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Never Grow Up: In the Eighties, when melodrama was a popular movie genre, there was a spate of films, usually remakes of Telugu films, with Jeetendra starring in most of…

Maratha Braveheart: The son of a towering figure like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj would need to do a lot more to prove his credentials as a worthy successor. His older son…

Screwball Night: The formula of the chase film has been set—seen in the recent Netflix movie Back In Action, and now in Dhoom Dhaam, also on Netflix.  Two (or more) people go on…

Eighties Caper: What’s with these Bollywood tributes? In 2014, Himesh Reshammiya played the maverick cop Ravi Kumar in The Xpose which was set in the 1960s as a homage to films of…

Desperate Housewife: It is sad but true, that many women watching Mrs will relate to the lead character; and men won’t understand what the fuss is all about. A less brutal version…

Daddy’s Day: More often than not, when an actor chooses to direct, he picks a script that gives him a great part, so it’s no surprise that Boman Irani, dominates The…

Wholesome Romance: Even before their hit Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994), altered somewhat the course of mainstream Hindi cinema, Rajshri Productions have been known for their family-friendly films, extolling traditional Indian values.…

Cambridge  Canter: This film has the silliest meet cute imaginable. The guy is standing outside the ladies’ toilet, stopping women from going in… why? The girl manages to get past…

Bank Scam: It is an entirely believable scam by a private bank. Just a day’s delay in crediting a customer’s interest amount means  a negligible number off in the statement,…

Taut Tales: Made in 1922, and after doing the film festival rounds, Anant Narayan Mahadevan’s The Storyteller finally makes it to a streaming platform (Disney+Hotstar), and would appeal to viewers who are looking…