Poisoned Sweets: With a glut of OTT content to choose from, the viewer often picks one with known actors or a famous director. The presence of Ronit Roy and Richa …
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Running With Wolves: There is a problem in making a biopic about a major political personality in India—followers and fans are just waiting to pick fault and take offence on …
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Desi Ghostbusters: The son of a tantric does not believe in the mumbo-jumbo that he peddles to gullible people; his brother solemnly hugs his father’s mantra book to his chest, believing …
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Many Shades Of Romance: The second season of Modern Love is a worthy follow-up to the original, and, as long as love survives in any form, the anthology series can go on, based as it …
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Unlucky In Love: There is a line uttered by a wisecracking medical store owner in Helmet, “Har cheez ki expiry date hoti hai, dawaai ki bhi aur bhaujaai ki bhi.” Sadly, this …
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The Guilt Trap: An old German novel Die Panne (1956) by Friedrich Durrenmatt, with an intriguing vigilante concept has been adapted multiple times for the radio, stage and screen; in …
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The Name’s BB: Akshay Kumar-starrer Bell Bottom, directed by Ranjit M. Tewari, releases in the theatres after the long lockdown drought, and it’s a pity that it cannot be watched …
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Mangled History: When the chips are down, the male lead of Abhishek Dudhaiya’s Bhuj: The Pride Of India thinks of taking help from a woman, because “women can fix anything from broken …
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Courage Under Fire: As far as Indian war films go—and there are not that many– there has been a set template; a lot of chest-thumping jingoism, not enough about the …
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Race Against Time: Manoj Bajpayee and Neena Gupta have both built reputations as formidable actors, and the very fact that they are in the cast of Rensil D’Silva’s Dial 100, makes the …