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Tumbbad, Review: Hastaar the Horrible and the Dough Dolls Tumbbad, named after the location where most of the action takes place, is a historical fantasy horror film, directed by debutant Rahi Anil...
At 75, IPTA continues its tradition of rewarding drama talent Three milestones were established this year by the Indian Peoples Theatre Association (IPTA): firstly, it turned 75, secondly, 2018...
Venom, Review: High-breed Hannibal lecture • Oct 05, 2018 at 05:51 PM
by Siraj Syed
9th Jagran Film Festival, Mumbai: The Post, A Star is Born and Maassab make it worth the wake Dainik Jagran, which means ‘daily wake’, is a leading Hindi language newspaper of India and the group...
Ishqeria, Review: Malaria, loveria and ishqeria—this ease or disease? Some films have pleasing visuals, simple dialogue, nice songs, over the top characters and actors mis-matched to their roles....
The Equalizer 2, Review: Unequal combat When you have one man battling four or more mercenaries, the combat is apparently unequal. Turns out that the inequality is in favour of the one man, since he...
Manto, Review: Man to man, rediscovering the Urdu writer, who died a pauper, at 42 • Sep 21, 2018 at 12:10 PM
by Siraj Syed
The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Review: Gothic and scary, with a funny-bone Everybody loves a good mystery. Well, almost everybody. If there is magic in it and prodigious children, they love it...
III Smoking Barrels-Stories from Far East India, Review: Barrelful of empathy Roman three in the title refers to the fact that the film is an anthology of three stories, each exploring a different...
Pakhi, Review: Bird watching strictly not recommended Pakhi, the title, is a variation of the word ‘pankhi’ or ‘panchhi’, meaning bird, in Hindi. It’s a good title, and, in the film, it is the name...
