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Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Jim Sarbh, Anupriya Goenka, Raza Murad Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali There are three disclaimers before even a frame of “Padmaavat” is shown on screen. All kinds of adjectives and verbs are used to make sure the audience knows the film is based on Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s epicContinue Reading

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National Award winner – Vidya Balan,  is playing a housewife  who also works part-time as a late night RJ.  Such a setting gives a scope for the movie to have good songs, and so the makers have gone for multiple composers to give some enjoyable tracks. The reprised version ofContinue Reading

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Qarib Qarib Singlle is a road movie-cum-coming-of-age romance, with a bittersweet tang to it, and yet it is peppy, and fun and fresh: two adults, a man and a woman, connect via a dating site, and find that online, can, sometimes, translate into something vital and real, offline. Chalk YogiContinue Reading

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By: Rita Joseph The Taj Mahal is back in focus and this time for all the right reasons. Propelling the iconic 17th century monument back into news is the resurrected Indian film of the silent cinema era Shiraz. The classic made in 1928 by Bombay Talkies founder Himansu Rai is a fictitiousContinue Reading

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By: Philip Mathew  Published by the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs, Hong Kong, 2017, pp 201, Price: Not mentioned Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31, 1517. That act of Luther marked the beginning of the Protestant reformation. RomanContinue Reading

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Author: Jacob Peenikaparambil CMI Publisher: Universal Solidarity Movement, Indore Number of Pages: 220 Price: Rs. 250/- As the sub-title of the book indicates, the book contains lessons the author has learned and the insights he gained while reflecting on the events, individuals and the life situation. The book has twoContinue Reading

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Director: Atlee Cast: Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen, Kajal Aggarwal, Sathyaraj Vijay fans must be very happy. There are three Vijays in his new film, all shaped, contoured and moulded into red-hot come-see-about-me avatars. So, three stars for the eminently enjoyable new Vijay starrer — one each for the three rolesContinue Reading

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NEW YORK– Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on “Novitiate,” a limited-release movie that opens October 27: There is a reason why “Novitiate” will open in only two cities this Friday, New York and Los Angeles, even though it has Sony money behind it: the appetite for Catholic-bashing movies isContinue Reading