The train tragedy in Balasore, Odisha earlier this month where three trains collided is one of the worst train tragedies of all time in India. Close to 300 people have reportedly lost their lives while more than 1000 are rendered injured. The … [Continue reading]
The title Happy Birthday appears pleasant. But filmmaker Prasad Kadam’s short film, which is named the same, is anything but pleasant and I am saying this in a good way. Happy Birthday tells the story of Rattoo Oshidaar (Anupam Kher), a religious … [Continue reading]
Filmmaker Apoorv Singh Karki’s Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai seems inspired from the real life case of self-proclaimed Godman Asaram, who got convicted for rape and is currently in prison for the same. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee as lawyer PC Solanki, … [Continue reading]
Filmmaker Sudipto Sen’s The Kerala Story, which is produced and creatively directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, tells the story of three young girls Shalini Unnikrishnan (Adah Sharma), Nimah (Yogita Bihani) and Geetanjali (Siddhi Idnani) from Kerala. … [Continue reading]
Over the last seven years, one has seen several love stories in Marathi. However, almost all of them were based on the same theme as Sairat after the Nagaraj Manjule’s movie became a huge runaway success in 2016. But with directors KS Ashoka and … [Continue reading]
Biopics are in vogue not just in Hindi but also in various regional cinema of the country. Marathi cinema too has seen its share of biopics in recent years on revered personalities from Maharashtra in films like Lokmanya: Ek Yugpurush, Ani… Dr … [Continue reading]
There are films that don’t live up to the goodness of its trailer. There are very few that go beyond the promo. But there are also films that perfectly match the trailer. Farhad Samji’s Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan is that film. However, this isn’t a … [Continue reading]
The dream of every cricket fan not just in India but also outside is to meet the great Sachin Tendulkar at least once. More so if you have grown up parallel to his career in the 90s, like I have. My first and only meet (so far) with Tendulkar … [Continue reading]
When a film has an unusual title like Ghar Banduk Biryani, the first thing one eagerly awaits to know is its meaning in the context of the film. During the movie’s first half itself, we get some clarity on the title. This is not the only plus point … [Continue reading]
Anubhav Sinha’s Bheed, which mainly stars Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur and Ashutosh Rana, looks back at the period when the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in India and how the lockdown imposed to curb the same turned out to be a nightmare … [Continue reading]