True Review

True Review: C.I.D

CID FLY KITES, TOO Last Friday, channel surfing around 10 pm, I stopped on Sony and CID. The remote wouldn?t budge. Kites crowded the skies, Daya was chasing someone, and Abh...

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True Review: Mandela - A Long Walk To Freedom

Mandela is Idris Elba’s best performance yet and he has achieved to clone Madiba’s personality so well, convincing you all the way by embodying his ...

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True Review: Jai Ho - A Popular Perspective

4 stars Superstar days are back again thanks to Salman Khan.  After Amitabh, if there is a real superstar, it is in fact Salman Khan. And after Dharmendra, if there is a...

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Gajendra Singh, The Indigenous Innovator

One of the most common leisure activities on picnics and trips was playing antakshri during bus/train journeys, especially; of course this is before video games, What’s ...

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True Review: American Hustle

David O Russell has done a brilliant job in capturing the human tendency of indulging in greed in his latest film “American Hustle”.  Irrelevant of the charac...

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True Review: Miss Lovely

Director: Ashim Ahluwalia Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anil George, Niharika Singh Rating: 1.5 stars We need a strong lobby for pushing good Hindi films ahead, given the spat...

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True Review: Boogie Woogie

Music and dance reality shows which TV audiences continue watch today are many. But it?s time we looked at a few pioneering shows, which have been telecast since the mid 1990s...

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True Review: Yaariyan

Star Rating: ** Stars   YAARIYAN = Y A A W W N I Y A N   When will Bollywood grow up?  Why production houses with huge resources wasting theirs as well as a...

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True Review: Dedh Ishqiya

Director: Abhishek Chaubey Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi, Vijay Raaz Rating: 2.5 stars Tis the season of sequels and action flicks. Dedh...

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They Brought Laughter Into Homes

Surfing through the channels late Saturday night, I found Sarabhai v/s Sarabhai on Star Utsav. Although relegated to Star One and not the premium channel Star Plus, in its run...

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MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Hindi theatrical adaptation of three...

May 11 2026

DAADI KI SHADI REVIEW ANALYSIS

Arnab Banerjee reviews Daadi Ki Shadi, examining its progressive premise, hesitant story...

May 10 2026

BOLLYWOOD MOTHERS BECOME MODERN MOMS

On Mother’s Day, writer Monojit Lahiri reflects on Bollywood’s evolving scre...

May 10 2026