Joginder Tuteja, Author at Planet Bollywood

More often than not warning signs are there right at the time of announcement itself. In case of Shaadisthan, there wasn’t even a semblance of announcement. The promo wasn’t ‘promoted’…

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Review – Indori Ishq throws a pleasant surprise, hits you hard with its emotional violence

Joginder Tuteja

In the current OTT space when youngsters come together for a web series, it is expected to be fun-n-frolic with frivolous elements thrown in. However, the very promo of Indori…

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Review – Sunflower is an intriguing dark comedy thriller

Joginder Tuteja

There is a scene in the pre-climax of Sunflower where two cops whisper into each other’s ears about the possible murderers. Both Ranvir Shorey and his junior Girish Kulkarni seem…

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Himesh Reshammiya turns director with Surroor 2021

Joginder Tuteja

Now this is something that has pleasantly surprised one and all. Himesh Reshammiya, who has delivered countless musical chartbusters over the last two decades, had turned over a new page…

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Kartik Aaryan’s act in Silvat is catching attention after five years and here are the five reasons why

Joginder Tuteja

Now this one totally caught me by surprise. Though Kartik Aaryan has made a name for himself with back to back successes under his belt in the form of Pati…

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Review – Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni breathe fire in Raj & DK’s well crafted geo-political action thriller The Family Man 2

Joginder Tuteja

Finally there is a web series which truly explores the geo-political conflict twice over and that too rather successfully. If the first season took on ISIS agents, the second focuses…

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25 Years of Prem Granth – Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit’s social drama which was outdated even 25 years back

Joginder Tuteja

Time and again one comes across a statement that so and so film was way ahead of its times and hence it couldn’t do well at the box office. Same…

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“I have seen so much as a 5 year old that I have become fearless” – Kashmiri girl Shaylee Krishen on her big debut The Last Hour

Joginder Tuteja

The first thing that strikes about Shaylaee Krishen, the Kashmiri girl in her early 20s who has just made her big debut with the web series The Last Hour, is…

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Farhan, Rajkummar, Emraan, Ahan set for their first time ‘jodis’ in Bollywood

Joginder Tuteja

Audiences are eagerly waiting for the lockdown to be over and things to get back to normalcy. Of course, for a regular Indian, normalcy also means regular dose of Bollywood…

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Tiger Shroff celebrates 7 years in Bollywood with Heropanti

Joginder Tuteja

If the young blood of Bollywood have someone to look up to, it can without a sliver of doubt be Tiger Shroff. The actor entered the films in 2014 and…

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Movie review – Sardar Ka Grandson – A surprisingly heartwarming movie by Arjun Kapoor and Neena Gupta

Joginder Tuteja

She is Sardar, a 90 year old Sikh woman who communicates via iPad, runs her multi-million cycle business, is forward thinking to bring on new designs and is attached to…

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Tanuj Virwani – “It was good to do something like ‘Murder Meri Jaan’ after a lot of intense web series”

Joginder Tuteja

Tanuj Virwani has been keeping busy. If he was seen in The Tattoo Murders (formerly known as Kamathipura) a few weeks back, he is now back in the OTT space…

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Movie review – Radhe caters to the gallery, is just the kind of Salman Khan film for his fans

Joginder Tuteja

‘Radhe’, ‘Wanted’, ‘Ek Baar Jo Maine Commitment Kar Di’, ‘Blue Bracelet’, ‘Big Boss’, ‘Being Human’, and a lot more: These are the kind of tropes which are in abundance in…

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Kangana, Taapsee, Alia, Kiara, Kareena patiently wait for their 2021 releases

Joginder Tuteja

These are the superstars, majority of whom had multiple releases planned for 2020. While they stayed on to be quite patient right through the year, the situation is pretty much…

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Review – His Storyy has to be one of the best web series of 2021, indulges into human emotions beautifully

Joginder Tuteja

Truly emotional, beautifully narrated and heartfelt – That’s what His Storyy turns out to be which is indeed one of the best web series to have arrived in 2021. Though…

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Hello Mini 3 review – The stranger is unveiled, but Mini has a lot more to promise

Joginder Tuteja

Xenopia! That’s what turns out to be the core of Hello Mini 3, as the trilogy finally sees the unveiling of the mythical element of this suspense thriller with the…

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Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, John Abraham, Kartik Aaryan, Tiger Shroff set for flurry of releases once pandemic eases up

Joginder Tuteja

These are the superstars, majority of whom had multiple releases planned for 2020. With lockdowns and night curfews coming into force again and no clarity yet on when would things…

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Akshay, John, Kartik, Ranbir take the lead with first time Bollywood jodis

Joginder Tuteja

Audiences are eagerly waiting for the lockdown to be over and things to get back to normalcy. Of course, for a regular Indian, normalcy also means regular dose of Bollywood…

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Vijay, Manushi, Ahan, Sharvari – The wait continues for the Bollywood debut of these upcoming stars

Joginder Tuteja

These are the kids who are already touted to be the stars in the making. In fact there were major plans already in place to launch them in 2020. However,…

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Movie review – 99 songs – A good looking slow moving film

Joginder Tuteja

First things first, 99 Songs has to be one of the more good looking films to have been designed for the big screen. In practically every frame, there is some…