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Film: ‘Kaun Banegi Shikharwati’ Streaming on: Zee5 Directors: Gauravv K. Chawla, Ananya Banerjee; Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Soha Ali Khan, Lara Dutta, Anya Singh, Kritika Kamra, Cyrus Sahukar, Varun Thakur. Set in the royal land of Rajasthan, ‘Kaun Banegi Shikharwati’ is a hackneyed ten-episode dramedy where a father attempts to reunite his four estranged […]
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Hyderabad: ‘Arjuna Phalguna’ is an attempt to make a proper crime comedy set in a village of present-day coastal Andhra. It’s a story about five happy-go-lucky friends among whom are Sree Vishnu and Amritha Aiyer playing the lead pair. All the five friends face a common challenge of sorts at their homes after coming out […]
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One hardly sees Ranveer, you see only Kapil Route to the June 25 finale and flowing champagne at Lords is encapsulated briskly
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Hyderabad: Not many films have come in the backdrop of Bengal. The culture-rich diversified Bengal might have stories dating back to the pre-Independence era. But director Rahul Sankrityan wanted to tell a story of a man ‘Shyam Singha Roy’ who was born to a Bengali father and Telugu mother. The story starts with aspiring filmmaker […]
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Filmmakers have been experimenting with various technicalities with the changing times of filmmaking. Touted to be Telugu language’s first 360 degree screenplay film, ‘Puli Vachindi Mekasachindi’ has entered the fray competing with the big-ticket Allu Arjun starrer ‘Pushpa’ at the box office this week. Directed by Sekhar Yadav, the film shuffles through wicked behavioral patterns […]
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Hyderabad: Of guns, machetes and axes, a single one liner wouldn’t suffice to describe the drama of ‘Pushpa: The Rise’. Stories of director Sukumar are always ripe and replete with drama. He chooses his protagonist Pushpa to be a street smart, outright rebellion, who risks his life as a red sanders smuggler at the same […]
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Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui:Director: Abhishek KapoorCast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Vaani Kapoor, Gaurav and Gautham Sharma, Tanya Abrol and Sawan Rupowali. “Don’t notice me,” she says very casually when he is all but just wooing her. There open the first subtle window to a tale told for the first time and surprisingly said with a fine balance between […]
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Hyderabad: There could be nothing more exhilarating than fans celebrating the larger-than-life image of Nandamuri Balakrishna. What if he comes with more than the usual diction and aggression that he shows onscreen? The intensity of celebration reaches a new crescendo. And the action entertainer ‘Akhanda’ comes as an elixir to Nandamuri fans before it actually […]
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Hyderabad: Skip-Bo is solitaire with Uno’s cards. A classic game from Mattel that has now been made available in the form of a video game (like Uno). The cards are the same like Uno with out the skips, reverses, and draws, as the numbered cards go up to a 12. The classic Wild card becomes […]
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Hyderabad: The original version in Malayalam already made waves. Jeethu Joseph sure has a complete command on the subject matter and has created a near franchise without much ado. Unlike the mainstream Bollywood series like ‘Dhoom’ and ‘Singham’ or the ‘Hera Pheri’ type, this filmmaker does not work around the presentation as much as he […]
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The Kartik Aaryan-starrer is quite a gripping story which deserves more eye balls
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Not much works in favour of the sequel as the entire idea goes astray in an overdose of effect over content
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Hyderabad: With relatively new faces, the newly-released suspense thriller titled ‘Missing’ created much hype before it hit theatres on Friday. Starring newbies Harsha Narra, Nikkesh Rangwala and Misha Narang in the lead roles, the story is not a new concept that gets viewers excited. Although many films in Telugu have come with the backdrop of […]
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Anand Deverakonda’s film ‘Pushpaka Vimanam’ got released in theatres on Friday amidst much fan-fare and over-the-top promotions from the team, led by his brother Vijay Deverakonda. The movie opens with the marriage sequence of Chittilanka Sundar, played by Anand and Meenakhi (Geeth Saini). With a naive and vulnerable posture of a government school teacher, Sundar […]
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Rohit Shetty and Akshay Kumar deliver what is needed of them for an action-starved audience
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The director’s retelling of a human rights violation tale in this Suriya starrer proves his mettle, understanding of the subject and deft handling
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The post-Covid scenario has an informed audience who may well shed their hitherto naïve perception of entertainment – filmmakers must quickly adapt.
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The 30 new cases have been reported from the tests conducted at the virology lab of the King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow and National Institute of Virology in Pune.
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The Naga Shaurya and Ritu Varma-starrer Varudu Kaavalenu is high on style quotient and pleasing on the eye
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Akash Puri-starrer has a promising story, but falls short in its treatment
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Hyderabad: In contradistinction is Gulzar who said :Naam gum jayega, chehra badal jayega ,mere awaaz hi pehchaan hai, gar yaad rahe The film starts with an awfully over the top Bachchan rendering/reciting the theme song and from then for over two hours, you, like the main character Sameer (Imran Hashmi) are entrapped in a mansion […]
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A review of the just released action-adventure game, a timed exclusive
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The latter part of the story has Adith Arun, a happy-go-lucky boy who co-incidentally bumps into Megha.
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After 12 years and a few upgrades later, the bike is still a favourite choice for enthusiasts and new riders alike
