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ReviewsJul 05, 2021

Not such a 'Haseen' mystery!

Movie: Haseen Dillruba Director: Vinil MathewStar cast: Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, Harshvardhan Rane, Ashish Verma, Aditya Srivastava, Yamini Das, Daya Shankar PandeyRating: ** and a half Jasmine SinghIgnorance is bliss. I came running back to this proverb, courtesy Taapsee Pannu starrer Haseen Dillruba. The trailer of the film created hype and brought in a dash of mystery too. Everything was okay, but then I decided to devote my Friday evening to watching Haseen Dillruba (HD)! 15 -minutes into the film, and I knew I shouldn’t have raised my expectations. Well, why didn't I close the ma
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ReviewsJun 29, 2021

In with a roar, out with a whimper

Movie: Sherni Director: Amit V Masurkar Star cast: Vidya Balan, Brijendra Kala, Vijay Raaz, Sharat Saxena, Mukul Chadha and Ila Arun Rating: ** and a half Jasmine Singh Have you ever thought about the topics that are dear to Hindi cinema, topics they like to bring alive on silver screen- Love triangles (always, always), biographies, plight of a common man, supernatural thrillers, revenge games, family dramas, comedies, of and on the space touch and go……...But have you come across a genuine story on wildlife and forests. Take your time, rub your memory cells, maybe you’ll find somethi
character-wise
ReviewsJun 15, 2021

Character Wise!

Web Series: Sunflower Creator: Vikas Bahl Star cast: Sunil Grover, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Kulkarni, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukul Chadda, Radha Bhatt Channel: Zee5 Rating: *** Jasmine Singh Haven’t we heard it a gazillion times, ‘It takes two to tango.’ Indeed, it does! But in the recent web series, Sunflower, there are more than two, in fact a couple of them creating a perfect tango (a dance form). Created by Vikas Bahl of Queen movie fame, Sunflower stands out in terms of characterization. Every character has been etched out beautifully, leaving no loose ends. So much so, at one point, it
a-perfect-family-this
ReviewsJun 10, 2021

A perfect family, this!

Web series: The Family Man 2 Directed by: Raj & DK, Suparn S Verma Star cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni, Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi, Seema Biswas, Darshan Kumar, Sharad Kelkar, Sunny Hinduja, Shreya Dhanwantary, Shahab Ali, Vedant Sinha, Mahek Thakur, Mime Gopi, Ravindra Vijay, Devadarshini Chetan, Anandsami and N. Alagamperumal Released on: Amazon Prime Video Rating: **** and a half Jasmine A follow-up to an already popular series is always a challenge, and the series The Family Man 2 leaves nothing to chance. Whether it is changing Srikant Tiwari’s (Manoj Bajpayee) job, and the
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ReviewsJun 01, 2021

Go, went, gone...

Movie: Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar Director- Dibakar Banerjee Star cast: Arjun Kapoor, Parineeti Chopra, Jaideep Ahlawat, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav Rating: * Jasmine Electric, charged, breathtaking….A Dibakar Banerjee can only be described with such super charged words. However, this time, for his film, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, we sadly have to settle for the opposite- Unmoving, unexciting and drab. Director Dibakar tried to create an illusion in the name of excitement, but all we get are scenes that are open-ended and flat! Although, the background score of the film and the so-called ‘s
how-is-this-possible
ReviewsMay 25, 2021

How is this possible?

Movie: Sardar Ka Grandson Director: Kaashvi Nair Star cast: Arjun Kapoor, Neena Gupta, Rakul Preet Singh, John Abraham, Kanwaljit Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari, Soni Razdan, Kumud Mishra, Divya Seth Rating: Half star Jasmine Singh As I attempt to jot down a few rhyming lines, these should be ‘seriously’ considered as an ode to the film, Sardar ka Grandson, especially to Arjun Kapoor’s repeated attempts to act in films! ‘Once bitten twice shy. Twice bitten, still shy. Third time bitten, one wonders, why!!’ The question you'd ask yourself after watching Sardar ka Grandson. The film wil
hit-me-baby-one-more-time
ReviewsMay 17, 2021

Hit me baby one more time!

Movie: Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai Star cast: Salman Khan Jackie Shroff, Randeep Hooda, Disha Patani, Sudhanshu Pandey, Megha Akash, Gautam Gulati, Darshan Jariwala, Vishwajeet PradhanDirector: PrabhudhevaRating: 0 Statutory warning: Keep Tylenol, Advil or any other painkiller handy, you’ll definitely need one.Jasmine SinghIf you’ve watched Salman Khan’s most awaited film Radhe, and have managed to come out of it without a scratch, we’d recommend your name for ‘The Highest Honour.’Although the film can be summed up in one single word, ‘buffoonery’, I'd still like to elaborate
cant-bear-this-burden
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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