Sci-mytho-fi: In the end credits of Mandala Murders, Mahendra Jakhar’s novel The Butcher of Benaras is named as the source material. The synopsis of the 2014 book reveals an interesting plot, in which the …
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Son Set: A father in uniform chooses duty over the safety of his abducted son. The boy grows up resenting the betrayal and crosses over to the dark side. That’s …
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Way To Go: A few years ago, Anupam Kher had starred volunteering with a school for specially abled children in Mumbai, so at least he can claim to know what …
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The Badlands: The son of an oppressed farmer decides to go rogue and give himself the title of maalik. There is class and caste rage here, and a man’s desire to …
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Chasing Spooks: A financial defaulter living the high life in Dominica dismisses a pretty young intelligence agent. “This honeypot trick is old now,” he sneers. Thankfully, also out of the …
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App Troubles: Yet another opposites attract film by Dharmatics and Vivek Soni, who, before the new Netflix movie Aap Jaisa Koi, had directed Meenakshi Sundareswar. The story by Radhika Anand takes its …
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Landing On Earth: If not mainstream Bollywood, at least through streaming platforms urban India is getting a look at how rural India functions. The Panchayat seasons and a few others like it, …
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The birth anniversary of Barbara Cartland went by in July month, and 2025 marks the 100th year of the publication of her first book, Jigsaw. Today, hardly anybody remembers her, but at …
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Goan Interlude: As a tribute to Guru Dutt on his 100th birth anniversary, a flashback to his film Jaal. After making a hit debut as director with Navketan Films’ Baazi …
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Lost And Found: The 2019 Tamil film KD, was a delightful story of the unlikely bond between an 80-year-old man and an orphaned child, probably inspired by the Pete Doctor’s 2009 animation …