This Saif Ali Khan drama series is riddled with cliched troupes and larger-than-life figures, that only provides a glimpse at the project’s lost potential There is nothing about Ali Abbas Zaffar’s Tandav that makes it stand out amongst its peers in the fledgling world of India’s web shows. For starters,Continue Reading
Cinematic stories of lookalikes follow a few tried and tested tropes. Red, starring Ram Pothineni in a dual role and directed by Kishore Tirumala, uses some of these tropes until a point and then the game begins to shift, paving way for an investigative thriller. Red Cast: Ram Pothineni, NivethaContinue Reading
At House panel meeting, he gives a presentation on reforms made by CBFC. OTT (Over-The-Top) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and others need to be regulated, Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Prasoon Joshi said at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information andContinue Reading
The actor talks about her role as Saif Ali Khan’s wife in the upcoming political drama, why she believes men’s mental wellness needs to be addressed, and looks back at the turbulent year that was Fans down south still remember her from Theeratha Vilaiyattu Pillai, which released over a decadeContinue Reading
Artist Midhun RR was knee deep in a portrait of APJ Abdul Kalam made using human hair, last week. “The preparation time of the hair for a portrait is almost three days. I could finish the setting in two hours,” says the 26-year-old who works as an assistant professor atContinue Reading
From 2.0’s armoured tank to an amphibious vehicle for Malik, Kochi-based Rajesh Thaithara fabricates vehicles for film shoots The makers of upcoming film Malayan Kunju, produced by director Fazil and starring Fahadh Faasil, had a rather specific request recently: they wanted vehicles that have been crushed by a landslide. TheContinue Reading
The inaugural ceremony was also virtually attended by Bollywood superstar and West Bengal’s brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan from Mumbai. The 26th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival ( KIFF) got off to a start on Friday under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival will pay tributesContinue Reading
Despite a riotous pile-up of clichés and laughable chemistry between the leads, the period drama makes for addictive viewing What a bodice ripper of a show this is! Amidst Sartre, Camus and existentialism, in university, one also deigned to read romances — strictly to sneer at them of course. BetweenContinue Reading
Pieces of a WomanDirector – Kornel MundruczoCast – Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Molly Parker, Sara Snook, Ellen Burstyn Pieces of a Woman peaks in its prologue. In hindsight, downhill is the only direction it could’ve gone in. This isn’t because the rest of the film is poor, but only becauseContinue Reading
Actors Anushka Sharma and Priyanka Chopra were among the many Bollywood celebrities who remembered late actor Irrfan Khan on his birth anniversary on Thursday. Irrfan died in April 2020, after a two year battle with cancer. On Instagram Stories, Anushka shared a picture of Irrfan and wrote, “A legendary figureContinue Reading
