The director, Suresh Triveni, has given us the outright mediocre Tumhari Sulu and the gripping Jalsa. He said that he just wanted to have a good time making films of the kind he …
Films
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In Conversation with Rajesh Mehta: Sumathy Ram
by Rajesh Mehta, Special to South Asian Herald 7 minutes readSumathy Ram is a poet, lyricist, filmmaker, and music producer whose work bridges cinema, music, and cultural storytelling. Beginning her journey with the film Vishwa Thulasi, where she served as …
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Film Review: Jab Khuli Kitaab is Akin to a Textbook On Classy Filmmaking
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readWhat happens when your wife of 50 years wakes up after two years in a coma, against expectations of recovery, and you have served her with selfless love in that …
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Film Review: The Accused is a Gripping Drama Around Doctors
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readThis one’s about doctors, but it is not strictly a medical thriller, like a Coma or The Vaccine War back home. Dr. Geetika Sen (Konkona Sen Sharma), a renowned gynecologist and head of the …
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Women’s Day Special Part 2: More Distinctive Voices in the Lata-Asha Reign
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readLata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle enjoyed total supremacy from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s. Here is a look at some more challengers after those we discussed in Part 1. …
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Women’s Day Special Part 1: The Alternative Female Voices in the Lata-Asha Era
by Rajiv Vijayakar 8 minutes readFrom the mid-1950s to the early 1980s, several new, young singers were successfully ushered, but the Mangeshkar sisters – Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle – had a dream run that …
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At the Subedaar trailer launch when I met actor Aditya Rawal for the first time, a colleague was asking him about his negative role in the Amazon Prime Video film. Taking it …
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Film Review: The Bluff is Like a Hindi Movie Disguised as Hollywoodian Thriller
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readThe influence of Hindi cinema on Hollywood has been more than what one can think. Apart from Indian actors portraying Indians as well as Americans or other non-Indians, we have …
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Wiser Counsel Prevails for Toxic, Thanks to Middle-Eastern Tensions
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readKVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations have today announced a “strategic rescheduling of the global theatrical release for the highly-anticipated action-drama, Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups. Originally slated for a …
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March, the third month of the year, is a birth month for several colorful talents in Hindi cinema. Holi and also Gudi Padwa, the Hindu calendar New Year, usually falls …