‘Mrinal Sen Didn’t Make Movies, He Made Cinema’
A rocky start, a brief spat with Satyajit Ray and memories by actors Shabana Azmi and Dhritiman Chaterji – a look at the filmmaker’s pathbreaking career
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Bhaiaji Superhit Movie Review: A Loud, Lame, Excruciating Slog That Is Every Level Of A...
Neerraj Pathak’s story of a don who decides to make a film to get his estranged wife back could have been fun but the execution is purposefully foolish
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Bhaiaji Superhit Movie Review: The Most Incompetent And Tasteless Vanity Vehicle Of The...
Starring Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol, Arshad Warsi and Shreyas Talpade amongst others, this film should have been titled Ghosts of Bollywood Past
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Mohalla Assi Movie Review: A Failed Sociocultural Satire That Relies On Sunny Deol’s ...
There is virtually nothing about director Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi’s film about the reluctant 1990s globalization of Banaras that adds to the viewer’s perception of text and subtext
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Paltan Movie Review: A Clumsy Attempt At Recreating A Forgotten Slice Of History
J.P. Dutta’s film, based on a military operation against the Chinese at the Nathu La Pass in Sikkim in 1967, is structurally clumsy, bland and flat-out tedious
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se Movie Review: A Painful Watch
The incoherent film tries to be a comedy, an Ayurveda commercial, a plea for national integration, a love story and a moral science lesson
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When Bobby Deol Changed 6 Pairs Of Jeans To Shoot ‘Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela’
The actor looks back shooting the hit songs of the 90s thriller Gupt
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Genius Movie Review: A Single-Mindedly Delusional Film
Anil Sharma’s 165-minute-long Genius, starring his son Utkarsh Sharma, is not a film. It is an expensive display of affection by an indulgent father towards his son
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Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se: Alcohol, Angels And An Angry Sunny Deol
Directed by Navaniat Singh, the third installment of Yamla Pagla Deewana series starring Dharmendra and Bobby Deol will release on 31 August
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Genius Trailer Talk: A Launch Vehicle For The Director’s Son With Nawazuddin As V...
The film, which will release on 24 August, is directed by Anil Sharma, best known for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
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30 Years Of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak: An Oral History Of The Film’s Climax
Once Mansoor Khan took over the film from his father Nasir Hussain, he introduced plenty of changes to make the script more contemporary. One of the biggest arguments they had was over killing the protagonists at the end
Hichki Composer Jasleen Royal On Her Big Solo Album
With the score for Rani Mukerji-starrer Hichki under her belt and work on two more films underway, the musician has a busy 2018 ahead of her
Padmaavat Movie Review: A One-Dimensional, Formulaic Film
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 13th century epic would be infinitely poorer if not for Ranveer Singh’s electric performance that ends up exposing the blandness of the others around him
Poster Boys Movie Review: A Harebrained Comedy That Ironically Insists On Being Sociall...
Directed by Shreyas Talpade, this film about three men whose pictures accidentally end up on the poster for a vasectomy campaign isn’t even smart enough to be a satire
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Movie Review – A Dishonest Film That Adds Nothing To Its Wi...
This Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar-starrer fails miserably on most levels, seeming more like a mouthpiece for the government than a work of artistic integrity
Blooper Reel: 10 Memorable Mistakes in Movies
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 (2012) In the opening scene, when Faizal Khan’s (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) house is under attack, Sultan (Pankaj Tripathi) calls him to check whether anyone inside…
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11 Ways To Pick That Perfect Filmy Song For Your Filmy Wedding Video
Wedding videos are fun. (#bridename+groomname+boom). But don’t all wedding videos look the same? With the same filmy music? The popular mehendi number, the hit sangeet track, the mournful bidaai ballad?…
Southern Lights: A Super Star, A Super Movie
The biggest film event in Tamil Nadu last week was the re-release of Rajinikanth’s Baashha. The film was certified by the censors on December 31, 1994. It was in theatres…
Lion Review: A One-Dimensional Safari Of Longing
Director: Garth Davis Cast: Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Priyanka Bose Straight off the bat, it’s easy to see why Lion – essentially a “desi” film made…
Happy Bhag Jayegi Movie Review: A Sweet, Slender Story Stretched To Snapping
Director Mudassar Aziz creates some sparkling comic moments but he is unable to ground the story emotionally
