Hello Charlie: Mindless monkey mayhem – Movie Review
Hello Charlie (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Jackie Shroff, Aadar Jain, Shlokka Pandit, Elnaaz Norouzi, Rajpal Yadav, Girish Kulkarni; Direction: Pankaj Saraswat; Rating: *...
The Big Bull: Big bore – Movie Review
The Big Bull; Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Sohum Shah, Ileana D'Cruz, Nikita Dutta, Saurabh Shukla, Mahesh Manjrekar, Ram Kapoor; Direction: Kookie Gulati; Rating: * *...
The Serpent: Too many flashbacks and flash-forwards – Web Series Review
The Serpent: Cast: Tahar Rahim, Jenna Coleman, Billy Howle, Ellie Bamber, Amesh Edireweera, Tim McInnerny, Mathilde Warnier, Aly Khan, Pravesh Rana, Darshan Jariwala, Direction:...
Godzilla Vs. Kong: Extravagant monster mayhem – Movie Review
Godzilla Vs. Kong; Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza Gonzalez, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, Demian Bichir,...
Pagglait: Quirky little film – Movie Review
Pagglait; Cast: Sanya Malhotra, Sayani Gupta, Shruti Sharma, Raghubir Yadav, Ashutosh Rana, Natasha Rastogi, Sheeba Chaddha, Aasif Khan, Meghna Malik, Jameel Khan, Rajesh Tailang,...
Saina: Plays to gallery – Movie Review
Saina; Cast: Parineeti Chopra, Manav Kaul, Meghna Malik, Subhrajyoti Barat, Eshan Naqvi, Ankur Vikal; Direction: Amole Gupte; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and...
The Illegal: Small film, big impact – Movie Review
The Illegal (film on Amazon Prime); Cast: Suraj Sharma, Shweta Tripathi, Adil Hussain, Neelima Azim, Iqbal Theba, Hannah Masi, Jay Ali; Direction: Danish Renzu;...
Roohi: Horribly boring – Movie Review
Roohi; Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Alexx O'Nell, Manav Vij; Direction: Hardik Mehta; Rating: * * (two stars)
By Vinayak Chakravorty
Stree was smart...
Bombay Begums: Defined by its performances – Web Series Review
Bombay Begums (web series); Cast: Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand; Direction: Alankrita Shrivastava; Rating: * * * (three stars)
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The Girl On The Train: Derailed drama – Movie Review
The Girl On The Train; Cast: Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kirti Kulhari, Avinash Tiwary, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Nisha Aaliya, Shamaun Ahmed; Director: Ribhu...
Girls Hostel 2.0: Good for a quick binge – Web Series Review
Girls Hostel 2.0 (series on SonyLIV); Cast: Srishti Shrivastava, Parul Gulati, Ahsaas Channa, Simran Natekar, Shreya Mehta, Gagan Arora; Direction: Chaitanya Kumbhakonam; Rating: *...
Namaste Wahala: Crossover love story of cliches – Movie Review
Namaste Wahala; Cast: Ruslaan Mumtaz, Ini Dima-Okojie, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Joke Silva, Sujata Sehgal, Ibrahim Suleiman, Hamisha Daryani Ahuja; Direction: Hamisha Daryani Ahuja; Rating: *...
Lahore Confidential: Absolutely, uniformly a mess – Movie Review
Lahore Confidential (film on Zee5); Cast: Richa Chadha, Arunoday Singh, Karishma Tanna, Khalid Siddiqui; Direction: Kunal Kohli; Rating: * and a half (one and...
Jeet Ki Zid: Celebrates will power – Web Series Review
Jeet Ki Zid (series on Zee5); Cast: Amit Sadh, Amrita Puri, Sushant Singh, Aly Goni; Direction: Vishal Mangalorkar; Rating: * * * (three stars)
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The White Tiger: Witty, wicked, well made – Movie Review
The White Tiger (film on Netflix); Cast: Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao, Mahesh Manjrekar, Vijay Maurya, Swaroop Sampat, Direction: Ramin Bahrani; Rating: *...
Tribhanga: Peculiar mix of brilliant and banal – Movie Review
Tribhanga; Cast: Kajol, Tanvi Azmi, Mithila Palkar; Direction: Renuka Shahane; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and a half stars)
By Vinayak Chakravorty
The great thing...
Tandav: Let down by weak script – Web Series Review
Tandav (series on Amazon Prime); Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Sunil Grover, Kritika Kamra, Sarah Jane Dias, Gauahar Khan, Dino...
Gullak season 2: Middle class quirks – Web Series Review
Gullak season 2 (on SonyLIV); Cast: Geetanjali Kulkarni, Jameel Khan, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Harsh Mayar; Created by: Shreyansh Pandey: Rating: * * * and...
Kaagaz: Pankaj Tripathi tries to keep a dead script going – Movie Review
Kaagaz (on Zee5); Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Monal Gajjar, Amar Upadhyay, Satish Kaushik; Direction: Satish Kaushik; Rating: * * (two stars)
Bu Vinayak Chakravorty
The merits of...
‘Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors’ is relevant but flawed – Web Series Review
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (on Disney+ Hotstar VIP); Cast: Kirti Kulhari, Pankaj Tripathi, Anupriya Goenka, Jisshu Sengupta, Deepti Naval, Mita Vashisht, Shilpa Shukla,...
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Delhi HC notice on SSR’s father’s petition to ban films on late actor’s life
Mumbai, April 20, 2021-
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice on the petition filed by K.K. Singh, father of late Bollywood late actor...
Bollywood
Shilpa Shetty talks about lockdown stress in new post
Mumbai, April 19, 2021-
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra on Monday opened up on the need to stay fit and healthy amid the stress caused...
Bollywood
Saiyami Kher: Keep politics, religion aside during ‘darkest times’
Mumbai, April 19, 2021-
Actress Saiyami Kher on Monday requested all to keep politics and religion aside, as we pass through one of the darkest...
Bollywood
Deepshikha Nagpal: With my personality I can’t be cast in a ‘bechari’ role
Mumbai, April 19, 2021-
Television actress Deepshikha Nagpal rose to fame after playing some grey shades and negative roles. She says while being cast in...
Bollywood
Rashmika Mandanna: No film industry is different, everyone is a storyteller
Hyderabad, April 19, 2021-
Actress Rashmika Mandanna started her career with Kannada film and successfully entered Telugu and Tamil films. She is now set to...
Bollywood
Vidyut Jammwal launches his banner Action Hero Films
Mumbai, April 19, 2021 -
Bollywood action star Vidyut Jammwal launched his home production banner, Action Hero Films, on Monday.
"The viewers have embraced and loved...
Bollywood
Rahman, Mira Nair, Anupam Kher in BAFTA Breakthrough India jury
Mumbai, April 19, 2021 -
Ten winners from the fields of television, films and games, selected by a jury including AR Rahman, Anupam Kher and...
Bollywood
Shweta Tripathi shoots in Benaras amid Covid rise
Benaras, April 19, 2021 -
Actress Shweta Tripathi has started shooting for her upcoming web-series "Escaype Live" in Benares amid a spike in Covid-19 cases...
Bollywood
Kareena Kapoor Khan: Lockdown doesn’t mean giving up
Mumbai, April 18, 2021-
Living through a lockdown doesn't mean you have to give up on your daily workout regime, suggested Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor...
Bollywood
Madhuri Dixit: Heartbreaking to see pandemic taking over our lives yet again
Mumbai, April 18, 2021-
Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit Nene on Sunday reacted to the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic which has badly affected India...