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Critics’ Review Roundup: Cinemas Open in Kerala and Maharashtra, Big Budget Releases Out

BY Shrija Ganguly On

Sivakarthikeyan’s Doctor has been performing well at the cinemas across Tamil Nadu, and the film has collected over Rs. 24 crores in its first three days.
Situations for cinemas theatres seem less bleak with Kerala theatres reopening from October 25, as announcement of a bunch of Malayalam films’ release dates. Similarly, Maharashtra is set to reopen its theatres and cinema halls from October 22 onwards with the anticipation of more releases.

Rashmi Rocket Review: Taapsee Pannu Runs into Mundaneness

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

The film is centred on a running prodigy, Rashmi Veera, who, after winning several medals at national and international races, is subjected to a humiliating gender verification test.In the Garba song sequence, the camera offers a close look at her bare waist and shoulders as though it wants to ask the viewers, “She looks feminine and gorgeous, doesn’t she? ” The song crystallises the character’s dilemma in cheesy lines, “Cool Cool Main Chori (girl), Oh Choron (boys) I Am Very Sorry.

Ankahi Kahaniya Review: Tiwari & Chaubey Shine in This Engaging Take on Forbidden Love

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Nandu’s fantasy of a grandly-dressed Manjari preparing to dance on stage or Manjari conjuring images of Nandu striding in her direction (sky-blue bell-bottoms, half-open shirt, and shades, in tow), nonchalantly knocking out her real-life sexual harasser with a cola in hand…it’s all an ode to the era’s classic hero-heroine-bad guy motif.

‘Money Heist Part 5’ , ‘Cinderella’ & More – 8 New OTT Releases This Week

BY Chandhini R On

Chehre, the Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi, which was released in theatres on August 27, had an unimpressive showing at the box office during its first weekend. A report in Box Office India stated that the film earned an estimated Rs 1.05 crore as of Saturday night. The mystery thriller was also overshadowed at the box office by the re-released Punjabi film Chal Mera Putt 2.

Ajeeb Daastaans Review: Three Shorts and a Neeraj Ghaywan Masterclass

BY Aditya Shrikrishna On

Babloo (Jaideep Ahlawat) tells Lipakshi (Fatima Sana Shaikh) that he loved someone else, this is a marriage of convenience, a business deal and avows that there’ll never be an offspring to present to his father.Bharti (Konkona Sen Sharma bringing the butch) is a “craftsman” among machine-men according to her Brahmin boss who recruits a woman from his caste – Aditi Rao Hydari’s Priya Sharma – for the data operator job that Bharti was eyeing.

Unpaused Review: This Lockdown Anthology Wears Rose-tinted Glasses

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Centred on a rich software engineer who suffers from hypochondria (Gulshan Devaiah) and a doctor (Saiyami Kher)﹣a Covid warrior, the film narrates a lighthearted story that states that even in a new world designed and run by the virus, the demands and crises of human relationships remain the same.Arun delicately weaves in two narratives into this short ﹣one, of systemic apathy, India’s class divide and the hypocrisy of charity, and another, on the chasm between the young couple’s desire for a life where they could be a normal family cooped up in a house and their reality.

‘Unpaused’ Trailer: Amazon Prime’s Anthology Film Captures Life During Lockdown

BY Shrija Ganguly On

The trailer of Unpaused, Amazon Prime Video’s first Hindi anthology film, was released on Tuesday at a virtual press conference. Unpaused is a collection of five short films set in a post-Covid-19 world. Directed by Raj & DK, Nikkhil Advani, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Avinash Arun, and Nitya Mehra, the shorts delve into themes of friendship, love, hope, second chances, and new beginnings.

Paatal Lok Review: Jaideep Ahlawat Is Remarkable In This Gritty, Violent Thriller

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So, when Hathi Ram gets a chance to investigate a high-profile case, involving four assassins who are charged with an attempt to murder popular journalist Sanjeev Mehra (played by Neeraj Kabi), he knows that this could be the major turning point of his career and life.Every scene, every conversation in the series feels necessary and important, right from how Hathi Ram stands by his colleague Ansari, when others try to alienate him because he’s Kashmiri, to how he makes peace with his own son (the two don’t get along).

Stree Review: A Fabulous Ensemble Cast Shoulders This Horror-Comedy

BY Aswathy Gopalakrishnan On

Even Shraddha Kapoor’s stony expressions fit in.  There is Pankaj Tripathi’s Rudra, a bookshop owner, a self-proclaimed expert in the topic of Stree.  He makes deadpan look like the best form of comedy, and with amazing ease, he holds his own in the midst of the younger crowd.  He refers to his establishment as “Pusthakaalay”, and not ‘shop’.  Later, we come to know in a passing reference that the so-called pusthakaalay, once upon a time, used to be a hub of pornographic novel lovers.