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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Mili Movie Review
For the Malayalam language film ‘Helen’ (2019), debutante director Mathukutty Xavier won the National Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. The film also won Ranjith Ambady the National…
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Double XL Music Review
T-Series is one of the most proactive production houses in the Hindi film industry. As a music label, the company was always very active. However, in the last 5-6 years,…
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Phone Bhoot Music Review
Horror comedies do have scope for music. This is a fact that has been exhibited by some of the films released in this genre. ‘Phone Bhoot’, the new horror comedy…
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Doctor G Movie Review
Right from the time he made his film debut with ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), Ayushmann Khurrana has largely picked up films with unconventional scripts or subjects. In the last ten years,…
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Doctor G Music Review
Given the premise of the film, one expects ‘Doctor G’ to be one of the quirkiest films done by Ayushmann Khurrana in the recent past. The film traces the journey…
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Goodbye Music Review
Out of the four films directed by Vikas Bahl, three (‘Chillar Party’, ‘Queen’, ‘Shaandaar’) had music by Amit Trivedi. While Vikas got Ajay – Atul to compose songs for ‘Super…
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Book Review: Sanjeev Kumar – The Actor We All Loved
Every time somebody decides to analyse Hindi cinema academically, one of the actors they are asked to study is Sanjeev Kumar. Widely regarded as one of the best actors to…
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Vikram Vedha Movie Review
The Tamil-language feature film ‘Vikram Vedha’ ranks as one of the best thrillers made in the country in the last couple of years. The narrative of the film was designed…
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Atithi Bhooto Bhava Movie Review
In the past, actor Pratik Gandhi and director Hardik Gajjar had collaborated on a Gujarati (‘Vaahlam Jaao Ne’) and a Hindi (‘Bhavai’) film. ‘Bhavai’, in fact, was that film that…
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Chhalle Mundiyan Movie Review
With multiple successes under his belt, Ammy Virk has had a great year so far. His latest film ‘Chhalle Mundiyan’ has released directly on a streaming platform. While there would…
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