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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Ever since I watched the stunning Ata Thambaycha Naay! (and earlier this year, the film April May 1999), I have become an even greater fan of the cinema of my mother-tongue, a panorama…
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Not only is the character of the protagonist named Dhurandhar, but the team behind the film, set to release on December 5, also comprises experts par excellence (the meaning of the…
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Birthday girl Zeenat Aman, who enters her 75th year on November 19 (sharing her birthday with Sushmita Sen, another actress who lives on her own terms and has come to cinema…
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Make no mistake: Maharani remains a rare series wherein successive seasons were better than the earlier ones. Given the crackerjack tempo and electrifying developments in Episode 1 of this season, I wagered…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
