Panch Kriti Five Elements Movie Review
For the longest time, the concept of anthology films was largely alien to India. However, in the last few years, many anthology films have been made and released in the…
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OMG 2 Music Review
‘Oh My God – OMG!!’, released in 2012, had Himesh Reshammiya as the main composer. A song each, however, was composed by Sachin – Jigar (“Hari Bol”) and Meet Bros…
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Gadar 2 Music Review
For ‘Gadar’, music director Uttam Singh put together a very earthy soundtrack that did complete justice to the film. Anand Bakshi, whom the composer had collaborated on multiple films prior…
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The Jengaburu Curse review: India’s first cli-fi series keeps you consistently engaged
Nila Madhab Panda is known to make films that talk about climate change and issues that affect the environment we live in. Though the filmmaker has made films on other…
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Rewind Holiday: The Ranjit Barot composed album was ahead of its time
Ranjit Barot is known to be the best drummers to have come out of India. Apart from playing drums fir all the leading composers in India, he has also been…
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Satyaprem Ki Katha Movie Review
Sameer Vidwans has several popular Marathi films and shows to his credit as a director. ‘Anandi Gopal’, a film directed by him in 2019, was written by Karan Shrikant Sharma.…
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Adipurush Music Review
Om Raut’s debut directorial venture ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ had a pretty good soundtrack. Ajay-Atul, who contributed just one song to the soundtrack of the historical action film, have put…
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Zara Hatke Zara Bachke Music Review
Since ‘Go Goa Gone’, Sachin-Jigar have composed the music for a dozen (or more) films produced by Dinesh Vijan. While ‘Go Goa Gone’ was produced by Illuminati Films, a company…
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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 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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