Joginder Tuteja, Author at Planet Bollywood

Even as one waits for theatrical business to get back to normalcy and big screen entertainment being presented to audiences all over again, OTTs are thankfully keeping viewers busy. In…

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‘Guru’ Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘The Big Bull’ takes forward stock baazaar’s ‘scam’ and ‘gafla’

Joginder Tuteja

Stock market – Now that’s not the kind of world that is explored regularly in Bollywood. Even in Hollywood there are just a handful of films exploring this market that…

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Movie review – Pagglait – When The Married Woman attended Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi

Joginder Tuteja

2021 has just begin and Pagglait is one of the last releases of the first quarter of the year. Still, the moment you begin to play it, there is one…

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Movie review – Saina – Turns out to be rather plain with not much euphoria

Joginder Tuteja

There is one golden rule for any film, and not just a sports based film – There needs to be some sort of euphoria; the kind of excitement that results…

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Exclusive review – The Married Woman – Beautifully depicts love between soul-mates that goes beyond the gender

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Time and again, one has been led to believe that sexual orientation of an individual isn’t developed; it is more biological in form. However, A Married Woman brings in a…

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“Sanjay Leela Bhansali may not have even thought of making Gangubai Kathiawadi when we finished Kamathipura” – Tanuj Virwani on comparisons with the Alia Bhatt starrer

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Call it a coincidence but in the week when Sanjay Leela Bhansali unveiled the teaser of his Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi, the makers of Kamathipura announced plans for the…

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Review – 1962: The War In The Hills is shockingly boring

Joginder Tuteja

How can someone really do this to the epic war that was fought between India and China back in 1962? Not that many on this side of the new millennium…

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Janhvi Kapoor steps into a different zone yet again after Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl with Roohi

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The promo of Roohi is out and indications are that the film would be yet another zany entertainer on the lines of horror comedy Stree. While it’s the common genre…

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Crashh – An emotional web series for the family audiences

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‘Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli Haye….’ It’s the sound of this evergreen song from Anand that acts as a ‘sutradhar’ of sorts in the 10 episode web series Crashh that has…

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Exclusive – Enough is enough for Akshay Kumar and Rohit Shetty’s Sooryavanshi, will opt for OTT release if settlement with exhibitors not reached in 5 days

Joginder Tuteja

This is it. The makers of Sooryavanshi have had enough. They have reached a conclusion where a decision would be taken sooner than expected. If the stand-off between the producers…

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Movie review – The Big Bull – Abhishek Bachchan delivers one of his career best performance in the fast paced drama

Joginder Tuteja

One thing that really works in The Big Bull is the sheer pace in the narrative that lasts two and a half hours. The film opens with a bang, has…

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Kartik Aaryan does the impossible, ‘airlifts’ his 4.5 cr Lamborghini from Italy

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Kartik Aaryan’s journey to the top in Bollywood has remained exceptional and inspirational for many aspiring actors who come from the outside world. The actor, who is known as the…

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Exclusive review – Flight – An adrenalin pumping edge of the seat action thriller that doesn’t allow you to blink

Joginder Tuteja

During last one year, Indian audiences have been exposed to a lot of cinema and web series coming from the West (or the East), courtesy the OTT channels. I also…

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Box Office predictions – Mumbai Saga and Sundeep aur Pinky Faraar

Joginder Tuteja

This Friday sees the release of two films – Mumbai Saga and Sundeep aur Pinky Faraar. While former is a Sanjay Gupta and Bhushan Kumar film, latter comes from the…

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Movie review – Roohi – Boasts of a unique concept of – “Come… Fall In Love With A Chudail”

Joginder Tuteja

The tagline of Roohi is “Mard Ko Zyada Dard Hoga”. After watching the film, I believe the tagline could well have been “Come… Fall In Loce With A Chudail”. By…

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Kartik Aaryan shows with Dhamaka glimpse that he has a lot to offer in a new avtar

Joginder Tuteja

The glimpse has done the trick. Even though it is just a 51 second glimpse that has been unveiled, it pretty much conveys why Kartik Aaryan picked up Dhamaka in…

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Movie review – The Girl On The Train – Parineeti Chopra is the only shining spot in this bewildering film

Joginder Tuteja

I love thrillers. I have always admitted that this is my favorite genre as well. Hence, a film needs to have some really problematic points or issues in the narrative…

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Exclusive – Kartik Aaryan ready for his Dhamaka as the film is confirmed for release this summer

Joginder Tuteja

Finally, there is some good news coming in every day when it comes to Bollywood release plans. While close to 15 films have already announced their release dates this week,…

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Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh and Kartik Aaryan to Priyanka Chopra, Sara Ali Khan and Alia Bhatt – Stars who brightened Valentine’s Day in the last decade

Joginder Tuteja

Out there in Hollywood, there is always a quintessential Valentine’s Day release which has romance and music as the core elements. The phenomenon has surprisingly not really caught up in…

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#TutejaTalks – Madam Chief Minister – Richa Chadha delivers well in this Subhash Kapoor directed political drama

Joginder Tuteja

Can a rookie stand up for an election, take on the sitting Chief Minister, and rise to be a Chief Minister herself, that too in Uttar Pradesh where the heartbeat…