No Ray Of Light: “I am a feminist,” says a slimy old lowlife at one point in Rana Naidu, which is probably the only laugh-out-loud moment in this grim remake…
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Bring On The Gujjus: There is something about large, loud Gujarati clans that lends itself to comedy, and the laughs are mined from stereotyping the community. They have certain typical…
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History Heated Up: A lot of what is known of Mughal history is less from text books and more from movies, notably the epic Mughal-e-Azam. Viewers of Taj: Divided By Blood (ZEE5) would…
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Couple Calculations: Only in India would a young couple seek the permission of their parents to live together. And only in a web series trying to tap the attention of…
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The Man, The Movies: Two things immediately come to mind while watching the Netflix documentary series, The Romantics— if Yash Raj Entertainment had not been co-producers, Aditya Chopra would never…
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Le Carré’s People : For those who may have read the book by spy thriller maestro John Le Carré, and watched the series, The Night Manager (2016) based on the book– though…
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The Big Con: After two successful seasons of The Family Man, there was interest and curiosity about what Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru would do next. Their film and TV work…
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Political Cauldron: The idea of youthful radicalism and armed struggles against an unjust establishment has been with Sudhir Mishra since his first film, Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987), and he returned…
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Women Warriers: Had Srijit Mukherji’s Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke come a little earlier, it might have evoked more interest; but after a whole spate of cops-and-terrorist shows and films, there is viewer fatigue…
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They Also Made Movies: The current generation of urban moviegoers watching films in the comfort of multiplexes, probably have no idea about the subculture of C-grade films that ran in…