapoor who passed away this week completed a film after a long time. “Yes, it is really fortunate that we have a posthumous release ...
The Coronova cases and casualties might have dwindled drastically. This doesn’t mean audiences are rushing back to movie theatres with stars in their eyes and popcorn bags in...
Adu(Netflix, Spanish & English) Starring Moustapha Oumarou, Luis Tosar , Adam Nourou,Álvaro Cervantes. Directed by Salvador Calvo Rating: *****(5 stars) As this nearly-flawless film about inhuman apathy to refuges and the kindness and compassion...
The best part of being Kishore Kumar was you could be anything you wanted to be. Clown or Majnu. KK had many personalities. But many believe he serenaded the ladies through his ...
When will we ever learn? When would we stop sending the wrong films to the Oscars, only to be rejected every time. Each time we come...
Prem Granth(1996), the only film that Rajiv Kapoor directed, was no ordinary experience. It was one of the most ambitious films of the 1990s, and it qualifies easily as ...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest opus Gangubai Kathiawadi is nearly complete. Last week the director took a few days off while his leading Alia Bhatt went on a rejuvenating vacation. The final...
The Little Things Starring Denzel Washington ,Rami Malek ,Jared Leto Directed by John Hancock Rating: ** This has got to be the most pretentious crime thriller ...
Never one to mince words, former BJP politician Shatrughan Sinha has lashed out the Government for not honouring Sonu Sood with a Padma award this Republic day. Speaking exclusive to this writer Shatruji said, “Bataaiyee aap, Sonu Sood ko honor nahin kiya. Issse dishonourable kya ho sakta hai?...
It’s been kept totally under wraps . But here is something from one of India’s greatest actresses to bring cheer into the New Year. The mighty Shabana Azmi plays ...
A White White Day(Icelandic) Starring Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Ingimundur,Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir as Salka Directed by Hlynur Pálmason Rating: ***1/2 The only reason I can think of why Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson is not known globally as a phenomenal actor is his...
There are reports in a section of the entertainment media that Saif Ali Khan and his Beghum Kareena are planning to move into their new home...
Blithe Spirit Starring Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench Directed by Edward Hall Rating: * ½ If only Noel Coward had known that this would be done...
Web series: “City Of Dreams” on Hotstar; Director: Nagesh Kukunoor; Cast: Priya Bapat, Sidharth Chandekar, Eijaz Khan and Vishwas Kini; Rating: ***1/2 When City Of Dreams ...
While Bollywood and its digital counterpart has vowed to stay away from politics, the Southern cinema and its audience just can’t get enough of it. No clue why ...
In her latest interview with Arnab Goswami—it seems they continue to be comrades—Kangan Ranaut has spoken about how she has lost multi-crores worth of endorsement deals for labeling farmers as “terrorists”....
Doob No Bed Of Roses (Netflix) Starring Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachy and Parno Mittra. Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Rating: ** This is a 2017 Indo-Bangladesh co-production , an arid yet somehow dissatisfying look at a crumbling marriage set within the Bangladesh film...
The fakenews industry continues to thrive in the entertainment world. The latest “sensational story” to be doing the rounds is that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has signed Kartik Aryan for his webseries Heera Mandi. Dismissing the reports...
I have a veey deep connection with my friend Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black. I was instrumental in getting Mr Bachchan on board for the film, a fact that Sanjay acknowledged at the Filmfare award function when Black...
Shibasish Sarkar, CEO of Reliance Entertainment has shot down reports stating that the long-awaited Akshay Kumar-Rohit Shetty starrer Sooryavanshi would release on April 2. Reacting sharply to the report Sarkar says, “The release is...
With the indefinite postponement of the eagerly awaited Season 2 of The Family Man, the show’s helmers Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK have quietly moved on to their next series, a quirky thriller ...
I became a Sound Of Music addict a bit late. I was 13 when I saw it for the first time in Trinidad(West Indies) with an appreciative ...
Krack(Aha) Starring Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, and Samuthirakani Directed by Gopichand Malineni Rating: ** ½ Everyone hams in this mara(maari)thon of quips, skits, kick and grunts . It is the director’s brief. Loud loud...
Olympian sharp-shooter Abhinav Bindra’s bio-pic has gone through several upheavals before finally landing up on the doorstep of Anil Kapoor and his son Harshvardhan.Now it seems...
Swara Bhaskara fails to understand why American pop star Rihanna or Swedish environmentalist Great Thunberg tweeting on our farmers’ protest should be considered an internal matter. “We first need to address...
Without getting into the politics of it, just the sheer volume of venom in Kangana Ranaut’s responses to Rihanna’s tweet supporting the farmers’ protest took my breath away.What...
Bigg Boss winner Vindoo Dara Singh is going back into the Bigg Boss House this weekend . Explaining his sudden decision Vindoo Dara Singh said, “I can never say no to Bigg Boss about anything.It is ...
Lahore Confidential(Zee5) Starring Richa Chadha, Arunoday Singh, Karishma Tanna Directed by Kunal Kohli Rating: * “Kunwari maregi?” the heroine’s mother,played by the brilliant Alka Amin, asks...
In a career spanning 30 years Urmila has played everything from a killer to a stalker to a rape survivor.It’s easy to be bedazzled by her glamour and...
Our Friend(Amazon) Starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite Rating: **** Our parents taught us how to live. But no one told us anything about...
Pritish Nandy: “Not at all. It will be counter-productive. Anything censored goes underground as we have all seen over the years: alcohol, drugs, gutka, pornography. The only thing...
A story doing the rounds credits Sunny Deol with upturning the Government’s post-Covid policy of allowing only 50 percent of the total seats in movie theatres to be filled. ...
The American film The Girl On The Train about a lonely disoriented New York commuter who gets embroiled in a murder , gets on its trip with Parineeti Chopra stepping...
The controversy surrounding Rakhi Sawant’s obscene act where she tried to undo Bigg Boss contestant Abhinav Shukla’s shorts, threatens to blow up into a major harassment issue,specially now with Bigg Boss host Salman Khan defending Ms Sawant’s lewd...
If Kartik Aryan has extra time on hand it is because Anees Bazmi’s Bhool Bhulaiya2 has been put on hold indefinitely. No, that’s not the director Anees playing it safe on behalf of his...
The Great Indian Kitchen is not a only a film, it is a revolution.Its searing exploration of kitchen politics and the art of cooking as a...
Your film Major is being released two weeks ahead of KGF2. Is that a planned strategy? We weren’t completely sure of the dates of event films....
Thunder Force(Netflix) Starring Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Bobby Cannavale, Pom Klementieff, Taylor Mosby, with Melissa Leo, and Jason Bateman Directed by Ben Falcone Rating: *** Warning: Do not go by the ...
The first time that I met Preity Zinta, I was accompanied by Karan Johar to lunch where she joined at us at the Olive. I remember I was a wearing a...
Baby Done Starring Rose Matafeo ,Matthew Lewis Directed by Curtis Vowell Rating: ** Films about reluctant couples having a baby are rare nowadays. The favoured flavor is fertility, or...
The decision to postpone the steaming date for Season 2 of Raj and DK’s eagerly awaited The Family Man has thrown many associated with the series offguard. But...
I don’t watch Bigg Boss. I would rather use the time to punish myself in other ways. Like whipping myself with a thorn whip. But when I heard about Rakhi Sawant’s latest ...
Rating: ** ½ I just had a life-changing experience. It is called You Will Die At 20. It is Sudan’s first entry into the Oscars, and one...
