By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Phamous”; Director: Karan Lalit Bhutani; Cast: Jimmy Sheirgill, Kay Kay, Pankaj Tripathi, Jackie Shroff, Shriya Saran, Mahie Gill; Rating: ** Motivated by the modus operandi of how to become “phamous” –…
By Subhash K Jha Film: ‘Bucket List’ (Marathi); Directed by Tejas Vijay Deoskar; Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Renuka Shahane, Sumeet Raghavan; Rating: ** 1/2 I was looking forward to seeing Madhuri Dixit’s Marathi debut. She is…
By Subhash K Jha “Parmanu: The Story Of Pokhran”, Starring John Abraham, Boman Irani, Anuja Sathe, Diana Penty; Directed by Abhishek Sharma; Rating: **(2 stars). If good intentions made good cinema then every propaganda film…
ముందుమాట:ఛలోహిట్ తో యంగ్ హీరో నాగశౌర్య ఫుల్ ఫామ్ లో ఉన్నాడు. ఇప్పటివరకూ లవర్ బోయ్ క్యారెక్టర్లతో మెప్పించిన నాగశౌర్య ఈసారి అమ్మమ్మగారిల్లు అంటూ బంధాలు..అనుబంధాలు..ఆప్యాయతలను గుర్తుచేసే బరువైన బాధ్యతను తీసుకున్నాడు. ఫ్యామిలీ ఎంటర్ టైనర్ గా తెరకెక్కిన ఈ సినిమా టీజర్, ట్రైలర్ అందర్నీ విశేషంగా ఆకట్టుకున్నాయి….
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Bioscopewala”; Director: Deb Medhekar; Cast: Danny Denzongpa, Geetanjali Thapa, Adil Hussain and Tisca Chopra; Rating: ***1/2 The last time I saw the grossly underused Danny Denzongpa in a central role,…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Book Club”; Director: Bill Holderman; Cast: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Alicia Silverstone, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Dreyfuss; Rating: **1/2 Debutant…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Solo: A Star Wars Story”; Director: Ron Howard; Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe-Waller Bridge, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt; Rating: ***…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran”; Director: Abhishek Sharma; Cast: John Abraham, Diana Penty, Boman Irani, Anuja Sathe, Aditya Hitkari, Mark Bennington, Yogendra Tikku, Vikas Kumar, Ajay Shankar, Darshan Pandya; Rating: ***…
Chandigarh, May 22 (IANS) After a few Bollywood films ran into trouble with a section of the Sikhs over the depiction of the community, the Akal Takht on Tuesday announced the setting up of a…
By Subhash K Jha Starring: Manoj Pahwa, Seema Bhargava, Vinay Pathak, Dolly Ahluwalia; Written and Directed by Harsh Chhaya; Rating: *** (3 Stars). It was John Donne who warned Death not to be proud. In…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Deadpool 2”; Director: “David M. Leich”; Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin; Rating: **1/2 AIf we can overlook the excessive gore ,including a scene of violence where the subversive superheroic hero…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “High Jack”; Director: Akarsh Khurana; Cast: Sumeet Vyas, Sonnalli Seygall, Kumud Mishra, Mantra, Nipun Dharmadhikari, Sarthak Kakar, Adhaar Khurana; Rating: * High on substance abuse and low on content, that is…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “High Jack”; Director: Akarsh Khurana; Starring: Sumeet Vyas, Mantra Mugdh, Kumud Mishra; Rating: *** The last time we saw a plane full of terrified people being hijacked by a bunch…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain”; Director: Harish Vyas; Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Ekavali Khanna, Anshuman Jha, Shivani Raghuvanshi, Brijendra Kala, Pankaj Tripathi, Ipshita Singh Chokroberty, Imran Zahid, Teji Sandhu, Manish Shukla, Mira Mishra;…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Deadpool 2” Director: David Leitch Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Zazie Beetz, Julian Dennison, Karan Soni, T.J. Miller, Stefan Kapicic, Brianna Hildebrand, Eddie Marsan Rating: *** Like its previous…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Khajoor Pe Atke”; Director: Harsh Chhaya; Cast: Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa, Vinay Pathak, Nagesh Bhonsle, Dolly Ahluwalia, Alka Amin, Suneeta Sengupta, Vicky Arora, Birendra, Kishore Chougle; Rating: ** Actor Harsh Chaya’s…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain”; Director; Harish Vyas; Cast: Sanjai Mishra, Ekavali Khanna, Pankaj Tripathi, Anshuman Jha, Shivani Raghuvanshi and Brijendra Kala; Rating: **** That sage who opined that it’s very…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Blue Planet II: One Ocean and The Deep”; Executive Producer: James Honeyborne; Cast: David Attenborough; Rating: ****1/2 Narrated by the ace British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, this BBC produced documentary…
By Subhash K Jha Starring: Alia Bhatt, Vickey Kaushal and directed by Meghna Gulzar Rating: **** (4 Stars). Sometimes a flawed diamond can sparkle and shine brighter than a polished one. Raazi is that triumphant…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Hope Aur Hum”; Directed by Sudip Bandopadhyay; Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sajid Kabir, Aamir Bashir, Naveen Kasturia, Sonali Kulkarni, Beena Banerjee; Rating: *** There is an unmistakable influence of Giuseppe Tornatore’s…