Cinema

Patriot Bureau -September 20, 2018

Manmarziyaan tries to project ‘husband material’ as still a thing The feeling that Anurag Kashyap’s latest release, Manmarziyaan, leaves you with is déjà vu. Here we see an egotistical, sex-charged young romance à la Dev D; a manic pixie dream girl like in Tanu Weds Manu; a pair of synchronised dancers adding no direction to […]

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Shruti Das -September 20, 2018

Yasmin and Fazal Kidwai’s documentary, A Sticky Wicket is about the girls living in the crime-infested Shahbad Dairy. They have defied societal norms and risen above all challenges to play cricket, which has given them hope “What do you do if you need to use the washroom after 11 at night?” asks the filmmaker. “I […]

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Santosh Mehta -September 13, 2018

‘Being an actor in Bollywood is not easy,’ says Meera, who is related to both Priyanka and Parineeti and is soon to be seen in two Hindi films Model turned actor Meera Chopra is aiming to make it big in Bollywood. She stepped into the film industry in 2008, with the film ‘Anbe Aaruyire.’ After […]

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Patriot Bureau -September 6, 2018

What would the world be if men were afraid of women? The recent disappearance and murder of Mollie Tibbetts was not a big story in India. Tibbetts disappeared while jogging near her home in Iowa in the summer of 2018 and was found dead in a cornfield after a month-long search. Cristhian Bahena Rivera is […]

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Shruti Das -September 6, 2018

With his debut feature Gali Guleiyan, filmmaker Dipesh Jain has stepped into the unconventional territory of Indian cinema, something that is unlikely of a debutant. With Manoj Bajpayee as the lead, the film also marks the debut of child actor, Om Singh, who has been selected from Salaam Baalak Trust Shelter Home. The film is […]

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Shruti Das -September 6, 2018

Om Singh, a 16-year-old boy from Salaam Baalak Trust Shelter Home, is all set to make his Bollywood debut with Gali Guleiyan, starring Manoj Bajpayee. His real-life journey has been surrealistically in-sync with that of his onscreen character It felt surreal. He was back to the same railway station where years back he used to […]

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Santosh Mehta -August 30, 2018

Adil Hussain says theatre is his first love but it is cinema that gave full play to his enormous talent in over 40 films, the latest being Love Sonia The critically acclaimed actor Adil Hussain is in the spotlight again, this time for his brilliant acting in Love Sonia, a film on trafficking of girls. […]

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Santosh Mehta -August 23, 2018

John Abraham talks about his love for children, his childhood aspirations and his new movie Satyameva Jayate Bollywood star John Abraham, 45, is the son of a Malayalee Christian father Abraham John, and Parsi mother Firoza Irani. He was born and brought up in Mumbai, studied at the Bombay Scottish School in Mahim. He graduated […]

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