The event was stereotype Prime Video: stretched with gimmicks, like a wafer-thin plot film expanded into two hours of “entertainment,” The gushy-gushy host, who tried to as usual show off …
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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It was an intimate Sunday evening with select media-persons. The venue: Jeetendra’s royal bungalow, Krishna. Correction: the terrace of Krisha, complete with closed and open chambers, cool air, hot food and chilled …
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The month when Easter is globally celebrated, April, is also the birth month of several Hindi film denizens. Here is a look at 12 prominent names in entertainment today. Ajay …
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Web Review: Chiraiya Hammers the Home-Truth That Women Are Not Property
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readOne may not completely agree with the end. I will not describe the last 20 minutes of this six-episode wonder as it can seem to be a shade anti-climactic for …
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At the unearthly-for-Hindi-cinema-events hour at 9 a.m. on April 2, the first glimpse of Ramayana, produced by Namit Malhotra and directed by Nitesh Tiwari, was unveiled at the PVR IMAX. The …
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Over the decades, many a Hindi star, notably Sunil Dutt, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty and now Salman Khan have had a tendency to gravitate towards South-made Hindi films, Southern …
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Even Sholay did not have such an impact on cinema! Neither did Hum Aapke Hain Koun!… or Gadar—Ek Prem Katha. And all these were mega-busters of their eras, not just their years! The aspect I …
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The music of the legends is set to live on forever—and the use of their songs as re-creations is proof! This is the second part of our survey, restricted from …
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Musical Legends Score High in the Songs from Films in the 100 Crore Club
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readWhile films running for 150 weeks to Golden Jubilees and more adorned the smash-hit films of our legendary composers and lyricists, they all worked before the era of the 100-plus …
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Film Review: Made In Korea (Tamil) Has Flimsy Premise But Simple Warmth
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readSome films are bereft of logic, but convey simple human warmth. Right in the beginning, we are told of a simple village girl (Priyanka Mohan) from Tamil Nadu’s Kollapur, who …