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,...
AK Vs AK: Quirkiest film Bollywood made this year – Movie Review
AK Vs AK (on Netflix); Cast: Anil Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Sonam Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor; Direction: Vikramaditya Motwane; Rating: * * * and 1/2 (three...
Coolie No. 1: Not cool – Movie Review
Coolie No. 1 (on Amazon Prime Video); Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Javed Jaffrey, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever, Sahil Vaid, Shikha Talsania,...
Unpaused: Hampered by uneven storytelling – Movie Review
Unpaused (On Amazon Prime); Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Sayyami Kher, Sumeet Vyas, Richa Chadha, Lillete Dubey, Rinku Rajguru, Abhishek Banerjee, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Ratna Pathak...
The Last Color: Low on grey shades – Movie Review
The Last Color; Cast: Neena Gupta, Aqsa Siddiqui, Rajeswar Khanna, Rudrani Chettri, Aslam Shekh, Princy Sudhakaran, Vajid Ali; Direction: Vikas Khanna; Rating: * *...
Torbaaz: Stumped by weak storytelling – Movie Review
Torbaaz; Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Rahul Dev, Nargis Fakhri, Gavie Chahal, Kuwaarjeet Chopraa; Direction: Girish Malik; Rating: * * (two stars) By Vinayak Chakravorty Torbaaz talks of...
Durgamati: Low on scares, high on cliches – Movie Review
Durgamati; Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Arshad Warsi, Jisshu Sengupta, Mahie Gill; Direction: G. Ashok; Rating: * * (two stars) By Vinayak Chakravorty You were just beginning to...
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari: Wobbles between satire and slapstick – Movie Review
Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari; Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Diljit Dosanjh, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Annu Kapoor, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Vijay Raaz, Seema Pahwa, Manoj Pahwa; Direction: Abhishek...
Chhalaang: Simple story with simple message – Movie Review
Chhalaang (on Amazon Prime); Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Nushrat Bharucha, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Saurabh Shukla, Ila Arun, Satish Kaushik; Direction: Hansal Mehta; Rating: * *...
Ludo: Peculiar play of emotions – Movie Review
Ludo (film streaming on Netflix); Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Rohit Suresh Saraf, Pearle...
Akshay’s ‘Laxmii’ bombs – Bollywood Movie Review
Laxmii; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kiara Advani, Sharad Kelkar, Rajesh Sharma, Ayesha Raza Mishra, Manu Rishi Chadha; Direction: Raghava Lawrence; Rating: ** (Two stars) By Vinayak...
Taish: Familiar vibes of vengeance – Movie Review
Taish (streaming of Zee5); Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Jim Sarbh, Harshvardhan Rane, Kriti Kharbanda, Ankur Rathee, Zoa Morani, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Saurabh Sachdeva, Abhimanyu Singh, Armaan...
Mirzapur 2: Back to the boondocks – Web Series Review
Mizapur 2 (streaming on Amazon Prime); Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyendu Sharma, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amit Sial, Isha...
Footfairy: Slowburn psycho thriller – Movie Review
Footfairy (film screening on &Pictures); Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Sagarika Ghatge, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Ashish Pathode; Direction: Kanishk Verma; Rating: * * * and 1/2...
A Suitable Boy: Overwhelmed by the odds – Web Series Review
A Suitable Boy (series streaming on Netflix); Cast: Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala, Rasika Dugal, Mahira Kakkar, Ram Kapoor, Vivaan Shah, Shahana Goswami, Namit...
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Punjabi Cinema & Music
Mika Singh turns rapper for TV show
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021 - Singer Mika Singh has turned rapper for an upcoming television show, which is a Punjabi love story. "With the name of...
Hollywood
Talk show legend Larry King dies at 87
Los Angeles, Jan 23, 2012- Talk show legend Larry King passed away on Saturday, aged 87. He was admitted to hospital earlier this month after...
Bollywood
Lakshmi Manchu: Drew from real people to create my role in ‘Pitta Kathalu’
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- Actress Lakshmi Manchu, who will be seen in the Telugu OTT series Pitta Kathalu, says she has brought alive her character...
Bollywood
Rahul Dev: Web series offer time to develop, portray a character properly
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- Actor Rahul Dev plays an important role in the upcoming thriller web series, The Perfect Script. He says he enjoys working...
Bollywood
Vipul Shah’s series ‘Human’ is a thriller about medical trials
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- Filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah has ventured into the web space with a new medical thriller show titled Human. He says the...
Bollywood
Actor Vineet Kumar Singh pens and sings a tribute song for Indian soldiers
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- Actor Vineet Kumar Singh on Saturday dedicated a song to the Indian soldier, which he has written and sung. The actor...
Bollywood
Akshay Kumar to Taapsee Pannu: Proud of you, your journey
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is proud of actress Taapsee Pannu's growth in career. The compliment from the star came after Taapsee tweeted...
Bollywood
TV star Pooja Banerjee happy that the trend of music videos is back
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- TV star Pooja Banerjee, who recently shot for a music video titled Hum, feels it is a great thing that music...
Bollywood
Sharad Malhotra: It’s upsetting that Jan 26 is just a holiday and dry day for some
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- Actor Sharad Malhotra says he is sad that many Indians think of days like Republic Day as mere days for relaxation....
Bollywood
Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Bachchan Pandey’ to release on Jan 26 next year
Mumbai, Jan 23, 2021- The Akshay Kumar starrer Bachchan Pandey is all set to release on January 26 next year, the actor has confirmed in...