Just the other day Akshay Kumar’s Diwali release Laxmmi Bomb was re-christened Laxmii to appease the radicals.Now Durgavati , a horror film produced by Akshay Kumar, is called Durgamati, leading to a lot of right-wing elements’s triumph...
There seems to be no end to Sonu Sood’s glory and triumphs. Even as you read this a fan of the actor-activist from Begusarai named Armaan is cycling to Mumbai to meet Sonu and to...
According to a report on Spotboye, Twitteet, a social media analytics firm Sonu Sood ranked number 4 across categories in October.The categories whose Twitter engagement was analysed by Twitteet include Politicians, Journalists, Business Leaders Founders...
Das Kapital Ghulamon Ki Rajdhani(streaming on Cinemapreneur) Starring Yashpal Sharma, Pratibha Sharma,Jameel Khan, K K Raina, Manoj Pahwa, SeemaBhargava Pahwa Directed by Rajen Kothari, Dayal Nihalani Rating: *** ½ We lost one of Indian cinema’s best cinematographers Rajen Kothari 12 years ago. Not too many fans of ...
It Finally Went To Applause Entertainment & Hansal Mehta. 1990s superstar-scamster Harshad Mehta is now once again a household name, thanks to HansalMehta’s series. And to think Varun Dhawan was all set to play Harshad Mehta ...
In Mira Nair’s widely acclaimed series A Suitable Boy , the Hindu heroine Lata Mehra (Tanya Maniktala) loves the Muslim hero Danesh(Kanir Durrani). Their shared kiss in a temple has caused a...
The announcement that the new Salman Khan starrer Radhe: India’s Most Wanted Bhai will only release in movie theatres and not go the OTT way, may come...
A Simple Murder(6 episodes, SonyLIV) Starring Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Sushant Singh, Amit Sial and Priya Anand Directed by Sachin Pathak Rating: ** ½ With no better option left, the couple in this fair-to-fine series Manish and Richa typify the can’t-do-without-can’t-do-with type of relationship...
One of India’s most accomplished cinematographers Baba Azmi’s directorial debut MeeRaqsam about a sprightly young Muslim girl’s determination to learn Bharat Natyam has won for Baba the Best Debut Director at the just-concluded Indian Film...
The tirade against “love jihad ” recently on a prominent news channels(where panelists were heard asking that cross-communal marriages be forbidden by law) provoked strong protests from...
Shekhar Suman , the baap of stand-up comedy in India has some wise words of rebuke for Bharati Singh, now in custody for alleged drug consumption. Says Shekhar, “Your talent should be your...
Kartik Aryan turned 30 on Sunday. But he strikes me as being 13 or maybe 15 , no more. He is childlike in his enthusiasm to win...
Mismatched(Netflix) Starring Prajakta Kohli, Rohit Saraf, Rannvijay Singh, Vidya Malvade Rating: ** What if Simran in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai were a lesbian? And what if she hung around Rahul as his best friend without ever lusting for him? Mismatched seems to take...
After stand-up comic Bharati Singh and her husband were arrested for drugs possession, one of India’s oldest and most respected stand-up artistes Raju Shrivastava condemned the culture of substance abuse. “I...
Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa(ErosNow) Starring Nawazzudin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathy, Niharika Singh Written & Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta Rating: * ½ Pankaj Tripathy makes an appearance after 50 minutes of a tortuous this plodding surreal yatra, and that too for 5...
Nargis Fakhri who has disappeared from Bollywood , is nowhere to be seen in the trailer of Torbaaz, Sanjay Dutt’s long-awaited Torbaaz directed by one of Bollywood’s underrated names Girish Malik ,...