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Piku

Critics rating: 3 Stars Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Irrfan Khan, Moushumi Chatterjee. Direction: Shoojit Sircar Produced: N.P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri, Sneha Raj...

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Courtroom Drama Double Bill

Weekend nights couch potatoes have a choice of crime thrillers and courtroom dramas. Savdhaan India on Life Ok and Crime Patrol on Sony are dramatized real life police cases; ...

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THANK GOD, FOR FRESH CONTENT

Sony Entertainment Television has given viewers a show which could challenge and alter viewing habits away from the standard family melodramas. Its newest show -- Dil Ki Baate...

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FIVE ACTORS, FIVE ROLES

Watching Seema Biswas in Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani?...? as Mai Mui, Rudra?s surrogate mother, a thought occurred that it was too trivial a role for an actor who is a ...

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April Departs

April kicked off on a good note. A really good note. The plot vagaries of Detective ByomkeshBakshy! aside, Dibakar Banerjee’s edgy adaptation at least got the look right...

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

Critic’s Rating : 3.5 Star. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, E...

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Jai Ho! Democracy

Critic’s Rating : 0.5 Star. Cast: Om Puri, Annu Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Satish Kaushik, Adil Hussain, Aamir Bashir Direction: Ranjit Kapoor, Bikramjit Singh Bhullar F...

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REPORTERS: WHERE’S THE STORY?

I don?t feel at home with Reporters. The look is too glossy, too unreal. The channel head sports a muffler. The editor Kabir is usually in a jacket (wonder why the tie is miss...

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Margarita With A Straw

Critic’s Rating : 3.5 Star. Cast: Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, Kuljeet Singh, Hussain Dalal, Malhar Khushu, Jacob Berger, Tenzin Dalha, Shuchi Dwivedi Directio...

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Mr. X

Critic’s Rating : 1. Star. Cast: Emraan Hashmi as Mr. X, Amyra Dastur as ‘Milli Arora’ Arunoday Singh Direction: Vikram Bhatt Producer: Mukesh Bhatt, Mahesh ...

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RAMAYANA NEEDS MORE EMOTIONAL DEPTH

Epic Spectacle, Elusive Soul: Why the New Ramayana Needs More Heart. Piyush Roy examines...

November 10 2026

RAMAYANA PART ONE: EPIC RETELLING

An epic retelling on a canvas of unprecedented ambition by Arnab Banerjee: Nitesh Tiwari...

November 8 2026

THE NEW BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT

When Brands Become The Storytellers: The New Business Of Entertainment: Vinta Nanda expl...

November 7 2026