Desert Storms: For Indian viewers Kandahar would evoke memories of the terrible airplane hijack episode in which passengers were held hostage for a week to get terrorists released. For an…

All For Love: Manav Kaul has written and directed a play after a while, and it is always good to see a theatreperson move away to screen fame and return,…

After attaining success in films and television, writer, director, actor and producer Umesh Shukla keeps returning to the stage. “I don’t think I will ever be able to give up…

American Desi Girl: Watch any show from the US or UK now, and there will be at least one Indian character in an important role; it’s not just a result…

One Night Of Mayhem: This seems to be one of those films that got made just because a star was available and so a decent budget could be drummed up—not…

As Kate Winslet stepped on stage to received the BAFTA for her performance in I Am Ruth, she said in her acceptance speech, “We want our children back.” Dominic Savage’s dark…

The Front Page: An admiring colleague calls her “bulldozer without brakes.”  Jagruti Pathak was a tenacious journalist and the world, then as now, tries to trip up successful women. Hansal…

Return Of The Demon: The second season dropping more than three years after the first means that the memory of Asur: Welcome To Your Dark Side has dimmed. It would have fallen…

More Mughal Mayhem: The second season of the Taj series drops on ZEE5 not too long after the first. Taj: Reign Of Revenge, starts 15 years after Divided By Blood. Nobody seems to have…

Hijack Ahoy: When strapped for thriller ideas, a director is most likely to pick a gangster plot, but if a dash of patriotism is needed, there’s always a terrorist or…