Is is time for Bollywood to change track and make different movies? Or do you think Bollywood wouldn't be Bollywood without the song and dance, the drama and the kitsch?
Lakshmi Movie Makers's Tamil film Silambattam, directed by debutant director Saravanan, appears to have everything lined up for a B and C Centre win. But if you're a discerning viewer, stay away.
A run-of-the-mill storyline results in a run-of-the-mill Telugu movie.
For fathers who love their daughters, this is your pick. Definitely worth a watch.
The Kannada film is entertaining, especially in the first half.
Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is in that ludicrous, over-the-top Indy style, and all the stuff you need is intact. The film isn't a good movie, but it's fun as hell.
The insatiable greed for money and power is too large, too repugnant to thwart. And no one epitomised that better than Harshad Mehta, notes Dhruv Munjal.
'Within and outside their homes, all married women in this region must cover not only their heads, but in some cases, faces too,' discovers Geetanjali Krishna.
Both Krishnavamsi and NTR Jr need to break the dry spell; whether they can do so with Rakhee remains to be seen.
The turnovers of gold, silver and agri commodities like guar seed and chana are much more than that of blue chips traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The world number one Federer lost just five of the 97 matches he played in 2006 and four of those were to Rafael Nadal.
Channel's new bid to move beyond the saas-bahu formula.
Telugu films that failed at the box office in the first half of 2016!
'Kesari devotes a significant chunk of its script to brandish Akshay's might as the dauntless, magnanimous, Sardar, Havildar Ishar Singh.' 'To his credit, the actor is a picture of restraint and righteousness as the worldly-wise Sardar on a mission,' notes Sukanya Verma.
Milan Talkies cannot decide what kind of a movie it wants to be, feels Sukanya Verma.
In 2020, Indian users went up by 400 per cent, making it the fastest growing market in the world for Duolingo, with China coming in second.
What is a migrant going through today on the walk home? What is it like to be a Muslim and watch the news on television every night in India? Is there a bureaucrat who is noting down the absurdity of what is announced and what is actually happening in her domain? A medical resident who has gone through three weeks of 12-hour shifts while her seniors abstain from coming to the Covid hospital? They may be our everyday experiences, but they are how history will understand what happened to us all in this strange and surreal time, points out Aakar Patel.
'I might in the future step out of a Dileesh Pothan movie not completely satisfied, but content I'll be in the knowledge that our greatest living film-maker had failed striving to be something more than just an auteur,' notes Sreehari Nair.
Sonchiriya is that rare Bollywood film, one that soars wildly above others in its genre, notes Ritwik Sharma.
India-Israel relations are at a crossroads. Simply chanting old hackneyed mantras on terrorism, secularism, democracy, et al, won't suffice. There is danger of stagnation setting in, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The hits and misses of the week.
'China physically occupies about 45,000 sq km of J&K as claimed by India, including 3,000 sq km captured in the 1962 War and never returned; and 5,180 sq km ceded to China by Pakistan in 1963.' 'It is hard to justify remaining silent about the return of China occupied Ladakh,' observes Ajay Shukla.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
The hits and misses of the week.
'Truth be told, Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan's daughter has tons of filmi blood and it is what powers Kedarnath from start to finish,' says Sukanya Verma.
The hits and misses of the week.
The narrative seems to go absolutely nowhere from start to finish, says S Saraswathi.
What does the box office of Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan's film have to say?
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