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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…

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Exclusive review – Flight – An adrenalin pumping edge of the seat action thriller that doesn’t allow you to blink

Joginder Tuteja

During last one year, Indian audiences have been exposed to a lot of cinema and web series coming from the West (or the East), courtesy the OTT channels. I also…

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Movie review – Pagglait – When The Married Woman attended Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi

Joginder Tuteja

2021 has just begin and Pagglait is one of the last releases of the first quarter of the year. Still, the moment you begin to play it, there is one…

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Movie review – Saina – Turns out to be rather plain with not much euphoria

Joginder Tuteja

There is one golden rule for any film, and not just a sports based film – There needs to be some sort of euphoria; the kind of excitement that results…

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Haathi Mere Saathi Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘Haathi Mere Saathi’, a film shot simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu is all set to be one of the first major films to hit the theatres in a post…

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Exclusive review – The Married Woman – Beautifully depicts love between soul-mates that goes beyond the gender

Joginder Tuteja

Time and again, one has been led to believe that sexual orientation of an individual isn’t developed; it is more biological in form. However, A Married Woman brings in a…

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Movie review – Roohi – Boasts of a unique concept of – “Come… Fall In Love With A Chudail”

Joginder Tuteja

The tagline of Roohi is “Mard Ko Zyada Dard Hoga”. After watching the film, I believe the tagline could well have been “Come… Fall In Loce With A Chudail”. By…

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The Girl On The Train Music Review

Anish Mohanty

‘The Girl On The Train’, a film headlined by Parineeti Chopra, is an official remake of the American film of the same name which had released in 2016. The original…

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Review – 1962: The War In The Hills is shockingly boring

Joginder Tuteja

How can someone really do this to the epic war that was fought between India and China back in 1962? Not that many on this side of the new millennium…

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Movie review – The Girl On The Train – Parineeti Chopra is the only shining spot in this bewildering film

Joginder Tuteja

I love thrillers. I have always admitted that this is my favorite genre as well. Hence, a film needs to have some really problematic points or issues in the narrative…

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Crashh – An emotional web series for the family audiences

Joginder Tuteja

‘Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli Haye….’ It’s the sound of this evergreen song from Anand that acts as a ‘sutradhar’ of sorts in the 10 episode web series Crashh that has…

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Rewind Shabd: The first collaboration between Vishal & Shekhar and Irshad Kamil has aged very well

Anish Mohanty

Sometime in 2004, producer Rangita Pritish Nandy and filmmaker Leena Yadav approached composer Sandesh Shandilya to score the music for their then upcoming film ‘Shabd’. Sandesh had earlier worked with…

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#TutejaTalks – Madam Chief Minister – Richa Chadha delivers well in this Subhash Kapoor directed political drama

Joginder Tuteja

Can a rookie stand up for an election, take on the sitting Chief Minister, and rise to be a Chief Minister herself, that too in Uttar Pradesh where the heartbeat…

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#TutejaTalks – The White Tiger is heartwarming as well as heartbreaking at the same time

Joginder Tuteja

How would you describe a fast tack driving experience where you practically get, set and go, then enjoy the ride at a good pace, only to see the twists and…