Category Archives: drama

Movie Review : The White Tiger (2021)

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2021 Running time : 2 hours 5 minutes Director : Ramin Bahrani Cast : Adarsh Gourav, Rajkummar Rao, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Manish Asharya, Kamlesh Gill, Mahesh Manjrekar, Swaroop Sampat Kidwise : PG-13 The … Continue reading

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Series Preview : Tandav (releases Jan 15th 2021)

Tandav stars Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Dino Morea, Gauhar Khan, Sandhya Mridul, Kumud Mishra and others and is about Indian politics. It is directed by Abbas Ali Zafar, who has directed films like Sultan, Bharat and Gunday, so while … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi (releases Jan 1st 2021)

Ram Prasad ki Tehrvi is directed by Seema Bhargava-Pahwa, who’s an accomplished actress (we saw her in the quirky Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and the lovely Ankhon Dekhi), and I’m hoping her directorial venture is as good. The film has an impressive starcast … Continue reading

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Best TV Shows of 2020

This was the year of watching stuff at home, and these 10 shows made it to the binge-worthy list. In descending order, they are: : 10. Masaba Masaba (Netflix) Featuring Masaba, mom Neena Gupta and a healthy dose of pop-psychology, … Continue reading

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Best Hindi Movies of 2020

What with Covid and all, 2020 has been a low-key year for movie releases in general. Still, even from the few that did release on OTT platforms (Netflix, Prime etc.), I have managed to cobble together a Top 10 2020 … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Yeh Ballet

Rating : 4/5 Genre : Drama Year : 2020 Running time : 1 hour 57 minutes Director : Sooni Taraporevala Cast : Julian Sands, Jim Sarbh, Manish Chauhan, Danish Husain, Achintya Bose Kidwise : G Yeh Ballet is the story … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : The White Tiger (releases Jan 22nd 2021)

The White Tiger is based on Arvind Adiga’s Booker prize-winning book of the same name. I reviewed it here on my book blog. The film is directed by Iranian director Ramin Bahraini and stars Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh … Continue reading

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Podcast Episode 9: Kadakh Movie Review

I reviewed Kadakh a couple of weeks ago, and if you’d like a Podcast version of it is – here it is! Bollywood does do suspense-thrillers, but they are few and far between (here’s a list). Kadakh is a worthy … Continue reading

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Movie Review : Ludo

Rating : 3.8/5 Genre : All-in-one Year : 2020 Running time : 2 hours 29 minutes Director : Anurag Basu Cast : Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanya Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Rohit Saraf, Pearle Maaney … Continue reading

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Podcast Review : Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare (Episode 7)

The Podcast Review of Dolly Kitty And Those Shining Stars is live now – listen on Anchor here! The written review is here.

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