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Movie review – Mee Raqsam – The climax warrants national award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

Joginder Tuteja

When a Muslim teenager girl performs Bharatanatyam to the beats of a sufi track in front of a packed house, it is sheer magic. More so, when the girl carries…

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Movie review – Class of ’83 – An out and out forgettable film

Joginder Tuteja

‘Kuch bhi ho jaaye, par bardi par daag nahi lagna chahiye’ Says an officer to a rookie cop. The ‘daag’ here is more literal than metaphorical, reason being that the…

Review – Dangerous – This Bipasha Basu-Karan Singh Grover suspense thriller has a strong sense of deja vu

Joginder Tuteja

In the times when Indian audiences have been exposed to a plethora of murder mysteries/suspense thrillers, courtesy loads of entertainment available on the OTT medium, any new offering needs to…

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Movie review – Khuda Hafiz – Vidyut Jammwal shows his vulnerable side in this dramatic affair

Joginder Tuteja

‘Main bahaut dara hua hoon’ Leave aside Vidyut Jammwal, how many times have you actually seen any leading man from Bollywood expose his vulnerability like this? This is what makes…

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Aarya Review: Sushmita roars and delivers her career-defining performance

Planet Bollywood Special Correspondent

Sushmita Sen has long been admired and desired for her ethereal beauty. The former Miss Universe has a captivating persona and a charming demeanor which adds to her physical attributes.…

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Exclusive review – Gunjan Saxena – Janhvi Kapoor lives and breathes the part, delivers an entertainer with Karan Johar and Sharan Sharma

Joginder Tuteja

“Aaj kal ‘Sarkai Lo Khatia’ gaana, jo Raja Babu film se hai, kaafi vivaadon mein hai” ….and with this demonstration of general knowledge when it comes to the current affairs…

Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl - Janhvi Kapoor

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Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl’, produced by Dharma Productions and Fox Star Studios, arrives on a streaming platform on August 12. The soundtrack has released on August 3. That gives…

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Movie Review Pareeksha

Anish Mohanty

Right from the time he made his first feature film ‘Hip Hip Hurray’ (1984), Prakash Jha has made a conscious effort to strike a fine balance between art and commerce.…

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Exclusive review – The War of the Worlds – This period sci-fi drama set in Britain with a pandemic angle has a strong emotional appeal

Joginder Tuteja

Author H.G. Wells famous work The War of the Worlds is a classic. And yes, I am guilty of not having read it, even though the book has been in…

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Exclusive review – Shakuntala Devi – A rare biopic which doesn’t come across as a sugar coated hagiography

Joginder Tuteja

Pick up a biopic and majority would try to paint a perfect picture of the subject in question. Most of the times even a negative trait is hidden and presented…

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Movie review – Dil Bechara is a beautiful soulful film and an entertainer all the way, watch it for both Sushant Singh Rajput and Sanjana Sanghi

Joginder Tuteja

So here I am, penning down the review almost 24 hours after Dil Bechara has already arrived on the OTT. Just like was the case after watching the promo, I…

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Review – Aarya – Sushmita Sen rocks in this mafia family drama that could have been faster paced

Joginder Tuteja

‘Not Bob, Bob mausa’ The grace with which Sushmita Sen gently, yet firmly reprimands her 13 year old daughter to draw a boundary when it comes to addressing the newest…

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Review – Jimmy Sheirgill delivers his very own Drishyam with Your Honor

Joginder Tuteja

‘Yahan par koyi bhi farishta nahi hai’ (No one is an angel out here) When Jimmy Sheirgill mouths this line somewhere in the middle of this well crafted 12 episode…

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Gulabo Sitabo – Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurranna’s dramedy is an anti-thesis of Paresh Rawal-Akshay Kumar ‘nok jhok’ in Hera Pheri

Joginder Tuteja

Director Priyadarshan had once famously said that his films are basically ‘comedy of poverty’. Especially after the success of Hera Pheri, this started making sense as well. Now in a…

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Angrezi Medium – A germ of an idea that unfortunately got lost

Joginder Tuteja

Somewhere at the core of Angrezi Medium, there was a germ of an idea that was brewing quite well. No wonder, when the makers would have to decided to take…

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Movie Review Angrezi Medium

Anish Mohanty

We live in times when a lot of people look down upon people who speak in a local language or their mother tongue. Speaking in English and speaking it well…

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Movie Review Guilty

Anish Mohanty

The phrase ‘Me Too’, as a popular website points out, was used on the social networking site Myspace in the year 2006 by activist Tarana Burke who was a victim…

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Movie Review Operation Parindey

Anish Mohanty

Most films which release on digital streaming platforms have the same format and similar runtime which films releasing in theatres adhere to. Thus, it is interesting to see that ‘Operation…

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Baaghi 3 Review: The best film in the franchise so far!

Anish Mohanty

Tiger Shroff has, undoubtedly, contributed significantly towards improving the quality of action in films. Earlier, the tougher action sequences in the film would be (and continue to be) executed by…

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Movie review – Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhan – Could have covered an extra distance

Joginder Tuteja

On its release, Shubh Mangal Savdhan had turned out to be a good success. It was also more to do with the fact that it was a concept based film…