Aan Tiwari honoured with Best Child Actor award for Baal ShivTags
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The show must go on: The show comes home! (Column: B-Town)
After a filmmaker makes a film, a distributor calls exhibition, and exploitation of that film happens. It was his domain to take the best out of a film assigned to him, at the box office. In the present situation, exhibition of films through cinema halls
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Gul Panag: Each woman who is part of our ecosystem is a role model
Gul Panag dons many hats, from being an actor to an avid rider, a certified pilot, a mother and a wife. She has had a stint in politics, too, and is a serial half-marathon runner. Although she is famous, she underplays the tag of being a role model.
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Adil Hussain: Didn't want to act in films, most films didn't inspire me
Actor Adil Hussain says before he was offered the 2010 hit "Ishqiya", he never harboured a desire to enter Bollywood. He admits not caring much about the films being made at the time.
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Review: The Current War: Low-voltage drama
You could counter that, of course, arguing there is no documented evidence to the contrary either. And in any case, never mind that the film is pitched as historical drama, we understand that history has never really been Hollywood's strongest subjects. We will take the War with a pinch of salt.
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A new kind of talent endorsement! (Column: B-Town)
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) enters the Indian entertainment sphere. Among its other activities in the cause of recognising and promoting the medium, BAFTA is more commonly known for its film awards, and is considered to be a pr
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Lockdown impact: Will TV shows with low ratings shut shop?
With shoots coming to a halt in Maharashtra owing to the resurgent wave of Covid cases, the TV industry has been the worst hit. Episode banks are fast drying up, and although many shows have moved out to alternative locations as Goa, long-term sustenance
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Review: Last Moment Of Clarity: Neo-noir effort lacks edge
You don't get too many neo-noir thrillers these days and Brothers Krisel -- Colin and James -- have pitched "Last Moment Of Clarity" as a new entrant in the genre pool. Which seemed exciting, as you settled down to watch.
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Amit Sial: I won't do anything that sidelines me anymore
Actor Amit Sial has carved his space in digital domain with projects such as "Hostages", "Inside Edge", and "Mirzapur", as well as the recent "Kathmandu Connection". Sial says today he can afford to avoid projects that would leave him "sidelined".
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Review: Kathmandu Connection: Cop 'n' gangster drama with few twists
"Kathmandu Connection" is a cop-and-gangster drama that tries doing more than use these prototypes to set up a crime thriller.
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Review: Another Round: Mads Mikkelsen served with heady twist
Midlife crisis gets a heady twist in Thomas Vinterberg's tragicomedy, serving Mads Mikkelsen on the rocks. "Another Round" (titled "Druk" in original Danish version) kicks in its plot by reversing the premise of alcoholism as cinema normally peddles it.
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The Thalaiva knows no boundaries
The recent announcement of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year for South superstar Rajinikanth is celebrated by all Indians, in India and abroad. Actually, it is quite strange, since the Indian film industries as well as their stars are accepted only amo
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Review: Ajeeb Daastaans: Take the sloppy with the smooth
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
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Abolished: The last resort
Looks like when it comes to the film industry, the powers that be believe in making their work and life more miserable by the day. To this end, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) seems to be the tool of choice. Of course, the governments have
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Review: Hello Charlie: Mindless monkey mayhem
"Hello Charlie" is one of those 'fun films' where you struggle to recall a single gag that was funny enough, within two minutes that the end credits have rolled.
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Review: The Big Bull: Big bore
Forget comparisons. Even if you willingly dismiss the idea of sizing up "The Big Bull" against "Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story", Abhishek Bachchan's new film is a washout from the word go.
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Review: Joji: Macbeth in the time of masks
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
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The National Awards never mattered more
The 67th National Film Awards for the year 2019 have been announced and, as usual, there are opinions for and against the selections. This has always been so. Never have the awards been accepted universally. The most disappointed are those others nominees
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Review: Pagglait: Quirky little film
Pagglait the film is just like its protagonist Sandhya. It doesn't behave the way it is expected to.
