Chidiakhana, Review: Of all the animals in the zoo… Made under the Children’s Film Society masthead, now merged with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Chidiakhana is not a zoo story....

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Avneet Kaur
Ritvik Sahore
Rajeshwari Sachdev
Manish Tiwary

Aazam, Review: “I want to be the next Don, and stop me if you can” Ministerial power often stems from a ‘healthy’ give and take with underworld Dons. There is a popular belief that legislators play...

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“On Matriarchy Lake” is a true Motion Picture made in Mosuo

“On Matriarchy Lake” is a romantic drama about star-crossed lovers in an isolated village in China. The lovers are Li Fei, a young worker stationed in the village and Na Zhu, a local Mosuo woman. The...

8 am Metro, Review: One train, many tracks Firstly, it is not about a train. Secondly, the journey of the lead characters changes so many tracks that it ultimately derails, and it takes a long-drawn...

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Dheer Charan Srivastav
Jay Jha
Kajol Dubey
Moin Jaan
Madhu Swaminath
Kausar Munir
Sunny Kurapati
Anil Aalayam
Umesh Kamat
Kalpika Ganesh
Nimisha Nair
Rajiv Kumar Aneja
Usha Kiran
Saiyami Kher
Kambeyanda Devaiah Gulshan
Anurag Kashyap
Pierre Filmon
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Chatrapathi, Review: Axe Rated • May 12, 2023 at 11:16 AM
by Siraj Syed

Chatrapathi, Review: Axe Rated Should have been spelt Chhatrapati, buy never mind. As a remake, it has carried over the spelling of the Telugu original. The title is a reference to Shivaji, the...

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Tanishk Bagchi
Niranjan Devaramane
Ravi Basrur
Nizar Shafi
Amit Shivdas Nair
Rajendra Gupta
Freddy Daruwala
Sharad Kelkar
Rajesh Sharma
Swapnil
Ashish Singh
Sahil Vaid
Shivam Patil
Auroshika Dey
Monazir Khan
Swapnil Kiiran Kotriwar
Anup Ingale
Mohamad Moujir
Bhagyashree
Vedika Nawani
Karan Singh Chhabra
Nushrratt Bharucha
Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas
V.V. Vinayak
Shabbir Ahmed
Bareilly
S.S. Rajamouli
A. Mahadev
Mayur Puri
V. Vijayendra Prasad

Mother Teresa & Me: A stunning Swiss portrait of an Indian Saint He comes across as a youngish, genial uncle, with a deadpan sense of humour. Answering to a name like Kamal Musale, he had to be at...

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Banita Sandhu
Albanian
Bengali
Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz
dalit
Millions Can Walk
Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
Kamal Musale
Curry Western
Deepti Naval
Vikram Kocchar
Kolkata
Calcutta

UnWoman, Review: What if the bride turns out to be a eunuch? Sounds far-fetched and implausible, but if you watch UnWoman, it seems possible and even probable. A taboo subject, made by an...

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Abhay Rustum Sopori
Bhagwan Narula
Girish Pal Sing
Gunjan Goel
Kanak Garg
Karan Maan
Mamta Vaishnav
Mohammed Firoj Aalam
Pallavi Roy
Parminder Singh Shah
Pramod Deshwal
Sarthak Narula
Shakil Rehan Khan
Susheel Sharman
Vikas Kumar

FICCI FRAMES III: Arunabh Kumar spreads The Viral Fever Its fever. Its viral. And it was started by a man called Arunabh Kumar. Shortened to TVF, the company produces content and is made up of...

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Pitchers 2
Kota Factory

Netflix’s Kathal: The curious case of the two missing jackfruits and its serious, very serious ramifications Firstly, it was not discovered by a man named Jack. Secondly, it is not a fruit, but a...

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Vijay Raaz
Brijendra Kala
Gurpal Singh
Govind Pandey
Ambrish Saxena
Raghuvir Yadav
Pagglait
Ashok MIshra
Yashowardhan Mishra
Shobha Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
Guneet Monga
Achin Jain
Sanya Malhotra
Anant V. Joshi
Rajpal Yadav

FICCI FRAMES 23, 02: Minister Piyush Goyal lauds Naatu-Naatu, The Elephant Whisperers and Woman Power Day 2 of FICCI FRAMES 23 had Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs...

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Piyush Goyal
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