By: Shevlin Sebastian Joshy Joseph’s documentary, ‘Mahasweta Devi – Close Up’ focuses on one of West Bengal’s great writers and tribal activists. When the documentary ‘Mahasweta Devi – Close up’ opens, at the recent Signs Film Festival in Kochi, there is an image of an elderly woman, with round-rimmed spectacles,Continue Reading

Director : Karan Johar Music : Pritam Lyrics : Amitabh Bhattacharya Starring : Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma A bonbon to ease the craving for a charming, breezy, funny and filmy Karan Johar rom-com that comes with a surprise fruit-n-nut debate on love and friendship. AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL (ADHM) isContinue Reading

The Boston Globe investigative reporter Michael Rezendes talks about ‘Spotlight’, the Oscar award-winning film, about child sex abuse by Catholic priests, which is being premiered on Sony TV this Sunday “I was surprised that the film [Spotlight] became a worldwide hit,” says Boston Globe investigative reporter Michael Rezendes, by phoneContinue Reading

Director : Neeraj Pandey Music : Amaal Mallik Lyrics : Manoj Muntashir Starring : Sushant Singh Rajput, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher, Herry Tangri, Bhoomika Chawla and Disha Patani Almost doomed by the curse of the second half, Neeraj Pandey’s much touted biopic on Indian cricket living legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni – MS DHONI: THEContinue Reading

PINK directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (known for the brilliance in Bengali cinema with ANURANAN AND ANTAHEEN) is an ideal film for women empowerment lead by the magnificent Mr. Bachchan’s completely mesmerizing and top notch performance that makes it a compulsory viewing. Deriving its title from what is believed toContinue Reading

Based on MOUNA GURU – the 2011 Tamil action thriller directed by Santha Kumar, the small gem that worked big for debutant Santha Kumar and its lead actor Arulnidhi, AR Murugadoss does the Hindi version of this song less but in no way pointless thriller with the same passion and commitment.Continue Reading

The remake of classic film “Ben-Hur” maintains a similar story line as the 1959 version but portrays an updated version perfect for the modern audience. “Ben-Hur” revealed life for civilizations allowed to stand following Rome’s occupation. Zealots gathered to fight while Jews were content to live in temporary peace. AmidContinue Reading

  There’s nationalist fervour and jingoism running right through this cinematic interpretation of the scandalous Nanavati murder case that rocked the nation in the 1950s. You smell a rat right away. It’s at the entry of the naval officer hero Rustom Pavri (Akshay Kumar) framed against the tricolour fluttering awayContinue Reading