'A whole lot of faffing around happens from the time Lootcase sets up its amusing premise and concludes it in a manner typical of its genre.' 'But the actors are such effortless fits for their parts, there is pleasure in this dillydallying,' observes Sukanya Verma.
Check out the impressive line-up at the International Film Festival of South Asia.
The hits and misses of the week.
Director Richie Mehta dedicated the honour to all the women who not just endure violence that men inflict on them, 'but are also tasked to solve the problem.'
The world's richest man and the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos bonded with Bollywood at a grand party thrown in his honour.
In a new series, we look at the top 10 shows in the most popular genres.
'The challenging part was when I did not have a penny in my pocket and I was doing theatre.' 'I had to sometimes travel without a train ticket to go for rehearsals.' 'Those times were really hard on my family and me.' 'But my parents would say, "Never give up. Just keep following your dreams. Do what you dream about but when you do that, do that with great honesty and great commitment".'
Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.
The hits and misses of the week.
City Of Dreams 2 released recently, and is quite a must watch.
The power of the series is that it is rooted in reality, feels Deepa Gahlot.
Love, memorable, throwback pix to celebrate Mother's Day.
The hits and misses of the week.
Affluence without conscience, haunted homes and heads, a big fat Punjabi wedding and more on OTT this week. Here are Sukanya Verma's 10 recommendations.
...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why.
'We can't live in a delusional world of just I, me, myself.'
The 26th edition of Lions Gold Awards was held on January 25.
'Ishaan Khattar, with the please-fall-in-love-with-me looks in his eyes, carries the first episode,' observes Aseem Chhabra.
'It is difficult to pin down any singular factor but marriage does invite the emotional investment of viewers,' observes Chintan Girish Modi.
'You've to wait for the correct project and the right character.'
Sukanya Verma lists some of Bollywood's delightful reel-life husband and wife jodis in the last few years.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
As splendid it is to behold, A Suitable Boy cannot match in soul and falls short of being memorable, feels Sukanya Verma.
'Deeply flawed, Sacred Games and Mirzapur come nowhere close to representing the diversity of stories from this country,' says Vikram Johri.
Sreehari Nair introduces you to three promising movies coming up.
'I am a non-resident Indian. I didn't come to India to shine a light on its negative aspects.' 'I came to India to showcase what I think are remarkable aspects of India and Indians on a global scale.'
Netflix has unveiled a line-up of 15 original series as well as returning seasons of popular shows.
Celebrity stylists Pranay and Shounak open up about dressing up Vidya and other celebs.
In A Suitable Boy, Mira Nair holds our hands and takes us through the magical journey, introducing us to so many fascinating characters from another era, observes Aseem Chhabra.
... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.
'For him to suddenly leave the way that he did, it shattered me.' 'It took me a long, long, time to come to terms with it.' 'Because the loss of such a friend can destroy you.' 'The loss was and continues to be immense.'
'We don't have that support system.' 'The last six years has gone into making Manto and raising Vihaan and it has been tough.'
Sukanya Verma looks at 2019's winners and washouts so far.
'I don't remember the last time I was this invested in the characters of a story since Doordarshan's golden age or early days of cable television boom,' applauds Sukanya Verma.
"You have an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. You worked in a bank in New York. What made you give up all that and pursue acting?" 'A little bit of courage and a lot of stupidity.'
Nandita Das on why she wants to make Manto so badly.
'I never thought an invisible character like Radhiya would get me that much visibility.'
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