2025 has been—in cinema—a year like no other. Unique even by standards of uniqueness. And I would like to begin its recap too in a unique way. By looking at …
Films
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Mohammed Rafi: The Voice of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readToday, the youngest-at-heart playback singer of Hindi cinema would have been 101 years old. But barely a few minutes, if at all, must be passing even today without a Mohammed …
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Every generation believes it is finally ready to settle the God question. Armed with better science, sharper logic, louder microphones. The debate repeats itself endlessly: one side insists that God …
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Film Review: The Great Shamsuddin Family is Just What the Doctor Ordered
by Rajiv Vijayakar 4 minutes readIt makes you involved in their problems. It makes you laugh at their idiosyncrasies. It makes you sympathize with and wish that all their issues are favorably resolved. Finally, it …
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Indian Edition of Wheel of Fortune Features Akshay Kumar
by Rajiv Vijayakar 3 minutes readFollowing the much-anticipated announcement of Wheel of Fortune, Sony Entertainment Television has unveiled the first promo of the iconic global game show, marking its grand arrival in India. The promo is …
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Web Review: Single Papa is a Tale of Two Cuties
by Rajiv Vijayakar 6 minutes readThe 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 …
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The Hindi teaser of Dacoit: Ek Prem Katha was launched at the Hotel Novotel on December 17, in the presence of actors Mrunal Thakur, Adivi Sesh and Anurag Kashyap, and director Shaneil …
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas Opens Season 4 of Netflix The Great Indian Kapil Show
by SAH Staff Reporter 3 minutes readPriyanka Chopra Jonas opens Season 4 of Netflix’s The Great Indian Kapil Show, bringing desi warmth, playful candor and plenty of masti to Kapil Sharma’s expanding comedy universe. Royal swagger, loud punchlines and …
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Emmy-Nominated ‘Destination Oak Tree Road’ Chronicles Indian-American Legacy in New Jersey
by Angela Chitkara and Matthew Rees 10 minutes readA thoroughfare linking the New Jersey towns of Edison and Iselin is the subject of “Destination Oak Tree Road.” The inspiring documentary focuses on one of the most important centers of Indian-American …
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Exclusive: Shehzad Sippy on the Sacred Mission of Restoring Sholay
by Rajiv Vijayakar 5 minutes readA perennial remains a perennial. Not for nothing is Sholay the biggest-ever hit in Indian cinema. This was a film that ran for 250 weeks continuously in Mumbai, beginning August 15, 1975. …