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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If Anurag Kashyap cannot be deviant, who else can? If he cannot show depraved content, like convicts forced to eat human excreta or smoke a concoction made from a dead lizard, who…
Distributor, producer and also chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) from January 2015 to August 2017, Pahlaj Nihalani, passed away at the age of 76 on June…
Writer-director Manish Saini and his films have already won three National awards. In such a situation, we can absolve him from making The Great Grand Superhero—Aliens Ka Aagman possess a simple level…
She led a characteristically low-profile and simple life. One could superficially mistake Suman Kalyanpur for any graceful housewife, but to term her a mere hausfrau would be doing a tremendous…
Neha Rajvansh (Sonakshi Sinha) is a rookie prosecuting advocate, daughter of the celebrity bigwig defense counsel, Ravi Rajvansh (Ashutosh Gowariker). She would like to join her father’s firm, but Ravi…
May seems to be the season for controversies. While the Ranveer Singh-Farhan Akhtar impasse sees no headway, recently, a series of “baseless allegations” have been made against Tips Music by…
The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), a trade union with thousands of members across the board, announced a non-cooperation directive against actor Ranveer Singh over his abrupt exit…
No resemblances to the films of that name—the 1979 Dharmendra hit or the 1995 Sanjay Kapoor flop. Why I mention this is not without reason. This OTT release falls between…
The trailer of The Narmada Story, packed with crime, thrill and women-power, has just been released. The 2.15 minutes trailer presents a mix of mystery, emotions and action that promises to…
Netflix dropped the trailer of Maa Behen, a topsy-turvy and whacky crime comedy where white lies spiral out of control, suspicions run wild and a dysfunctional mother-daughter trio must somehow survive…
Aarav (Lakshya) and Chandni (Ananya Panday) fall in love while in college. Both have goals in life, but they are thwarted when Chandni becomes pregnant. Aarav reasons that they are…
On massive public demand, the makers of Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam unveiled Mann ki dasha, the most ethereal wedding celebration of Shri Krishna and Rukmini as yet seen on the big screen. The…
The makers of Dragon have unveiled the first glimpse of the much-awaited Pan-India spectacle, offering a powerful first look into a world shaped by conflict, power and survival. Over the years, producer…
Dilip Kumar, Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan are just three names that come to mind when we think of clear-cut Numero Unos who were long-lasting. Since the 1990s, the three Khans—Aamir,…
Wanna spend a couple of hours relaxing, watching a vintage Hollywood kind of rom-com? With some truly illogical stuff happening and only the occasional guffaw from you, though there is…
Sigh! Say the Naysayers. Another propaganda film. That is how films exposing historical truths and wrongs have been collectively branded in Hindi cinema since The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story. It is entirely a different aspect…
