The baby is immeasurably (if I may use the term!) cute. By hook or by crook (technology!) he smiles, cries, gurgles and looks blank all at the right moment. The …
Film Review
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Inside the Unseen World of Indian Customs: Netflix Reveals Taskaree
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readNeeraj Pandey and Emraan Hashmi unite for Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web, exploring the high-stakes world of Indian customs. Produced by Friday Storytellers, created by Pandey and directed by Raghav Jairath, the …
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Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has created the kind of mania perhaps last seen with Sholay across the nation, though at that time, the demographics and everything else was way different. So near-unanimous is the popular …
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The man has kept the nation chuckling and chortling ever since he was contestant and later winner of the comedy reality television show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge’s third season, in …
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Film Review: After the Gripe and the Hype, Dhurandhar Makes the Cut — and How
by Rajiv Vijayakar 7 minutes readSome movies are destined for great things, but with conditions applied. So is Dhurandhar. Set for a press screening last week at 4 pm, the time was changed at the last …
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I seriously think that certain filmmakers love going eccentric (with a capital E’ and eight more letters, in Bold, Italic fonts). And when an average success like Raanjhanaa (cost of production Rs. …
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Web Review: ‘The Family Man 3’ Lives Up to Expectations
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readIt is one thing to make a new season, and quite another to make it interesting and substantial—and entertainingly sensible, the last being a key requirement and, if fulfilled, a …
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Film Review: Asambhav (Marathi) Explores Past-Life Regression
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readEver 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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Film Review: 120 Bahadur Depicts the Towering Sacrifices of Soldiers
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readOur soldiers are among the best in the world. Their sacrifices are humongous. In this case, we see the 1962 battle of Rezang La, where 120 Indian soldiers refused to …
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Web Review: Maharani 4 is Engaging Political Fare
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readMake 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 …