Eighties Caper: What’s with these Bollywood tributes? In 2014, Himesh Reshammiya played the maverick cop Ravi Kumar in The Xpose which was set in the 1960s as a homage to films of…
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Flyer Zone: A year ago, Fighter was the Republic Day release, the Top Gun-inspired movie that used real incidents to let loose air force planes and star glamour on the screen. This year,…
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A Starry Horse: The problem with making a film to launch industry kids is that more often than not, the plot is designed to give them as much of an…
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Star Shine: Cleaning up systemic corruption has been Shankar’s pet theme, whether in Indian, Mudhalvan or Anniyan. He also has a larger-than-life style and the ability to make the absurd palatable. But Game Changer has no…
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Time Travel: A net search reveals that Naam was completed in 2004. It was titled Benaam then and remained unreleased, possibly because of the demise of the producer Dinesh Patel, or maybe some other disclosed…
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Copland Capers: In keeping with the current mood of the people, Rohit Shetty’s modern-day retelling of the Ramayan makes it critic-proof. In any case, in his extravagant actioners, no rules of logic…
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So It Goes: With advances in technology, the invasion of privacy that takes place in Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, would be more likely today. But Raaj Shaandilyaa seemed determined…
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Runaway Bride: The best thing about Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam is its running time, which is less than two hours; while that is ideal for a romcom, this one looks like…
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Keeping Up With John: Reports in the media regularly portray a grim reflection of violence against women, honour killings and rampant casteism. Nikkhil Advani’s Vedaa, written by Aseem Arrora, picks from the…
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Punjabi Pops: There’s one thing this film deserves credit for—who’d have imagined that one day the term ‘heteropaternal superfecundation’ would be used in a mainstream Hindi film! Bad Newz, directed…