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Lyrical ode to a father no more!

Lyrical ode to a father no more!

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s Sabar Bonda, a gentle Marathi romantic film won big at the world’s top (Sundance) festival. Here’s why we should be celebrating more

05 February,2025 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Deva movie review: Wait for twist, but how long?

Deva movie review: Wait for twist, but how long?

It’s easy to tell why the lead actor picked up this script—it is a Shahid showcase/showreel. There are, in some ways, two Shahids in the cinema, for the price of one.

31 January,2025 10:27 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
How Ahmeda-bad got so good!

How Ahmeda-bad got so good!

What makes Coldplay such a pan-India phenomenon that they just performed the world’s largest ticketed concert, in history—let alone their own, or India’s?

29 January,2025 04:43 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Ploughing deeper into Paatal Lok

Ploughing deeper into Paatal Lok

How this Hathi Ram Chaudhary (Jaideep Ahlawat) heartbreaker wholly defies the ‘curse of the (crappy) second season’!

22 January,2025 06:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Emergency review: Kangana's film is a pretty solid biopic of Indira Gandhi

Emergency review: Kangana's film is a pretty solid biopic of Indira Gandhi

An obvious glitch is Kangana Ranaut claiming more than once, “Indira is India; India is Indira!” As if she coined it herself. That’s actually a line from DK Barooah, the Congress president then

18 January,2025 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Show that warrants full applause

Show that warrants full applause

Why Vikramaditya Motwane’s Black Warrant is sheer masterclass on how you can pick a book and dive even deeper into a series with it!

15 January,2025 12:19 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Fateh movie review: Sonu Sood's debut directorial feels a bit of a fatty liver

Fateh movie review: Sonu Sood's debut directorial feels a bit of a fatty liver

Fateh is basically the hero, as director, shooting himself, randomly shoot down hundreds on the go. 

11 January,2025 10:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Nosferatu Movie Review: Robert Eggers' film pays homage to classic horror

Nosferatu Movie Review: Robert Eggers' film pays homage to classic horror

Robert Eggers' Nosferatu blends classic horror with modern gothic craft, paying tribute to the 1922 silent film while offering a fresh, atmospheric take on the genre

10 January,2025 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Few things on our man Manoj!

Few things on our man Manoj!

Satya is up for re-release on Jan 17. Despatch is his last film. Both, 26 years apart, dive into this city as a crime scene. Thought must reconnect with Bombay’s adopted but very own Bajpayee

08 January,2025 06:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
‘Chadhi mujhe aisi, jaise daru desi’

‘Chadhi mujhe aisi, jaise daru desi’

Making a new year prediction: Sooner or later, the world will discover mahua as the first indigenous, tequila-like drink to savour from India

01 January,2025 03:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar

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