A Friend Indeed: One of the most moving moments in the stage production Mahabharat: The Epic Tale, has Duryodhan, reviled as a villain in the epic, taking up for Karan,…
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Ditz The Way: Rating: Two stars The Anuja Chauhan book had an idea begging to be turned into a romcom, but The Zoya Factor, directed by Abhishek Sharma is a…
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Blood Feud: Rating: Two Stars Remaking a 2010 Telugu film has its share of problems–mainly the dated subject and old-fashioned style of filmmaking. Deva Katta had also directed the original,…
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In cities, education for girls and a certain amount of freedom is taken for granted, but go out into the Indian mofussil, and the story is very different– if girls…
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Memories Are Made Of This: The year 1969 was an eventful one for the US– the Apollo 11 moon landing, the continuing tumult of the Vietnam War, the Manson murders,…
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After doing theatre through school and college, when Atul Satya Koushik applied to the National School of Drama he was rejected and told he could not do theatre (due to a slight physical disability).…
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Kolkata Chronicle: Delhi-based theatre producer, director and writer, Atul Satya Koushik has been bringing his productions to Mumbai regularly. His plays, belonging to diverse genres from mythologicals to comedies and…
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Law vs Justice: Rating: Two stars It is barely a few months that the #MeToo storm hit India, and the backlash begins– to use the word writer Susan Faludi employed…
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Lonely Hearts Club: Rating: Three stars The novelty in Raaj Shaandilyaa’s film is that Dream Girl is a man. Otherwise, the idea of lonely men confiding in a woman’s voice…
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A Soldier And A Hero: The astonishingly prolific David Baldacci, whose books come out at a dizzying frequency, without any drop in quality, creates a new hero, Aloysius Archer for…