Airy Tales: The most fascinating thing about the haphazardly assembled anthology film, Lantrani (Bragging) is its cross-industry casting. In the normal course, how likely would it be for Bengali star Jisshu Sengupta…
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Skin And Bones: A few minutes into the film, there are enough indications of what to expect—a lot of casual violence and a bleak, amoral universe that a few filmmakers…
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When The Kashmir Files was screened at the International Film Festival of India last year, the jury chairman, Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid had called it vulgar propaganda and sparked a controversy. By then…
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Chef’s Kitchen: Today chefs have become celebrities and social media is full of ‘reels’ by people demonstrating culinary skills; recipes can be accessed at the touch of a computer or…
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More Mughal Mayhem: The second season of the Taj series drops on ZEE5 not too long after the first. Taj: Reign Of Revenge, starts 15 years after Divided By Blood. Nobody seems to have…
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Rare Justice: The conviction rate of crimes against women is dismal in our country, so when once in a blue moon, a powerful religious leader is convicted, it is cause…
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Spy In The House: The idea is full of potential– harried homemaker, juggling the demands of husband, child and in-laws, is actually an undercover special forces agent. Why she was…
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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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Gone Guy: At a time when journalism is under a cloud, it is good to see an earnest, fools-rush-in kind of reporter as the protagonist in Lost (on ZEE5), directed by Aniruddha…
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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…