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With great set up comes great expectations. And with great expectations all eyes are on something extraordinary to unravel on the big screen. This is what makes Avengers: End Game…

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Movie review – Kalank – Rests on three strong pillars – Story, dialogues and performances

Joginder Tuteja

With big power comes big responsibilities. No one other than director Abhishek Varman could have understood it better. He had everything at his disposal. A fascinating subject, a production team…

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Movie review – The Tashkent Files – A well researched tale that deserved to be told

Joginder Tuteja

One has heard, read and seen countless tales of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, especially around his killing in a plane crash. However, that is not really the case with the…

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Movie review – Romeo Akbar Walter – As realistically entertaining as it gets

Joginder Tuteja

There is something about spy movies that makes them stand apart from other action thrillers. If made well with the right mix of realism and entertainment, they can really impress…

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Movie review – Notebook – Doesn’t quite touch your heart

Joginder Tuteja

A love story is meant to be special, especially when it features newcomers. In case of Notebook, Zahir Iqbal and Pranutan Behl are the two new talents being launched by…

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Movie review – Junglee – This one is an ordinary adventure tale

Joginder Tuteja

While it was getting ready for release, Junglee hardly carried any buzz or hype around it. After watching the film you get to know why. The film, at best, is…

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Notebook Music Review

Anish Mohanty

One always has good expectations from the music of a romantic film which launches new faces. The trailer of ‘Notebook’, the new film co-produced by Salman Khan that launches Zaheer…

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Movie review – Kesari – Akshay Kumar’s action entertainer is an enlightening film

Joginder Tuteja

Back in 1997, J.P. Dutta had made Border. The film turned out to be a major blockbuster as it brought to fore patriotism with emotions and loads of action coupled…

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Movie Review – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota

Anish Mohanty

The Hindi film industry is a tough place to be in. Every day, a bunch odd people flock to Mumbai to try their luck in the movies. “After 14 years…

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Movie review – Badla – This one deserves not one, but two viewings

Joginder Tuteja

There is something about suspense films, especially if they have multiple plot twists and to top it all, are well made. You watch it once, and you are entertained. And…

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Director Sujoy Ghosh’s new offering ‘Badla’, featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu in principle roles, is an official adaptation of the Spanish thriller ‘Contratiempo’. Though the film’s premise does not…

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Movie review – Luka Chuppi

Joginder Tuteja

Movie review – Luka Chuppi – You will enjoy this family hide-n-seek entertainer By Joginder Tuteja What happens when a couple lives-in just as an experiment, only to realise that…

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‘The Final Call’ Review: A highly engaging first season with a brilliant cliffhanger ending

Anish Mohanty

The digital revolution is here and almost every day, one either hears of a digital show going on the floors or releasing on a streaming platform. While there are some…

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Song Review Sudhar Ja: Sukriti and Praakriti Kakar make their composing debut with a heady, new-age heartbreak song

Anish Mohanty

Sisters Sukriti and Praakriti Kakar have been belting out hit songs quite consistently in the last four-five years since they have been active in the film music scene. While Sukriti…

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Song Review Saawariya/Big Golden Voice Season 6: An accessible fusion track which deserves a listen

Anish Mohanty

“…the amazing energy of Odisha and Rajasthan in one song…” reads the description of ‘Saawariya’, the new song/video that features on ‘Big Golden Voice Season 6’, the music based show…

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Movie Review – Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Anish Mohanty

For the longest time, Hindi cinema portrayed homosexuality very irresponsibly. Gay men were shown flicking their hands while conversing with other people and lusting after men all the time. In…

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Movie Review – Uri The Surgical Strike

Anish Mohanty

There is a certain amount of curiosity one has in films which are based on real-life events. If you have followed the event very closely, you want to know whether…

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Series Review Rangbaaz

Anish Mohanty

The first thing I did after watching the first episode of ‘Rangbaaz’, the new show on Zee5, was google ‘Tumhe Chhede Hawa Chanchal’. Though I am a 90s kid and…

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Movie Review – Simmba

Anish Mohanty

In a year where films like ‘Stree’ and ‘Badhaai Ho’, among others have done phenomenal business at the box-office and big-budget films featuring big stars have tanked, one hears a…

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Zero – Movie Review

Anish Mohanty

There is a saying in Hindi that goes ‘log chadhte suraj ko salaam karte hain’ which roughly translates to ‘people salute the rising sun’. This proverb is very relevant in…

Reviews

Movie review – Avengers: End Game – A cinematic marvel

Movie review – Kalank – Rests on three strong pillars – Story, dialogues and performances

Movie review – The Tashkent Files – A well researched tale that deserved to be told

Movie review – Romeo Akbar Walter – As realistically entertaining as it gets

Movie review – Notebook – Doesn’t quite touch your heart

Movie review – Junglee – This one is an ordinary adventure tale

Notebook Music Review

Movie review – Kesari – Akshay Kumar’s action entertainer is an enlightening film

Movie Review – Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota

Movie review – Badla – This one deserves not one, but two viewings

Badla Music Review

Movie review – Luka Chuppi

‘The Final Call’ Review: A highly engaging first season with a brilliant cliffhanger ending

Song Review Sudhar Ja: Sukriti and Praakriti Kakar make their composing debut with a heady, new-age heartbreak song

Song Review Saawariya/Big Golden Voice Season 6: An accessible fusion track which deserves a listen

Movie Review – Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga

Movie Review – Uri The Surgical Strike

Series Review Rangbaaz

Movie Review – Simmba

Zero – Movie Review