The title means a ‘heartbeat.’ It narrates the story of a foul-mouthed, near-inhuman and completely unscrupulous and callous man living and prospering (not necessarily by fair means) in a foreign …
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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Saif Ali Khan Reveals How He Prepared His Haryanvi Accent For Kartavya
by Rajiv Vijayakar 2 minutes readSaif Ali Khan is back on OTT after Jewel Thief last year in a gritty desi avatar with Kartavya. Known for earning acclaim every time he steps into rustic and rooted characters, as …
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Film Review: Baapya (Marathi) Takes a Crucial Issue and Deals With it in Entertaining Manner
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThe Marathi movie dream run continues… Baapya (loosely translating as a ‘grown-up man’) is a film whose title may suggest a comedy. But it actually deals with a serious issue that …
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The fifth month of the year is here and we have already had Anushka Sharma celebrate her birthday on May 1 and legendary character artiste and one-time leading lady and producer Aruna Irani observe …
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Film Review: Daadi Ki Shaadi is a Light Entertainer with a Message
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readA wise man once said, “The most valuable gift one can give one’s child is time.” Is that also true in reverse? Do parents too need time from their children? …
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Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s GOVERNOR: The Silent Saviour Teaser Out
by Rajiv Vijayakar 1 minutes readAn untold story of India’s 1990s financial crisis—the intriguing and hard-hitting teaser of Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s GOVERNOR: The Silent Saviour has just been released. The film narrates yet another untold story—of yet …
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Film Review: Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam Is a Magical and Unmissable Experience
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readIf a textbook is written on how to make a good movie, this can be included as great example. Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam, planned as the first of a tri-lingual trilogy, …
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In films in particular and Art in general, there is no discrimination between Hindu and Muslim, and even less between Hindi and Urdu. As Hasrat Jaipuri had asserted once, the …
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Film Review: Raja Shivaji (Marathi) is Episodic and Capsules the Emperor Limitedly
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readI chose to watch the bilingual in Marathi, not Hindi. The essence of many a dialogue can be lost completely in translation. Having watched both Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) and Chhaava (2025), I …
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With Hera Pheri (2000) turning the tide in favor of very successful comedies that were clean, Hindi cinema moved beyond the increasingly trope-driven, actor-driven and even double-entendre comedies, most of which tended …