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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This was among the films that offered the tightest competition to the Oscar nominee this year. The tightrope of realism and entertainment is perhaps the sharpest in movie-making, and it…
Prime Video has announced the exclusive global streaming premiere of Madharaasi. Written and directed by A.R. Murugadoss, the psychological action thriller features Sivakarthikeyan, Rukmini Vasanth, Vidyut Jammwal, Biju Menon, Vikranth,…
This is a late review, and as it happens, of a very unusual sequel. Late because I was busy choosing the right Hindi film for the Oscars and had no…
Who does not know the immortal line, Prem naam hai mera—Prem Chopra? The sole sentence his villainous character got to speak in his brother-in-law Raj Kapoor’s cult classic, Bobby, got Prem Chopra…
The press meet had been decided even before the Oscar Jury (which included this writer!) had finalized Homebound as India’s official entry in the Best International Feature category. The film had also…
Prime Video’s Unscripted Original talk show, Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle, will be premiering in blockbuster fashion on September 25 with superstars Salman Khan and Aamir Khan as guests on the first episode. …
He can do stunts, his comic timing never falters, he makes fun of everyone and he doesn’t look a day over 30. Guest Akshay Kumar aka Khiladi Kumar took over the Season…
In a pioneering hit among art cinema, Ankur, 51 years ago, a young girl made her debut as a poor Hyderabadi girl wanting to become a mother. That girl, Shabana Azmi, was…
Anees Bazmee, writer-director of the 2005 cult film, No Entry, said in a recent interview that every film has its own kundali (horoscope, as per which it performs at the crucial box-office). Films…
Just a day before Independence Day, Swarnim Global Services Pvt. Ltd. and CA Suresh Jha have created a wave of curiosity and buzz by officially announcing their new film, The Taj…
Applause Entertainment, India’s leading content studios, has acquired the exclusive screen rights to six of Jeffrey Archer’s most iconic novels — The Clifton Chronicles, Fourth Estate, First Among Equals, The Eleventh Commandment, Sons of Fortune,…
The saga of criminal Charles Sobhraj has been cinematically interpreted by a few filmmakers down the decades, including in a Netflix series, The Serpent. The French killer-fraudster, amoral to the…
Though I find the word sounding like a cover-‘worse’ion of Hollywood, the term ‘Bollywood’ has come to stay. I righty prefer the term ‘Hindi Cinema’! On the good side, the…
Come industry associates or fans, it is universally acknowledged that Hindi cinema’s greatest-ever composers remain the Shankar-Jaikishan duo rather than other hyped names. The duo, however, had some crucial personal…
After a successful 16-City North American leg grossed over $12,500,000 with 150,000 tickets sold, and 40,000 attended the premiere concert in Mumbai, tickets are on sale now for three new…
The charm of a film franchise is all in the name, and it can either get a loyal audience or complete rejection. Baaghi 4 has been advertised as the darkest and…
