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25 years of DDLJ: How Aditya Chopra’s directorial debut influenced Indian cinema
The romance film, which was released in the years that India was opening up after liberalization in 1991, arrived in the right place at the right time.
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Laxmmi Bomb song ‘Burjkhalifa’: Unimaginative party song about Dubai’s most famous landmark
The dance track sung and composed by Shashi and DJ Khushi is yet another typical Hindi item song that adds nothing to the actual plot of the film.
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Laghushanka review: A family tries to hide an embarrassing secret before a wedding
The directorial debut of writer Nikhil Mehrotra is a delightful take on secrets and arranged marriages.
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First look of Netflix’s The White Tiger features Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh Gourav
The adaptation of Aravind Adiga's Booker Prize-winning novel, directed by Ramin Bahrani, is likely to be released in December.
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Kaali Khuhi trailer: A village’s hidden secrets threaten to envelop a family
The supernatural thriller, featuring Shabana Azmi, Satyadeep Mishra and Riva Arora, puts forward an intriguing idea of expiation of past sins.
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Shooting for second season of Eros Now’s Metro Park begins in US
The comedy show, which is centred on an Indian-American family, stars Ranvir Shorey, Purbi Joshi, Omi Vaidya and Vega Tamotia.
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Suttabaazi poster: Renée Sen, Rahul Vohra, Komal Chhabria are a family in lockdown
The film, directed by Kabeer Khurana, explores the conflicts that arise within the family when they are forced to be together during the lockdown.
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Ginny Weds Sunny review: Uninteresting love story about two confused individuals
The Puneet Khanna feature drags the 'will they, won't they' love story of an urban couple to its predictable end.
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We misunderstand mental health: Pratish Nair on short film Lutf
On World Mental Health Day, the writer-director speaks about his short film that looks at overcoming the stigma of therapy and about mental health at home.
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Halal Love Story trailer: Charming comedy of a movie-within-a-movie
Zakariya’s second feature film is an amusing take of a village coming together to make a low-budget movie.
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Bell Bottom teaser: Akshay Kumar is ready for his next mission
The shooting for the period film, directed by Ranjit M Tewari, was wrapped up last week.
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The spirit of PK Rosy took hold of me, says Vinu Abraham on Malayalam cinema’s first actress
The author and the translators of the new novel The Lost Heroine speak about the challenges of bringing to life the star of Malayalam cinema’s first talkie, Vighathakumaran (1928).
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Bahut Hua Sammaan review: Wild comedy that involves a failed bank robbery and many wacky entanglements
The entertaining film, directed by Ashish R Shukla, moves from campus comedy to political satire.
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Five years of Talvar: How the Sushant Singh Rajput case brings the film to mind
With Meghna Gulzar's film marking half a decade on 2 October, we look back at it in the context of the hysteria surrounding the actor's mysterious death.
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Exclusive: Sushmita Sen’s daughter Renée to make her film debut in Kabeer Khurana’s Suttabaazi
The film, which begins shooting tomorrow, is likely headed for a digital release.
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Serious Men review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui is compelling as an ambitious man with a plan for his son’s future
The Sudhir Mishra film cleverly adapts Manu Joseph’s novel by positioning Siddiqui as a pushy father willing to go to any length to see his son succeed in life.
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Forbidden Love review: Uninspiring tales of romantic relations gone wrong
The four short films directed by Pradeep Sarkar, Priyadarshan, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and Mahesh Manjrekar fall below expectations.
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Lyricist Abhilash dies of cancer
The veteran, who was ailing for a long time, died yesterday, 27 September, in Mumbai.
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Remembrance: 10 classic SP Balasubrahmanyam hits
The prolific singer, who died on 25 September, is reported to have recorded over 40,000 songs in 16 Indian languages. We revisit 10 of his hits from Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema.
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Crackdown review: Gripping spy series that relies too much on tropes
The Voot Select web-series stars Saqib Saleem as an agent out to thwart a national terrorist threat by any means necessary.