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If Toofaan was a web series, it could well have arrived in two seasons. Reason behind that this film is practically two stories told back to back. Yes, when it…

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Exclusive review – Samantar 2 – An excellent tale about the battle between destiny, fate and actions

Joginder Tuteja

Is it all written in the destiny? Can you work towards the change in fate? Do actions take precedence over destiny and fate? These are some of the questions that…

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Exclusive review – State of Siege: Temple Attack – Well crafted action sequences are the core of this Akshaye Khanna starrer

Joginder Tuteja

The tone is set right at the beginning of State of Siege: Temple Attack with a well crafted action sequence as a prologue. Even as the two Akshays, Akshaye Khanna…

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Exclusive review – Collar Bomb – Jimmy Sheirgill’s film raises an important question around perception v/s reality

Joginder Tuteja

Do perceptions end up driving our beliefs? Is reality different from what it seems? Can prejudice lead to unexpected outcomes? These are some of the questions that Dnyanesh Zoting directed…

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Movie review – Haseen Dillruba – This Taapsee Pannu starrer is way too far fetched

Joginder Tuteja

As a teenager, I used to regularly pick up pulp fiction literature during my train journeys. It was a different kind of high altogether to grab a Surendra Mohan Pathak…

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Review – Ray is a mixed bag where mind games form a common theme

Joginder Tuteja

The coming together of real and surreal is what binds the four stories in the latest anthology on Netflix, Ray. Is everything that you see is truly real, or what…

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Exclusive review – Grahan boasts of a very good story but patchy narrative and uneven performances

Joginder Tuteja

How do you feel as a viewer when the storyline is interesting and you want to know what happens next, but the narrative is patchy and performances uneven? It hurts,…

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Movie review – Shaadisthan doesn’t work at all, suffers from patchy execution

Joginder Tuteja

More often than not warning signs are there right at the time of announcement itself. In case of Shaadisthan, there wasn’t even a semblance of announcement. The promo wasn’t ‘promoted’…

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Review – Indori Ishq throws a pleasant surprise, hits you hard with its emotional violence

Joginder Tuteja

In the current OTT space when youngsters come together for a web series, it is expected to be fun-n-frolic with frivolous elements thrown in. However, the very promo of Indori…

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Review – Sunflower is an intriguing dark comedy thriller

Joginder Tuteja

There is a scene in the pre-climax of Sunflower where two cops whisper into each other’s ears about the possible murderers. Both Ranvir Shorey and his junior Girish Kulkarni seem…

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Kartik Aaryan’s act in Silvat is catching attention after five years and here are the five reasons why

Joginder Tuteja

Now this one totally caught me by surprise. Though Kartik Aaryan has made a name for himself with back to back successes under his belt in the form of Pati…

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Review – Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni breathe fire in Raj & DK’s well crafted geo-political action thriller The Family Man 2

Joginder Tuteja

Finally there is a web series which truly explores the geo-political conflict twice over and that too rather successfully. If the first season took on ISIS agents, the second focuses…

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25 Years of Prem Granth – Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit’s social drama which was outdated even 25 years back

Joginder Tuteja

Time and again one comes across a statement that so and so film was way ahead of its times and hence it couldn’t do well at the box office. Same…

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Maharani review: A well-researched show that hugely benefits from the performances

Anish Mohanty

When ‘Maharani’, the new show on Sony LIV featuring Huma Qureshi in the central role, was announced, there were rumours about it being a show based on the life of…

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Movie review – Sardar Ka Grandson – A surprisingly heartwarming movie by Arjun Kapoor and Neena Gupta

Joginder Tuteja

She is Sardar, a 90 year old Sikh woman who communicates via iPad, runs her multi-million cycle business, is forward thinking to bring on new designs and is attached to…

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Book Review: Nagme, Kisse, Baatein, Yaadein: The Life & Lyrics of Anand Bakshi

Anish Mohanty

Anand Bakshi will always be remembered as one of the most prolific and successful lyricists in the history of Hindi cinema. Bakshi, who breathed his last on 30 March 2002,…

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Movie review – Radhe caters to the gallery, is just the kind of Salman Khan film for his fans

Joginder Tuteja

‘Radhe’, ‘Wanted’, ‘Ek Baar Jo Maine Commitment Kar Di’, ‘Blue Bracelet’, ‘Big Boss’, ‘Being Human’, and a lot more: These are the kind of tropes which are in abundance in…

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Radhe Your Most Wanted Bhai Music Review

Anish Mohanty

When it’s an action film starring Salman Khan, you expect vibrant and catchy songs that would befit the star’s persona and do justice to the scale at which the songs…

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Movie review – 99 songs – A good looking slow moving film

Joginder Tuteja

First things first, 99 Songs has to be one of the more good looking films to have been designed for the big screen. In practically every frame, there is some…

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Bole Naina Music Review

Anish Mohanty

After delivering a bunch of memorable performances in a talent hunt/reality show several years back, Pratibha Singh Baghel went on to sing in a couple of Hindi films. One of…