Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai Movie Review
From B.R Chopra’s ‘Kanoon’ (1960) to Subhash Kapoor’s ‘Jolly LLB’ (2013), the Hindi film industry has churned out a few well-made courtroom dramas. However, the volume of such films have…
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Kathal Movie Review
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IB71 Movie Review
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Kathal Music Review
The premise of debutante director Yashowardhan Mishra’s feature-length film ‘Kathal’ is quite amusing. The film traces the journey of a bunch of cops led by a young officer (Sanya Malhotra)…
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U Turn Music Review
The original ‘U Turn’, which was made in Kannada, was devoid of songs. One doesn’t know whether its Hindi remake, which has been headlined by Alaya F, will feature songs…
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Bholaa Movie Review
Last year, it was being said that remaking films originally made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam was no longer a feasible idea. Many films, from the different industries based…
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Book Review: Folk Tales From Bollywood – Adventures In Tinseltown
When a senior film journalist makes her fiction debut with a book that features ten short stories inspired by the lives of the rich and famous who have been a…
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Trishna Music Review
After participating in a bunch of popular music reality shows in the mid-2000s, Nihira Joshi-Deshpande went on to sing several popular numbers for Hindi and Marathi films. She did a…
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Sita: A compelling film that makes a strong statement in less than 20 minutes
Even though we are living in an age where a large number of parents are encouraging their daughter to fulfill all the dreams and ambitions they have, issues like female…
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Chhatriwali Movie Review
In the last few years, one has seen a few Hindi films that touched upon the subject of sex education either overtly or as a sub-plot. Films like ‘Janhit Mein…
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Cirkus Movie Review
In 2011, there were reports suggesting that Rohit Shetty was keen to remake Gulzar’s ‘Angoor’ (1982), a film which was based on Shakespeare’s classic ‘The Comedy of Errors’. The film,…
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Blurr Movie Review
After ‘Badla’ (2019) and ‘Dobaaraa’ (2022), Taapsee Pannu stars in yet another film that happens to be the remake of a Spanish film written/co-written by Oriol Paulo. However, unlike these…
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Book Review: Kishore Kumar The Ultimate Biography
As a child, when I first heard Kishore Kumar’s songs on radio, television and old cassettes bought by my father, I got instantly drawn to his voice. Around the same…
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Book Review: Kahaan Tum Chale Gaye – Daastaan – e – Jagjit
If there is one person who should be credited for popularizing Ghazals among the masses in India, it has to be Jagjit Singh. The singer, with a velvety voice, left…
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Qala Music Review
When a film is set in the Hindi music industry of the 1940s, you expect good things from its soundtrack. Your expectations soar higher as you realize the music of…
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An Action Hero Music Review
Parag Chhabra is one of those new composers who have left a mark with their original compositions and distinctive style. Parag’s songs for ‘Waah Zindagi’ and ‘Good Luck Jerry’ were…
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Drishyam 2 Music Review
Devi Sri Prasad or DSP has been one of the top composers in the Telugu film industry for the last two decades. Though he scored for Tamil films sporadically, his…
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Drishyam 2 Movie Review
When released in 2013, the Jeethu Joseph ‘Drishyam’ (2013) created a splash in the Malayalam film industry. The film also marked the emergence of a new genre called ‘family thriller’.…
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Rewind Dor: One of the best soundtracks by Salim – Sulaiman has released on vinyl and it sounds as wonderful as ever
In the ‘90s Salim – Sulaiman composed and produced songs for many popular non-film albums. Their journey as background score composers started with the Saif Ali Khan – Kajol starrer…
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Uunchai Music Review
Whenever a Sooraj R. Barjatya directed film is about to release, one keenly looks forward to the kind of music it will have. The director has had a very good…
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