Heartbreak Scam: If there is a lucrative field left unregulated, conmen will inevitably worm their way in. The wedding industry in India, according to figures provided by Amazon Prime Video’s …
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Eve Ensler now calls herself V, for reasons she explains in her book, Reckoning, which is a collection of her writings and lectures over all the years she has been …
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Cranky Old Men: A play about two cantankerous old men bickering ought not to be so hilarious, but it is, because there’s Neil Simon’s genius at work– the playwright could …
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Love Always: The first thing that strikes the audience while watching Motley’s new production of Old World, is the enjoyment Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah radiate by just being …
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Lost Childhood Before every film there’s a disclaimer saying no animals were harmed during the making of the film, but there’s nothing for children, says a casting agent First Act, …
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Booze Up: The Government of Madhya Pradesh has been thanked, so it is clear that Dry Day is set in the state, in the nondescript town of Jagodhar, which is notorious for …
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Crossing Borders: Rajkumar Hirani’s filmography so far has established him as a director with a unique point-of-view; his films deftly blend comedy and drama, and also sneak in a message …
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Star Spangled Nostalgia: It took a lot of jumping through cultural hoops to fit the very American Archies comics ethos into India. The comics about the antics of the pimpled …
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A Hero For All Times: The 1971 Indo-Pak war that resulted in the formation of Bangladesh has, in recent months, been captured on screen from various angles. It was only …
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Back To Gangland: Had Shehar Lakhot been made at the start of the OTT boom, there might have been some incentive to watch it. Now, after dozens of small town shenanigans involving …