A perennial remains a perennial. Not for nothing is Sholay the biggest-ever hit in Indian cinema. This was a film that ran for 250 weeks continuously in Mumbai, beginning August 15, 1975. …
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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Inside the Unseen World of Indian Customs: Netflix Reveals Taskaree
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readNeeraj Pandey and Emraan Hashmi unite for Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web, exploring the high-stakes world of Indian customs. Produced by Friday Storytellers, created by Pandey and directed by Raghav Jairath, the …
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Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has created the kind of mania perhaps last seen with Sholay across the nation, though at that time, the demographics and everything else was way different. So near-unanimous is the popular …
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The upcoming film, Kesar Singh, produced by Parimal Shah and Vinit Shah under Equator Entertainments, brings together Bhumika Chawla and Arbaaz Khan in a deeply emotional slice-of-life drama set in the …
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The man has kept the nation chuckling and chortling ever since he was contestant and later winner of the comedy reality television show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’s third season, in …
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Salman Khan to build Rs. 10K Crore studio in Telangana Salman Khan is planning to build a Rs. 10,000 crore integrated township and studio project in Telangana. One of that …
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Film Review: After the Gripe and the Hype, Dhurandhar Makes the Cut — and How
by Rajiv Vijayakar 7 minutes readSome movies are destined for great things, but with conditions applied. So is Dhurandhar. Set for a press screening last week at 4 pm, the time was changed at the last …
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The ‘ShotGun’ Serenades as He Enters His 80th Year
by Rajiv Vijayakar 8 minutes readHe is considered among our most unmusical stars, for his spectacular early success was as villain. But Shatrughan Sinha has enacted several cult songs and chartbusters in his career. The …
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His nears and dears are in Celebration Mode today—Dharmendra’s 90th birthday. Because though God called him so that he can spread his brand of deep love even in Heaven, in this …
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We all know of the mega-busters in Hindi cinema. Sholay, by virtue of it being the biggest hit in the history of Indian cinema, is naturally the greatest success of …