When the #MeToo movement hit India a year ago, there was such an outpouring of rage; all that misplaced shame, feeling of vicimisation and helplessness that women had bottled up …
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The Mood Is Blue-ish: Rating: 2 & 1/2 * It would take genius to make a film about death and bring in more emotions into it than an overbearing melancholy. …
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Bollywood Unchained: Rishi Kapoor returned to India, from the US, after winning a battle with cancer. A short period of rest, and he plans to resume shooting the films lined …
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The British TV series, Fleabag, swept some major awards at the Emmys this year—the show about a thirty-something woman called Fleabag, written and played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, chronicles the emotional and …
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Salander Strikes Again: Lisbeth Salander, who appeared in three bestselling books by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson is a heroine for our times. Brilliant, brave, loyal and indestructible. The writer passed …
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Muscles & Men: Rating: **1/2 The idea behind his movie seems to be, throw money at it, and nobody will notice the flaws. Get two of the hottest male stars, …
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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 …