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  • TV stars face lights, camera post lockdown, embrace New Normal

    TV stars face lights, camera post lockdown, embrace New Normal

    Carrying their own make-up kits, wearing masks and gloves when not facing the camera, maintaining social distance as much as possible and small crews define the New Normal on TV shows as Mumbais studios cautiously reopen, and the actors are not complainin

  • Review: 'Bhonsle': Manoj Bajpayee reaffirms his class

    Review: 'Bhonsle': Manoj Bajpayee reaffirms his class

    The first is a Ganpati idol with the trademark trunk yet to be attached to its frame, which the camera captures right at the start. It is the onset of Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai, and the rather incomplete image of a deity so overwhelmingly worshipped in the city almost defines desecration of humanity, a notion the film goes on to underline.

  • Anvita Dutt on giving new meaning to 'chudail' with 'Bulbbul'

    Anvita Dutt on giving new meaning to 'chudail' with 'Bulbbul'

    Long hair, inverted feet, hungry for blood, seeking revenge -- these attributes are not only used to paint a scary description of the 'chudail', or demon woman, in Anvita Dutt's directorial debut "Bulbbul", but they also serve to take away the negative co

  • Review: 'Bulbbul': Allegory of horror

    Review: 'Bulbbul': Allegory of horror

    Why must women wear toe rings? Little Bulbbul asks her aunt. "So that they can be kept under control," the aunt replies. "What is control?" the girl whispers innocently, as the aunt carries Bulbbul in her arms to her wedding mandap, to be married off to a rich landlord decades older.

  • Reggae star Conkarah: I have an arsenal of rhythmic beats

    Reggae star Conkarah: I have an arsenal of rhythmic beats

    Reggae star Conkarah, whose song "Banana" with Jamaican reggae sensation Shaggy has been trending for a while, doesn't plan to slow down. He says he has an arsenal of ,beats that he is ready to release to the world, to generate good vibrations.

  • Review: '7500': Usual plot, unusual impact

    Review: '7500': Usual plot, unusual impact

    So what is new about yet another hijack drama? You know the drill, right -- a bunch of guys try taking over a plane and there will be a hero on board who will fight the odds. "7500" sticks to all of that, as well as every other genre formula loyally, start to end.

  • Nepotism Kills? No Way (Column: B-Town)

    Nepotism Kills? No Way (Column: B-Town)

    Since the demise of young and promising actor, Sushant Singh Rajput, nepotism is one word that is much in currency. Does nepotism really exist in the film industry? And if it does, can it make or mar a career? Can nepotism lead a person to end his life?

  • Former 'Bigg Boss' contestant Vikas Guppta: I am bisexual

    Former 'Bigg Boss' contestant Vikas Guppta: I am bisexual

    Producer and former "Bigg Boss" contestant Vikas Guppta says he falls in love with humans irrespective of their gender. As people honour the LGBTQ+ community and celebrate Pride Month this June, Vikas has taken the opportunity to announce that he is "bise

  • Actors 'sceptical' to shoot as Bollywood reopens shop

    Actors 'sceptical' to shoot as Bollywood reopens shop

    With lockdown regulations being relaxed and the Maharshtra government giving a go-ahead, a slew of filmmakers in Bollywood have decided to resume shooting. However, many celebrities are still sceptical to step out and start work on the sets.

  • Review: 'Penguin': Lost in confusion

    Review: 'Penguin': Lost in confusion

    "Penguin" is enchanting in its look and feel, perhaps to offset the grizzly plot that lies at its core. The film starts off looking like an unusual psychological thriller, but soon enough becomes a very basic serial killer story rooted in not-so-unusual motives.