Police procedurals are not so common on the Indian web, and good police procedurals even rarer. Kohrra 2 is a vast improvement over its Season 1, with only one common character, sub-inspector Garundi (Barun …
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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Film Review: The Bluff is Like a Hindi Movie Disguised as Hollywoodian Thriller
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThe influence of Hindi cinema on Hollywood has been more than what one can think. Apart from Indian actors portraying Indians as well as Americans or other non-Indians, we have …
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Wiser Counsel Prevails for Toxic, Thanks to Middle-Eastern Tensions
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readKVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations have today announced a “strategic rescheduling of the global theatrical release for the highly-anticipated action-drama, Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups. Originally slated for a …
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March, the third month of the year, is a birth month for several colorful talents in Hindi cinema. Holi and also Gudi Padwa, the Hindu calendar New Year, usually falls …
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Film Review: The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond Goes All-Out, Misses Needed Impact
by Rajiv Vijayakar 7 minutes readWhen you go overboard, you overshoot and miss the intended target. Come bullets or cinema. We all saw that recently in Assi. Many a well-intentioned film goes off-kilter when things are …
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A bold subject as it turns out. A sensitive human drama that highlights how an individual is shaped by his or her circumstances. One could term Maya a psychological drama. The protagonist …
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Subedaar Trailer Launch Showcases Anil Kapoor’s Agelessness
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readThe trailer hints at a fierce ongoing tussle between Arjun (Anil Kapoor) and his antagonists, but Subedaar is not above the gritty, raw action we see. There is a father (Arjun) and …
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Guaranteed to Lift ‘Spirits’: Song Launch of Ramji Aake Bhalaa Karenge
by Rajiv Vijayakar 2 minutes readThe song launch of Ramji aake bhalaa karenge was held at Krishna, the residence of producer Ektaa R. Kapoor and her legendary father, Jeetendra, on February 24. The song is from the …
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Film Review: Do Deewane Seher Mein is Sweet—and Slow
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readSlow and steady—sadly, in movies, that does not always win the race! Do Deewane Seher Mein (more on the title later, and please note ‘Seher’ means a stroll or outing, but …
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Cinema 2026 continues to intrigue me. Having watched two films that were pitiably poor, I thought I should reflect on them together rather than splurge my time writing individual reviews …