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Jai Ho! Democracy

Critic’s Rating : 0.5 Star. Cast: Om Puri, Annu Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Satish Kaushik, Adil Hussain, Aamir Bashir Direction: Ranjit Kapoor, Bikramjit Singh Bhullar F...

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REPORTERS: WHERE’S THE STORY?

I don?t feel at home with Reporters. The look is too glossy, too unreal. The channel head sports a muffler. The editor Kabir is usually in a jacket (wonder why the tie is miss...

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Margarita With A Straw

Critic’s Rating : 3.5 Star. Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, Kuljeet Singh, Hussain Dalal, Malhar Khushu, Jacob Berger, Tenzin Dalha, Shuchi Dwivedi Directio...

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Mr. X

Critic’s Rating : 1. Star. Cast: Emraan Hashmi as Mr. X, Amyra Dastur as ‘Milli Arora’ Arunoday Singh Direction: Vikram Bhatt Producer: Mukesh Bhatt, Mahesh ...

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WHEN MOVIES CAME HOME

It was in April 1995, that Indian television viewers experienced the thrill of their first 24 hour Hindi movie channel ? Zee Cinema. The channel indulged the viewers, who till...

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SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India...

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Dharam Sankat Mein

Critic’s Rating : 2 Star. Cast: Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah, Annu Kapoor, Auritra Ghosh Direction: Fuwad Khan Producer: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Sajjad Chunawala, S...

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Broken Horses

Critic’s Rating : 1.5 Star. Cast: Vincent D’Onofrio, Anton Yelchin , Chris Marquette María Valverde , Thomas Jane Direction: Vidhu Vinod Chopra Producer: Vi...

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BOLD, BUT NOT BEAUTIFUL

Three months into 2015, two television channels are show casing varied fare. They have taken it on themselves to give viewers a mix of shows ? from the melodramatic soaps to c...

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Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Critics rating: 2.5 Stars Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari, Neeraj Kabi, Swastika Mukherjee, Divya Menon, Meiyang Chang. Direction: Dibakar Banerjee. Produced: Adit...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: THE QUESTION UNANSWERED

As India celebrates the birth centenary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the Bard of the Brahmapu...

October 18 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: FETED ABROAD, FORGOTTEN AT HOME

When art-house brilliance wins global acclaim but faces neglect in its own country, it f...

October 17 2025

TRENDING: TIMELESS LIGHT AND LIVING MEMORIES

At Piramal Gallery, NCPA, I revisited Bombay’s cultural past through the lens of t...

October 16 2025