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Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders Review: Watchable

Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders Review: Watchable

Rediff.com19 Dec 2025

Raat Akeli Hai 2 is watchable, but considering the strength of its predecessor, it could have been more engaging, with a greater sense of urgency and a sharper, cleverer story, notes Mayur Sanap.

Murder Mubarak Trailer: Star-Studded Suspense

Murder Mubarak Trailer: Star-Studded Suspense

Rediff.com6 Mar 2024

Thanks to these wacky characters and the actors playing them, Murder Mubarak may be genuinely funny, expects Mayur Sanap.

CBI: Caged parrot or a poor man's Hercule Poirot?

CBI: Caged parrot or a poor man's Hercule Poirot?

Rediff.com6 Nov 2013

Endless cases, piles of files, meagre resources and unrelenting scrutiny... the CBI's life story is all that and more, says Ruchika Chitravanshi

When A Queen Came To Watch Tennis

When A Queen Came To Watch Tennis

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

Wimbledon attracts celebrities the way the US Open, the French Open and the Australian Open can't.

Kareena Waited 23 Years To Play THIS Role

Kareena Waited 23 Years To Play THIS Role

Rediff.com16 Oct 2023

After playing a character who murders her husband in Jaane Jaan, Kareena Kapoor crosses over to the other side, to play a detective in The Buckingham Murders.

Detective Vidya Makes Neeyat Trailer Intriguing

Detective Vidya Makes Neeyat Trailer Intriguing

Rediff.com22 Jun 2023

Agatha Christie meets Vidya Balan in Neeyat, Mayur Sanap tells us after viewing its trailer.

Who killed Air India? An insider reveals the facts

Who killed Air India? An insider reveals the facts

Rediff.com14 Oct 2013

Year after year, the people in charge and the airline's multiple stakeholders spoke about the need to transform the national carrier into a premier airline. But their plans, instead of taking Air India to the promised heights, brought it down.

Neeyat Review: It's Not Boring But...

Neeyat Review: It's Not Boring But...

Rediff.com7 Jul 2023

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.

OTT: What You Can Watch On Long Weekend

OTT: What You Can Watch On Long Weekend

Rediff.com29 Apr 2022

Stars. Substance. Style. Sukanya Verma lists them all on OTT this week.

Death On The Nile Review

Death On The Nile Review

Rediff.com14 Feb 2022

Death On The Nile doesn't have a tense narrative that would have made it an edge-of-the-seat affair, observes Joginder Tuteja.

Drives. Spies. Sports Legends

Drives. Spies. Sports Legends

Rediff.com15 Apr 2022

From Korean spies to sports legends, here's everything you can catch on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists a fun, fun, OTT Menu for you.

Tiger shoots for Heropanti 2

Tiger shoots for Heropanti 2

Rediff.com5 Jan 2022

Ali works with Gal Gadot... Kalki enjoys a thali... Rahul finds Bollywood Hollywood in his drawer...

Where is Aishwarya travelling?

Where is Aishwarya travelling?

Rediff.com31 Oct 2019

Stars lead a busy life and travel the world frequently -- either for work or pleasure.

Watch Your Favourite Books on OTT!

Watch Your Favourite Books on OTT!

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

It's raining book-to-screen adaptations on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers you a selection.

Murder On The Orient Express Review: Poirot steers a star-studded mystery

Murder On The Orient Express Review: Poirot steers a star-studded mystery

Rediff.com24 Nov 2017

Murder on the Orient Express offers intrigue worthy of Hercules Poirot's investigation and our time, feels Sukanya Verma.

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

The Dilemma Ali Fazal is Struggling With

Rediff.com15 Feb 2022

'There is a part of me that says it is a great time to tell stories from my own land.' 'But then opportunities are coming my way from all over the world.' 'So one foot is here and one foot is in the West.'

Bloody Brothers Review

Bloody Brothers Review

Rediff.com18 Mar 2022

Bloody Brothers is watchable, especially in the scenes of its two lead actors trying to work out something from the puny material given to them. Jaideep Ahlawat, who suggests roiling energy and intelligence even when he is completely motionless, has to be India's finest actor on current form, observes Sreehari Nair.

Writing tips from Ruskin Bond

Writing tips from Ruskin Bond

Rediff.com5 Nov 2020

Who better than India's beloved storyteller to teach you how to spin a yarn?

How to write a bestseller: Tips from Agatha Christie

How to write a bestseller: Tips from Agatha Christie

Rediff.com21 Sep 2016

Christie often stated that she would plan out the murder or event first and then set the introduction, background and resolution following it.

200 amazing years of rail transport

200 amazing years of rail transport

Rediff.com3 Sep 2014

Two hundred years after George Stephenson built the steam-powered Blucher, Open Knowledge pays tribute to 200 years of rail transport.