Joginder Tuteja, Author at Planet Bollywood

Ajay Devgn has a roaring line up ahead, set to roar with Applause Entertainment’s Rudra – The Edge Of Darkness

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Ajay Devgn has been one of the most consistent around ever since he made his debut with Phool Aur Kaante [1991] three decades back. While last year he delivered his…

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Movie review – Helmet makes for an easy watch, has a seamless narrative

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Now this is one movie which pretty much belongs to ‘Ayushmann Khurrana genre’. Over the last few years, the actor has chosen many taboo subjects and delivered successes quite regularly.…

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Movie review – Dial 100 – Manoj Bajpayee does it again in this tense drama

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Manoj Bajpayee is clearly on a roll. One outing after another, he has been delivering performances that are different from each other and are getting noticed by one and all.…

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Review – Hungama 2 is a shockingly poor show

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The signs were there right at the time of Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal and Bumm Bumm Bhole as well. The man who had delivered a series of comedy hits, Priyadarshan, had…

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Exclusive Review – Toofaan – This Farhan Akhtar and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra film is a major winner

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If Toofaan was a web series, it could well have arrived in two seasons. Reason behind that this film is practically two stories told back to back. Yes, when it…

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Exclusive review – State of Siege: Temple Attack – Well crafted action sequences are the core of this Akshaye Khanna starrer

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The tone is set right at the beginning of State of Siege: Temple Attack with a well crafted action sequence as a prologue. Even as the two Akshays, Akshaye Khanna…

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Esha Deol joins Ajay Devgn in Applause Entertainment and BBC Studios India’s Rudra – The Edge of Darkness

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Returning to the spotlight after a long hiatus, Esha Deol Takhtani is all set to make a grand entry into the digital space with upcoming crime-drama series Rudra – The Edge of Darkness,…

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Review – Ray is a mixed bag where mind games form a common theme

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The coming together of real and surreal is what binds the four stories in the latest anthology on Netflix, Ray. Is everything that you see is truly real, or what…

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Believe it or not but Himesh Reshammiya has a whopping 700 songs ready

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Himesh Reshammiya has been a name synonymous with music and compositions since over a decade. However what has emerged as a complete surprise is the fact that he has a…

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Movie review – Sherni – The Vidya Balan starrer is much more than just man v/s animal debate

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‘Kal bulao phir Manish ko’ …and the cycle continues. Though the promo of Sherni suggested that the film is about the battle between man and beast, scratch the surface and…

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Kangana Ranaut leads the show as a female politician on screen with Thalaivii

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In Bollywood, there aren’t many films made with a political backdrop. There was a time when Prakash Jha was making quite a few films on these lines but of late…

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Review – 200 Halla Ho – Amol Palekar is a revelation all over again in this hard hitting drama

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Amazed, I was truly amazed to see Amol Palekar back in action. Last seen in a Hindi film exactly 20 years back in a brief role in Aks [2001], and…

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Movie review – Shershaah – Sidharth Malhotra delivers his career best in this solid entertainer

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First things first. By all means, this must be the toughest role for Sidharth Malhotra to enact. While he has been a part of several popcorn entertainers as well as…

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Soldier or a gangster? Tanuj Virwani gets into a new avtar for Cartel

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The advent of OTT has meant that for the actors in the arena, there is a new avtar that can be explored in quick succession. None other than the Tanuj…

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Review – Feels Like Ishq is a mixed bag, a couple of stories do well

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Made of six short films that have duration of around 30 minutes each, Feels Like Ishq is a mixed bag. A couple of them do really well, a couple of…

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Exclusive review – Samantar 2 – An excellent tale about the battle between destiny, fate and actions

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Is it all written in the destiny? Can you work towards the change in fate? Do actions take precedence over destiny and fate? These are some of the questions that…

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Exclusive review – Collar Bomb – Jimmy Sheirgill’s film raises an important question around perception v/s reality

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Do perceptions end up driving our beliefs? Is reality different from what it seems? Can prejudice lead to unexpected outcomes? These are some of the questions that Dnyanesh Zoting directed…

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Movie review – Haseen Dillruba – This Taapsee Pannu starrer is way too far fetched

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As a teenager, I used to regularly pick up pulp fiction literature during my train journeys. It was a different kind of high altogether to grab a Surendra Mohan Pathak…

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Exclusive review – Grahan boasts of a very good story but patchy narrative and uneven performances

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How do you feel as a viewer when the storyline is interesting and you want to know what happens next, but the narrative is patchy and performances uneven? It hurts,…

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Kartik Aaryan’s action avtar in this video clipping is top notch

Joginder Tuteja

Trust Kartik Aaryan to keep his fans engaged and please them with a flurry of pleasant surprises week after week. If just a few days back he regaled audiences with…