By Tarun Basu Title: India and EU: An Insider’s View; Author: Bhaswati Mukherjee; Publisher: ICWA/Vij Books; Pages: 358; Price: Rs 746 About a decade ago, the European Commission, troubled perhaps by the not-so-positive perception it…
By Anand Venkitachalam New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Canadian heavy metal band Voivods latest album, “The Wake”, coming after a long gap of five years, takes listeners through an epic sci-fi journey and gives their…
By Subhash K Jha Film: “First Man”; Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy; Director: Damien Chazelle; Rating: 3 and a half stars Director Damien Chazelle and actor Ryan Gosling get together again, this time to visit…
By Subhash K. Jha Helicopter Eela: Starring Kajol, Riddhi Sen; Directed by Pradeep Sarkar: Rating: ** 1/2 (2 and a half stars) Seen worse, for sure, this story of an over-possessive mother and her stifled…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Jalebi”; Director: Pushpdeep Bhardwaj; Cast: Rhea Chakraborty, Varun Mitra, Digangana Suryavanshi, Aanya Dureja, Arjun Kanungo, Yusuf Hussain, Arya Poorti, Sonali Sudan, Farida Dadi and Mahesh Thakur; Rating: **1/2 “Unki mohabbat kamal…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “FryDay”, Director: Abhisek Dogra; Cast: Varun Sharma, Govinda, Digangana Suryavanshi, Atul Mathur, Bijendra Kala, Rajesh Sharma, Sanjay Mishra, Prabhleen Sandhu; Rating: **1/2 “FryDay” is as slam-bang and preposterous as any slap…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: Tumbbad; Starring: Sohum Shah, Mohd Samad, Director: Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi; Rating: **** 1/2 (4 and a half stars) What on earth is this? This… this…magnificent creature masquerading as…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Helicopter Eela”; Director: Pradeep Sarkar; Cast: Kajol, Riddhi Sen, Neha Dhupia, Tota Roy Chowdhury; Rating: **1/2 At its core, “Helicopter Eela” is a film dedicated to mothers and their dreams. A…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “A Star is Born”; Director: Bradley Cooper; Cast: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, Sam Elliott, Anthony Ramos, Rafi Gavron, Michael D. Roberts, Greg Grunberg; Rating: *** This…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava” Language: Telugu Director: Trivikram Srinivas Cast: Jr. NTR, Pooja Hegde, Jagapathi Babu, Sunil, Supriya Pathak, and Eswari Rao Rating: *** There’s so much to like and debate…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “First Man” Director: Damien Chazelle Cast: Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Ciaran Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, Ethan Embry, Lukas Haas, Shea Whigham, and Pablo Schreiber…
Film: Aravindha Sametha Veera Raghava Language: Telugu Cast: N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Pooja Hegde, Eesha Rebba, Sunil, Jagapati Babu, Naga Babu, Rao Ramesh, Supriya Pathak, Naveen Chandra, Devayani, Sithara, Brahmaji, Eshwari Rao, Ravi Prakash,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Andhadhun”; Director: Sriram Raghavan; Cast: Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, Zakhir Hussain, Ashwini Kalsekar, Manav Vij, Chaya Kadam, Anil Dhawan, Gopal K. Singh; Rating: **** Take a deep breath. Now,…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Nota” Director: Anand Shankar Cast: Vijay Devarakonda, Sathyaraj, and Nassar Rating: **** We have seen stars play the reluctant politician before. Ranbir Kapoor in Prakash Jha’s “Raajneeti” and Mahesh Babu in…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Love Yatri”; Director: Abhiraj K. Minawala; Cast: Aayush Sharma, Warina Hussain, Ronit Roy, Ram Kapur, Pratik Gandhi, Sajeel Parekh; Rating: ** What is a romantic film if it is not earnest,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Crazy Rich Asians”; Director: Jon M. Chu; Cast: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Harry Shum Jr., Ken Jeong, Sonoya Mizuno, Chris Pang, Jimmy O. Yang,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Venom”; Director: Ruben Fleischer; Cast: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Scott Haze, Reid Scott, Jenny Slate, Melora Walters; Rating: **1/2 At the very onset, let me warn you, if you…
By Haricharan Pudipeddi Film: “96”; Language: Tamil Director: C. Prem Kumar Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Trisha, Janagaraj Rating: ***** In debut director Prem Kumar’s “96”, Vijay Sethupathi plays a travel photographer called Ram and his character…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Andhadhun”; Director: Sriram Raghavan; Cast: Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, Zakhir Hussain, Ashwini Kalsekar, Manav Vij, Chaya Kadam, Anil Dhawan, Gopal K. Singh; Rating: **** Director Sriram Raghavan’s “Andhadhun” is a…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Sui Dhaaga: Made In India” Director: Sharat Katariya Cast: Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma, Raghubir Yadav and Namit Das Rating: **1/2 All without doubt, “Sui Dhaaga” is a sweet, warm-hearted and inspirational…