The first Khan to turn 60 (he smiled when I told him that he was now a member of the “ever-young senior citizens’ club”), Aamir Khan celebrated his birthday, as …
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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.
The first Khan to turn 60 (he smiled when I told him that he was now a member of the “ever-young senior citizens’ club”), Aamir Khan celebrated his birthday, as …
A festival that unites people irrespective of gender, age, caste, creed and even religion, Holi is perhaps the most vibrant festival originating from India. And how colorful would our songs …
The female-centric films ruled until the early 1960s and then again received a boost from the millennium. Madhuri Dixit Nene, Vidya Balan, Tabu, Dimple Kapadia, Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra, Taapsee …
Hindi cinema has now been in a crisis for years. But for sporadic hits, box-office income has been severely depleted, and critical appreciation even more so. “Experts” across spectrum, usually …
The recent Netflix release, Dhoom Dhaam, has been enjoyed by everyone since it’s release on Valentine’s Day as a new twist to romance. In a frank and informal tete-a-tete, I interacted …
Crime and comedy always make for a heady mix. So do romance and humor. So do romantic thrillers. When one amalgamates in a sensible and entertaining way all three genres, …
Stories with messages that are not thrust in our faces but are subtly incorporated into a saga that is completely fresh, riveting and entertaining are not very common. This film …
As we have seen a few days ago (The Travails of Hindi Cinema: Part 1), the Hindi film, as we have known it for decades, is sinking. In a morass …
While reams have been filed on Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar’s works with composers like Shankar-Jaikishan, Madan Mohan, Naushad, Salil Chowdhury and others, there is precious little on the truly voluminous …
One hopes that this film is the last in the seemingly never-ending parade of South remakes. That such a contingency, post-Covid and post-OTT in particular, spells bad luck for even …
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