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ReviewsDec 27, 2020

Can’t bear this burden

Movie: Coolie No 1Director: David Dhawan Star cast: Varun Dhawan, Sara Ali Khan, Paresh Rawal, Sahil Vaid, Shikha Talsania, Jaaved Jaaferi, rajpal Yadav, Johny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Anil Dhawan, Bharti AchrekarRating: Half star Jasmine Singh It is often said about the artists, (here we mean, artists from Bollywood) that they more than often live in their own world. A La La Land, a dreamland, and create cinematic brilliance while they are there. But, director David Dhawan needs to tear away from this dreamland. One, because this is giving him dangerous hallucinations, and two, he has created som
a-visual-delight
ReviewsDec 27, 2020

A visual delight

Web-series: Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta StoryCast: Pratik Gandhi, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Anant Mahadevan, Rajat Kapoor, Satish KaushikDirector: Hansal Mehta Rating: Three stars Jasmine Singh Those you lived through the early 90s cannot forget the story of a man who was known as the Big Bull of the stock market. And those who lived through this era cannot possibly forget the uproar this man created and how? The answer to this last question is the plot of the 10 part web-series, Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. An elaborate yet interesting account of a man who started small, and amassed huge
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ReviewsDec 26, 2020

Durgamati lacks the spirit it needed

Movie: DurgamatiDirector: G AshokStar cast: Arshad Warsi, Bhumi Pednekar, Mahie Gill, Jisshu Sengupta, Karan Kapadia, Anant Mahadevan Rating: Half star Jasmine Singh What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. This is what happened here. After surviving the outrightly shoddy, comedy-horror mashup Laxmmi, Bollywood decided to put our limits to test with yet another scary sans comedy film Durgmati. And, this one probably was made to scare the life out of Coronavirus! Director Ashok G had complete faith in his 2018 Tamil- Telugu bilingual Bhaagamathie. With this faith he decided to give the or
nothing-bhari-about-this-one
ReviewsDec 26, 2020

Nothing ‘bhari’ about this one!

Movie: Suraj Pe Mangal BhariDirector: Abhishek SharmaCast: Manoj Bajpayee, Diljit Dosanjh, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Manoj Pahwa, Annu Kapoor, Supriya Pilgaonkar Rating: Two stars Jasmine SinghFrom a director who gave the audiences a sensible comedy like ‘Tere Bin Laden’ to chew on, Abhishek Sharma had to up his ‘comic’ game for Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari. And well, he did, but missed the mark by a few notches. If only he had avoided the clichés. To begin with Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari stars one the most ‘bhari’ actors of the industry, Manoj Bajpayee, Diljit Dosanjh, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Manoj Pa
shahid-walks-out-of-yoddha
BollywoodDec 23, 2020

Shahid walks out of Yoddha

As per a source, actor Shahid Kapoor has walked out of Shashank Khaitan's action thriller Yoddha. "Shahid and the team were having a lot of creative differences over the script. Many feel that Shahid has become extremely brash and arrogant after the success of Kabir Singh. He is currently picky about what he wants to do, also he had been dilly dallying on his dates for a while. He had not signed formal paper, which is also why Karan Johar could not make the official announcement about the same. However, now, it's certain that he's no longer doing the film anymore. Now, it needs to be seen if K
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BollywoodDec 23, 2020

Catch Ram Gopal Varma at 12 ‘o’ Clock

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma known for his horror films Bhoot, Raat has now announced his return to the horror genre with his next release, titled '12 'o' Clock'. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Makrand Deshpandey, Divya Jagdale, Manav Kaul, Ali Azgar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Flora Saini and debutant Krshna Gautam in pivotal roles. Ram Gopal shared the poster on this film on his Twitter handle as well. The film is scheduled for a January 8, 2021 release in theatres.
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BollywoodDec 23, 2020

Gangubai in legal trouble

One of the most-anticipated projects of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Gangubai Kathiawadi has run into legal trouble. The film starring Alia Bhatt as Gangubai is an adaptation of Hussain Zaidi's book, 'Mafia Queens of Mumbai'.However, as per media reports, Gangubai's family has filed a case against author Hussain Zaidi, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Alia Bhatt as they have find some problem with the plot of the film. As a result of this, the Bombay City Civil court has asked Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Hussain to reply on this case by January 7, 2021. In the film, Alia will
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PollywoodDec 23, 2020

It's a Tehreek for Sartaaj

Punjabi Sufi singer Satinder Sartaaj went on his social media handle to post a musical surprise called 'Tehreek.' In Urdu language, the word Tehreek means inspiration. Tehreek is a full-fledged album with 11 songs that portray the glory of Punjab. Sartaaj shared the first look poster of the upcoming album, and wrote- "Verified #Tehreek #ਤਹਿਰੀਕ #Album #ComingSoon..ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਜੁਝਾਰੂ ਜਜ਼ਬੇ ਨੂੰ 11 ਗੀਤਾਂ ਜ਼ਰੀਏ ਇੱਕ ਸਜਦਾ!An endeavour to portray `The Heroic glory of Punjab` through #11Songs @sagamusic @beatministero
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BollywoodDec 23, 2020

Bobby Deol, the lucky mascot

After actors Shraddha Kapoor, Govinda, Rajkummar Rao and Riteish Deshmukh, now Bobby Deol has been roped in as a mascot for the Indian Pro Music League.The show will see various singers, including Mika Singh, Shaan, Javed Ali and Shilpa Rao, who will form teams from different parts of India, and will battle it out for the trophy.Bobby Deol was recently seen in web-series Aashram, produced and directed by Prakash Jha. The series also starred Aaditi Pohankar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Darshan Kumaar, Anupriya Goenka, Adhyayan Suman, Tridha Choudhury, Vikram Kochhar, Tushar Pandey, Sachin Shroff, Anuri

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PollywoodDec 22, 2025

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