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All We Imagine As Light Is Exquisite

All We Imagine As Light Is Exquisite

Rediff.com25 Nov 2024

All We Imagine As Light remains heart-warmingly affecting because you know experiences like this are few and far between. Payal Kapadia's film-making voice must be cherished, asserts Mayur Sanap.

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

Rediff.com16 Sep 2024

Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker. The time was right. Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era. But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that cachet. It was Zeenat Aman who ended up being the definitive taboo-trasher of the era. Dinesh Raheja salutes the trendsetter of the 1970s, Rehana Sultan.

Laapataa Ladies Review: Cheerful Ode To Sisterhood

Laapataa Ladies Review: Cheerful Ode To Sisterhood

Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

Laapataa Ladies is gentle yet firm in calling out the hypocrisies colouring everyday mindsets and prejudices without acquiring the high-handedness of a crusader, observes Sukanya Verma.

Cartel trailer is high on action, but...

Cartel trailer is high on action, but...

Rediff.com2 Aug 2021

It's like any other OTT gangster show with a lot of action, drama, revenge and cuss words.

3 Cocktails For World Rum Day

3 Cocktails For World Rum Day

Rediff.com9 Jul 2022

Rum Cocktails: Xec Xec. Mury Thai Boxing. Havana Ooh Na Na.

'Oh My God! We've Done Something Great'

'Oh My God! We've Done Something Great'

Rediff.com6 Jun 2024

'The real change will happen when more powerful roles come to me.' 'I am looking forward to that change.'

She wrote 'Mai, I sent the horses back home'

She wrote 'Mai, I sent the horses back home'

Rediff.com16 Apr 2018

Parvathy Nair's poem about the little girl who went to graze horses and never returned has moved many Indians to tears.

UP is maai-baap, I'm its adopted son:PM

UP is maai-baap, I'm its adopted son:PM

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

"Krishna was born in Uttar Pradesh but made Gujarat his karma bhoomi. I was born in Gujarat but Uttar Pradesh has adopted me," the PM said in Hardoi.

The Disciple review

The Disciple review

Rediff.com12 Sep 2020

The Disciple is an ode to music and a salute to Mumbai. The city can be harsh, but it also lets the voices of struggling classical musicians exist, although often they live on the edge of society, observes Aseem Chhabra.

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

The world of Chaitanya Tamhane's Disciple

Rediff.com12 May 2021

'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.' 'Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life plays out in a corner unruffled, Tamhane's static frames have a hundred interesting things happening within them,' observes Sreehari Nair.

'Lataji was very nice'

'Lataji was very nice'

Rediff.com11 Feb 2022

'I just offered her a rose. She said thank you. And I took a photograph with her.'

UNFORGETTABLE Opening Movie Scenes

UNFORGETTABLE Opening Movie Scenes

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

Sukanya Verma offers some amazing opening scenes in Hindi films that fuels an excitement for what happens next.

Meet the STARS of Article 15

Meet the STARS of Article 15

Rediff.com4 Jul 2019

Sukanya Verma presents an appreciation post for the cast of this must-watch movie.

Ready to be hanged for Ram Mandir: Uma

Ready to be hanged for Ram Mandir: Uma

Rediff.com20 Apr 2017

She said she will go to Ayodhya on Wednesday and visit the makeshift temple to seek Ram Lalla's blessings.