Dhurandhar and the New Language of Global Indian Cinema
As the global film industry gathers once again for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where stories from around the world will premiere and compete for global attention, one film already…
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As the global film industry gathers once again for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where stories from around the world will premiere and compete for global attention, one film already…
An untold story of India’s 1990s financial crisis—the intriguing and hard-hitting teaser of Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s GOVERNOR: The Silent Saviour has just been released. The film narrates yet another untold story—of yet…
If a textbook is written on how to make a good movie, this can be included as great example. Krishnavataram Part 1: Hridayam, planned as the first of a tri-lingual trilogy,…
In films in particular and Art in general, there is no discrimination between Hindu and Muslim, and even less between Hindi and Urdu. As Hasrat Jaipuri had asserted once, the…
I chose to watch the bilingual in Marathi, not Hindi. The essence of many a dialogue can be lost completely in translation. Having watched both Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) and Chhaava (2025), I…
With Hera Pheri (2000) turning the tide in favor of very successful comedies that were clean, Hindi cinema moved beyond the increasingly trope-driven, actor-driven and even double-entendre comedies, most of which tended…
Time and again, romantic triangles have been box-office fodder. And ditto rom-coms. When these two genres are blended, we have the rom-com triangles: Pati Patni Aur Woh (1978) and its reboot in…
Irrfan Khan was an actor par excellence. It was his restraint and minimalism that marked every character that he essayed. He used his eyes to convey his emotions with effortless…
It was a unique introduction to the film’s music score, which is already available online. Aamir Khan’s production, Ek Din, was intended to be his son Junaid Khan’s first release, as…
The series is said to be inspired by Ratan Khatri, the matka king of Mumbai. Khatri was the kingpin of the matka, a form of betting, which became one of the most lucrative…
Lyricist Irshad Kamil, who is flying high today, has written lyrics for films like Chhaava (perceived as a ‘propaganda’ film last year) as well as Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar The Revenge, also considered in the same…
In a first-ever collaboration, Jio Studios, Sanjay Dutt’s Three Dimension Motion Pictures and Aksha Kamboj’s Aspect Entertainment have come together to recreate the magic of the iconic film, Khal Nayak, with Khalnayak…
The first film, Ginny Weds Sunny, appeared on OTT. It wasn’t great but decent. The era being that of Covid, the producer chose to see only the fact that it was…
It is futile to state that the film could have been funnier, studded with more gags and—maybe—crisper like a slice of bread toasted to perfection. Because what we do get…
Jio Studios and Collective Studios’ Historyverse unveiled the global first teaser of Krishna, an upcoming theatrical feature directed by Manu Anand, at the NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas. At the…
Actor and filmmaker Riteish Deshmukh, hosting a recent episode of Bigg Boss Marathi Season 6, had stated that Salman Khan will be a surprise part of his dream project of ten…