New Delhi: The man who has made it a habit to hog the headlines on a daily basis did not emerge in a day. It took a tough-as-nails mentor and several years of work – fair, foul and fervid – before the Donald Trump the world knows today earned his stripes. The Apprentice, written by...
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The Series Is Broken Occasionally By A Flurry Of Action And Befuddling Comings
New Delhi: Four inseparable schoolboys, some cops scurrying for clues in a robbery and assault case and a gang of vicious criminals whose depredations vitiate a fictional hill town populate Snakes & Ladders, a moderately engaging Tamil web series created by Kamala Alchemis and Dhivakar Kamal. The low-intensity and uneven show, which has Karthik Subbaraj...
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THE WILD ROBOT is a wholesome entertainer
The Wild Robot (English) Review {2.5/5} & Review Rating Star Cast: Lupita Nyong’o, Kit Connor, Pedro Pascal Director: Chris Sanders The Wild Robot Movie Review Synopsis:THE WILD ROBOT is the story of an unlikely bond between a robot and a bird. A robot named Rozzum 7134 aka Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) washes ashore on a remote...
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JIGRA rests on some emotional moments and Alia Bhatt’s performance.
Jigra Review {2.5/5} & Review Rating Star Cast: Alia Bhatt, Vedang Raina Director: Vasan Bala Jigra Movie Review Synopsis:JIGRA is the story of a fearless sister. Satya (Alia Bhatt) and Ankur (Vedang Raina) are orphans. After the death of their parents, they are taken care of by Mr Mehtani (Akashdeep Sabir) and his family, who...
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Alia Bhatt Does Full Justice To The Film
A jailbreak thriller riding on the shoulders of the waif-like Alia Bhatt is, owing to the very nature of the effort, no ordinary cinematic project. Jigra employs the broad conventions of a rescue drama but gives it a spin by putting the onus of the saviour act on a woman who will stop at nothing...
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An Ungainly Mess That Sways Between The Absurd And Asinine
A wholly unexpected turn of events in the holy town of Rishikesh sparks an unholy whirligig in Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, a slapdash comic romp about a newly-married late 1990s couple sent on a wild goose chase after a CD with a video recording of their suhaag raat vanishes without a trace. The...
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Rajinikanth Dishes Out Devastation And Death With Aplomb
Cops and crooks have for decades been action movie staples. They allow screenwriters little elbow room for originality. So, should you expect anything exceptional from Vettaiyan: The Hunter (the title of the Hindi dub of the Tamil police drama released nationwide, riding on Rajinikanth’s mega pan-India appeal)? Orbiting within and around the formulaic, writer-director TJ...
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Naya Daur Music Review – Bollywood Hungama
Naya Daur Review {4.0/5} & Review Rating “How one album has such a huge number of chartbuster tracks?” – This is the first thought that comes in mind while looking at the inlay card of Naya Daur! And this is when you also realize why lyricist Sahir, composer O.P. Nayyar and director B.R. Chopra are...
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Aamir Music Review – Bollywood Hungama
Aamir Review {4.0/5} & Review Rating Sometimes a small film can make a huge impact. For no particular reason, somehow one feels that Aamir would be one such film. Even though the film arrives sans any media hype or promotion, there is something about this production that makes one look forward to what does the...
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One Night Stand Music Review
One Night Stand Review {2.0/5} & Review Rating Sunny Leone’s Ek Paheli Leela had good songs. Now that she is in a central role again in One Night Stand, one expects some good music on play, especially with a diverse team of composers (Tony Kakkar Meet Bros, Vivek Kar, Jeet Ganguly) and lyricists (Kumaar, Shabbir...