This 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 …
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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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 …
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At a time when even mythological epics are being reimagined through algorithms, Rachel Tom Antony, a Communication Design student at IIAD (Indian Institute of Art & Design), Delhi, drew every …
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Netflix has announced the sequel to the crime thriller franchise Raat Akeli Hai with Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders. This is the first sequel seen of any film released on OTT and …
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Film Review: The Taj Story Investigates, Illustrates, Instructs—But…
by Rajiv Vijayakar 7 minutes readSurrounded by the hit Thamma and also the projected small-town success of Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, and co-released with Bahubali—The Epic, one would have expected The Taj Story, a saga sans stars, to go unnoticed …
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On October 31, half a century passed after S.D. Burman, that timeless composer and singer, achieved immortality. Born on October 1, 1906, his melodies were always known to be ahead …