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...
Following the beguiling brouhaha over two of its major series Mirzapur and Tandav, Amazon Prime Video has decided to indefinitely postpone the release of their next Big Fat Indian...
Master(Tamil, Amazon) Starring Vijay, Vijay Sethupathi Directed by Lokesh Kanagraj Rating: *** It takes a Vijay to bring them back to the theatres. Covid be damned, Master has proven a monster blaster at the boxoffice in the South....
The Mangeshkar sisters Lata and Asha have ruled the ‘ear’waves for over 60 years.Apart, they are institutions in their own right. Together they constitute a force to reckon with. The two sisters...
No Man’s Land Starring Frank Grillo, Jake Allyn, George Lopez, Andie McDowell, Alex MacNicoll, Jorge A.Jiménez and Andres Delgado. Directed by Conor Allyn Rating: ** * Okay, shallow is ...
The webseries Jeet Ki Zid on war veteran Major Deependra Singh Sengar with Amit Sadh in the pivotal role has turned out to be quite a success on Zee5. Amit who trained hard often risking his life...
Kamal Haasan whom I see as a Bollywoodian as much as any other influential actor in India has often held radical agnostic views on life and politics which he shared...
Two leading filmmakers are rushing to the streaming platform with bio-series on Dawood Ibrahim . While Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani Excel Entertainment ’s series is based on investigative journalist author Hussain’s Dongri To Dubai ,...
Breaking Fast Starring Haaz Sleiman, Michael Cassidy Directed by Mike Mosallam Rating: ** ½ To be gay and Muslim in Los Angeles…how much more culturally diasporic can we get?! Lamentably Breaking Fast is not...
There have been any number of screen adaptations of the Ramayan. But none to match the scale ,expanse and expense of producer Madhu Mantena’s interpretation of the...
News Of The World Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel Directed by Paul Greengrass Rating: *** ½ At the risk of sounding odious, let me state that I am...
At a time when the movie-theatre business is struggling for survival it comes as shock to know that S S Rajamouli has chosen September 13, 2021 as his ...
Retaliation Starring Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Charlie Creed-Miles, Anne Reid, Alex Ferns and Josh Myers. Directed by Ludwig Shammasian and Paul Shammasian Rating: **** “I rape myself,” Orlando Bloom in...
The awards, national or otherwise, have become a bit of a joke with names in the list of awardees that have to be googled to be recognized ,...
In 2018 when Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment bought the Hindi rights of the Kannada hit KGF(Kolar Gold Fields) little did they know that the film will turn out to...
Sonu Sood may have been missing from the list of Padma awardees. But his reputation as the messiah of the masses grows with each passing day.Fans and admirers continue to...
Forte(French, Amazon Prime Video) Starring Melha Bedia,Valérie Lemercier,Alison Wheeler,Bastien Ughetto,Jonathan Cohen,Ramzy Bedia Directed by Katia Lewkowicz Rating: ** A French comedy about an overweight girl with unconventional looks, seeking male company is not...
Narendra Chanchal who quietly passed away on January 22 left behind a legacy of ‘Mata Rani’ Bhajans that will be chanted sung and celebrated as long as God and Music...
That Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth is being remade with Tamil actress Revathi stepping into the director’s seat, is well-known by now. The film’s producer Sharat Chandra recently spoke on how Shabana Azmi who gave one her...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali still recalls with shuddering smile the trauma that he went through while making Padmaawat when he and the film were attacked by a right-wing group. “It was crazy!Through...
“Kissko pataa tha yeh gaana logon ko itna pasand ayega?(who knew the song would be so much liked by people?).When Aemere watan ke logon was being created we never thought it would become such an imperishable patriotic anthem.I recall vividly...
When Rang De Basanti opened on Jan 26, 2006 I was in a theatre in Patna watching a very fidgety, very confused audience reacting as we all to...
There are some uncanny similarities between Ali Abbas Zafar’s Taandav and Prakash Jha’s 2010 star-studded political drama Raajneeti. In both the hero finds himself eligible for political leadership after his father’s...
Shah Rukh Khan is always known to be kind and considerate beyond the call of duty. It comes as no surprise to know that he has gone ...
Another film D Company on Dawood from you. Why have you made a career of glorifying gangsters? Why not a film on Mahatma Gandhi or Mother Teresa? ...
The very talented filmmaker Bhavna Talwar is all set to do what many of her peers and predecessors have failed to do. Make the consummate Guru Dutt bio-pic. Guru Dutt who allegedly...
In spite of the rather eclectic and a severely selective guest list, guests at Varun Dhawan’s wedding are having a ball. I spoke to one of them who...
One Night In Miami(Amazon Prime) Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr Directed Regina King Rating: *** ½ Regina King’s audacious takeoff into...
The Varun –Natasha shaadi has left a lot of people in the industry very unhappy. A senior actor, a superstar in his own right, known to be extremely vocal on ...
Adarsh Gourav Whose Outstanding Performance In The White Tiger Has Won Him Exceptional Praise Globally, Speaks To Subhash K Jha On the Experience Adarsh I first saw you in film called Rukh 5...
Among the new breed of stars who have come into American cinema Armie Hammer stood out. He was that rarity in present-times, the all-American crewcutwholesome handsome boy whom...
Recent reports suggest that the two stalwarts Amitabh Bachchan and Sooraj Barjatya are indeed coming together for a film that, according to reports , will start shooting in February 2021. However...
There is a lot speculation as to why Alia Bhatt was hospitalized for a day last week. We can now tell you for sure it was nothing more...
Ever since Katrina Kaif’s sister Isabelle decided to make Bollywood her home it hasn’t been smooth sailing for the Kaif sibling. In fact her actual launch happened 6 years ago...
Another Round(Danish,Amazon Prime Video) Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, and Lars Ranthe Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Rating: ** This very rumbustious film is described as a “celebration of alcohol”....
It looks like war heroes are the heroes of 2021. The most recent entrant into the valorous club are topnotch producer Applause Entertainment(Criminal Justice, Scam 1992)...
The White Tiger(Netflix) Directed by Ramin Bahrani Rating: **** There are so many layers to this drama of demoniacal discrimination that defines the New India, that you may need to watch the ...
What’s with the acting bug biting Boney Kapoor at 65?! I always knew there was an actor hiding inside Boney. We can only pray that he proves himself a better...
