'He was once a hero. He was the poster boy of investigative journalism.' 'Then suddenly, because the TRPs of his channel were down, his boss decides to sack him.'
'The chemistry came very naturally; we didn't have to try too hard. It was there already and it just flowed. It was effortless.'
Do You Wanna Partner is frothy and funny without being loud or crude, which is something so many Indian comedies cannot manage, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Vidya Balan showed off her new film, Neeyat, to members of the film industry at a special star-studded screening in Mumbai.
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
One needs patience to watch Once Again, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
Neil Gaiman's popular The Sandman comic series just got a taste of Bollywood.
Bombairiya is billed as a quirky comedy on our smartphone obsessed times.
Agatha Christie meets Vidya Balan in Neeyat, Mayur Sanap tells us after viewing its trailer.
'You cannot drop to the ground, however many bullets hit you.' 'Because if you are weak, this is not the place for you.'
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Prithvi Theatre announces Summertime -- workshops for children in the age group of sox to 16 years.
Sam Bahadur is a mechanical summary of his life, ticking off one chapter after another without bothering to pause or ponder over their significance and influences, observes Sukanya Verma.
The summer saw its fair share of hits at the box office. Now, the monsoon has quite a few movie releases from across genres.
'I started losing sleep.' 'I started having trust issues.' 'I knew that actors sometimes go through this and I thought I'll be able to step in and step out of the character.' 'But it took me a while to feel good again.'
A special screening of Gurinder Chadha's new film Partition: 1947 was held in a theatre in Mumbai.
Neeyat is not only sluggish, it also creates zero interest in the characters. It could, perhaps, be watched on OTT, where it is inevitably headed, feels Deepa Gahlot.
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga is a boring, overlongm tale of an eccentric with delusions of leadership, sighs Deepa Gahlot.
Some of her best films are not available on streaming platforms, but Deepa Gahlot looks at her Hindi cinema oeuvre on OTT.
The film is based on the Arushi Talwar murder case.
'He not only immerses himself into the character, but he wears it.' 'He does not let even a fragment of himself show while he's playing the part.'
All the action from the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival.
Joginder Tuteja lists the biggest money-making movie murder mysteries.
The lockdown has seen some amazing shows finding their way to home screens.
In a new series, we look at the top 10 shows in the most popular genres.
'The overarching fact of modern social behaviour isn't that we are irresponsible women and men, but that we are never quite sure, when and how to act responsibly.' 'This is the real side of every Twitter outrage, where those who tweet about stories of 'unreported domestic abuse' end up feeling superior to those neighbours who are summoned up as clueless witnesses.' 'This view of the supposed spiritual decay of our times, which is at the core of Gali Guleiyan, is thus more fashionable than perceptive,' says Sreehari Nair.
Karan Sanjay Shah gives us five exciting things to watch out for in Sacred Games 2.
'Their sensibilities are far more mature and complex than men's. I have to be very careful while working with them.'
'We wanted to explore the divisions in India -- be it class, caste, language, religion or gender.'
What happens when you are in a life-and-death situation and, as it happens often in such situations, you just have a moment to make a choice? Director Amit Kumar's Monsoon Shootout makes you sit on the proverbial horns of such a dilemma.
Some were brilliant while in others, the performances made them a great watch.
It is a sign of evolution in filmmaking, writes Sukanya Verma.
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Paatal Lok is definitely a must watch show. The credit for its success goes to the writers who enthralled us with their unique characters, but also to the wonderful band of actors who grabbed the opportunity to showcase their frightening raw talent, notes Aseem Chhabra.
The propaganda aspect of the movie -- despite it stemming purely from the writer's deepest convictions -- is a clincher for it is highly unlikely that you'll walk out of a screening of Talvar saying, 'I loved the movie, but I still think the parents are guilty.' If you are swept away by the power of the movie, it's also sure to swing your perception in a certain direction,' says Sreehari Nair.
The hits and misses of the week.
The hits and misses of the week.
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