Birthday girl Zeenat Aman, who enters her 75th year on November 19 (sharing her birthday with Sushmita Sen, another actress who lives on her own terms and has come to cinema …
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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Pankaj Tripathi and wife Mridula Tripathi to Make Their Debuts in Theatre Production, also Marking Their Daughter Aashi’s Stage Debut
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readNational Award-winning actor Pankaj Tripathi and his business manager-cum-wife Mridula are all set to take a heartfelt leap into theatre production with their newly formed banner, Roopkatha Rangmanch. Their first …
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Netflix Serves up the Trailer for Dining with the Kapoors
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readThis is truly a celebration of Legacy, Laughter and Love! Hindi cinema’s first film family comes together to honor 100 years of Raj Kapoor and nearly a century of the …
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Web Review: Maharani 4 is Engaging Political Fare
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readMake no mistake: Maharani remains a rare series wherein successive seasons were better than the earlier ones. Given the crackerjack tempo and electrifying developments in Episode 1 of this season, I wagered …
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Film Review: De De Pyaar De 2 is Worthy Sequel to a Lovely Original
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThis film, for starters, is a true sequel (where the story progresses). Therefore, it must compulsorily be as involving as the original—and it is! The common points are Rakul Preet …
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Tisca Chopra’s Directorial Debut, Saali Mohabbat, to Premiere on Z5
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readIn 1993, a film named Platform was released and did average business. It featured Priya Arora (with the second name spelt ‘Aurora’ then!). She was Ajay Devgn’s heroine in the …
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The Kashmir militancy that led to unmentionable troubles for Kashmiri Pandits in the early 1990s is all too well-known, especially after its authentic revelations in The Kashmir Files. Horror as a …
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Haq a Well-Dramatized Retelling of Significant Real-Life Legal Drama
by Rajiv Vijayakar 7 minutes readA small but relevant digression at the beginning: like filmmakers Nitesh Tiwari and his wife Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, filmmaker Aditya Dhar and his star-wife Yami Gautam Dhar are a power-couple …
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Within three days, two power-packed promotional events were held in Mumbai, one for the film, 120 Bahadur, which hits screens on November 21, and the other for The Family Man Season 3¸which …
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Actress-singer Sulakshana Pandit passed away after a cardiac arrest on November 6. She was 71. Coming from the illustrious Pandit family of musicians, which includes Pandit Jasraj, she started singing …