“We’ve crossed those cliches”
An actor doesn’t have to become “big and brawny” to play an action hero, says Shahid Kapoor, who believes even a regular-looking man can appear tough on screen. Shahid, who features in Ali Abbas Zafar’s…
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A peep into Bollywood
Parvez Dewan Book: Bollywood Odyssey Author: Ajay Mankotia Language: English Publisher: Readomania, New Delhi Year: 2023 Price: Rs 699 Pages: 332 In Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) there was a scene in which the Ranbir…
Kuttey: Like a game of Ludo
Vishal Bhardwaj over the years with his collaboration with Gulzar Sahab has become a genre in Indian Cinema. His idea of setting his stories in land politically charged and shaping a world that speaks of…
AVATAR: A visual treat
James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno’s story is simple and a bit clichéd. But James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver’s screenplay is splendid. The way they have treated this…
“Govinda Naam Mera like my debut film, big test for me”
Ahead of the release of “Govinda Naam Mera”, Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal says he feels like a debutant all over again as the upcoming film is a “very new” world he tried to inhabit as…
“I am a workaholic”
From “Runway 34” to “Thank God”, Rakul Preet Singh featured in five different movies in 2022 and the actor says she has already started thinking about her future projects. The 32-year-old actor, who also starred…
Brahmastra boasts of powerful visuals
Brahmastra Part One: Shiva is the story of a man discovering his own superpowers. Shiva (Ranbir Kapoor) is a DJ, based in Mumbai, and lives a carefree life. He’s an orphan; he lives with orphan…
Liger fails to impress
LIGER is the story of a born fighter. Liger (Vijay Deverakonda) shifts to Mumbai with his mother Balamani (Ramya Krishnan) from Banaras and both start running a tea stall. However, their real intent in shifting…
Dobaaraa rests on a promising plot
DOBAARAA is the story of a woman trapped in an extraordinary situation. The year is 1996. A young kid, Anay, stays with his mother in a large house in Hinjewadi, Pune. His parents are divorced,…
A touching family saga
RAKSHA BANDHAN is the story of a brother and his four sisters. Kedarnath (Akshay Kumar) runs Prem Lata Chaat Bhandar, a chaat shop in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. He has four younger sisters – Gayatri (Sadia…