Some series, we obviously know, will go on for future seasons. And the best part? They do not need cliffhangers in the way their story unfolds. Correction: stories unfold. A slim red …
Film Review
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Film Review: Bhooth Bangla: Akshay Kumar, Mithila Palkar Score High in this ‘Horrmedy’
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readThis film is directed by the pioneer of not just successful but classy comedies (Hera Pheri, Hungama, Garam Masala) in India—Priyadarshan—but also of horror comedies with Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007). Akshay Kumar, his …
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This movie is—if I may term it so—a disgrace to the two films we have seen with the tagline Ek Prem Katha. The first was the exceptional Gadar—Ek Prem Katha in 2001, which …
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Film Review: Super Duperr (Marathi) is a Crazy Idea Told with a Message
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readA slimy property broker sells a single property to two people at the same time. What happens when the parties, one a hep ‘today’ urban couple who are living in, …
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Web Review: Sankalp is Too Contrived in Concept
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readThe series follows the Prakash Jha “tradition”: a good film followed by some mediocre ones. So far as my viewing his films down the years is concerned, I loved Mrityudand, Gangaajal and Raajneeti and …
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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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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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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 …
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Film Review: Dhurandhar The Revenge Hits Where It Hurts Most
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readPart one of the film seems almost like an extended trailer now! Dhurandhar The Revenge is where it was all headed—a seamless mix of chilling fact, smart dramatization and considered fiction, all …
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2016-2025: Are We Inching Towards Realistic Cinema Now?
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readThe game of flops and hits in Hindi cinema is getting piquant by the hour! No one can predict which movie will work, and which not, in the current scenario. …