Tricolor movies, then and now
BY DURGA CHAKRAVARTY
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The Hindi film industry has always managed to touch the hearts of cinephiles with films having a...
‘Mission Mangal’: Ordinary film about an extraordinary feat (Rating: ** & 1/2)
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
Film: "Mission Mangal"; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari; Nithya Menen, Sharman Joshi; H.G. Dattatreya; Direction: Jagan...
Binge-watching Netflix with your wife can ruin your night
London, Aug 15 (IANS) As you sit through the night to binge-watch "Sacred Games Season 2" on Netflix, the no-sleep agreement with your wife...
Batla House’: Facts messed up by fiction (Rating: ** & 1/2)
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
"Batla House"; Cast: John Abraham, Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishen; Direction: Nikkhil Advani; Rating: ** & 1/2 (two and half stars)
In various interviews,...
‘Evaru’: A better adaptation of ‘The Invisible Guest’ than ‘Badla’
BY SUBHASH K. JHA
"Evaru" (Telugu); Starring Adivi Sesh, Regina Cassandra, Naveen Andrews; Direction: Venkat Ramji; Rating: **** (4 stars)
No matter how cynical you are...
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: A slow-burn nostalgia (Rating: **1/2)
BY TROY RIBEIRO
Film: "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"; Director: Quentin Tarantino; Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy...
Penguin to publish story of iconic screen goddess Sridevi
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) In what is described as the first and only detailed chronicle of Sridevi's 50-year long journey across all the...
Naseeruddin Shah’s short film in race for Oscar entry
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The short film "Half Full", starring veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, has gotten a step closer for an entry into...
Needed: A new mindset in Bollywood (Battling Change – II)
BY AMIT KHANNA
If the Industry has survived (thrived?) so many decades it is because of the influx of fresh capital from new, glamour struck...
Bollywood: Coming to terms with today (Battling Change – I)
BY AMIT KHANNA
Bollywood is going through a purple patch in the last couple of years. Or so it appears. The revenues are up by...
