South Indian (especially Telugu) films, like those from any busy industry, can range from awesome to awful. Happily, this one (which I watched in Hindi) is nears the ‘very good’ tag …
Rajiv Vijayakar
Rajiv Vijayakar
Rajiv Vijayakar is the Entertainment Editor at South Asian Herald. He has been a journalist and critic for over 25 years and was part of the National Film Awards Jury in India in 2011 and 2015. He has authored four books, the latest of which, “Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal,” won the National Award for Best Book on Cinema in 2021. He also was on the 2025 jury for choosing the Indian entry for the Oscars.
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A son’s emotional bonding with his father cannot be truly estimated. It is a full-blown assortment of memories that maintains fragrance for decades. Nitin Mukesh, 76, revisits precious reminiscences on …
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On August 27, it is 50 years since Mukesh Chand Mathur left us. Mukesh sang a fraction of the number of songs of his illustrious contemporaries Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar …
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Trailer of Kareena Kapoor Khan-Prithviraj Sukumaran Starrer Daayra Releases August 31
by Rajiv Vijayakar 2 minutes readAfter Raazi, a Junglee Pictures-Meghna Gulzar project will always be anticipated. Daayra is their next collaboration and features the unique combo of Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran, and the makers have just …
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From the 1970s to the 1990s, we had innumerable films named after deities or holy entities like Krishnavtar (Mithun Chakraborty’s non-starter), Gautam Govinda, Amar Shakti, Ram Avtar, Vishnu Devaa, Shiv Raam, Shanker Shambhuand …
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Ektaa R. Kapoor and Amar Butala Join Hands for Unique Horror-Comedy
by Rajiv Vijayakar 2 minutes readEktaa R. Kapoor is all set to bring the next big-screen horror-comedy, Hero Ki Horrorine, to audiences on January 7. A Jai Ho Media Ventures production, the film is presented by …
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Film Review: Sammarth (Marathi) is a Devotional Saga
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readWhen such movies connect, they often do so on a massive scale: Hindi cinema lovers of the 1970s will remember the resonance created by Jai Santoshi Maa (1975) and Shirdi Ke Sai Baba (1977). …
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Web Review: Operation Safed Sagar a Penetrating Insight Into the Kargil War
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readWhen it happened in 1999, it was the height of treachery from the neighboring country. This stunning series opens the curtains on the pathological hatred of individuals in that rogue …
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Yash Expounds on Toxic: A Fairy Take for Grown-Ups, His Co-Stars, the Delays and More as Release Countdown Begins
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readWith just eight days to go for Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups to hit cinemas, the makers have officially kickstarted the countdown to the film’s worldwide release on August 26. Sharing …
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Film Review: Does Awarapan 2 Confirm That the Dark Hero is the New Box-Office Dependable?
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readA look at the 2025-2026 scenario shows clearly that, besides the Dhurandhar franchise, the films that have truly done great business are almost always multi-star films, nationalistic movies, comedies and horror comedies. …