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Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein review: Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi in a tiring morass of clichés
Manik Sharma • 3 years agoIn Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein ideas sag like the unclaimed fat of a bad script that neither believes in its premise, nor shows the conviction to follow its own path
Holding out for a hero: Why do actresses still need to depend on who the male lead is? Why can't they be the heroes?
Sneha Bengani • 3 years agoTaapsee Pannu's recent revelation that other actresses rejected Haseen Dillruba because they were not sure of 'the hero' only exposes the gross dependence of leading ladies on how 'saleable' their male counterparts are.
83, Sardar Udham, Pushpa, Spider-Man: No Way Home — are two-hour-plus long movies the post-pandemic normal?
Subhash • 3 years ago"If the content is strong enough, the run time of three hours is also less, but if the content is weak, even a short film becomes unbearable," says leading film trade analyst Taran Adarsh.
How dysfunctional marriage was a recurrent theme on screen in 2021, from Haseen Dillruba to Decoupled
Archita Kashyap • 3 years agoThe trend of evolving marriage stories has created a revision of the safest, most used, and most overdone formula of Hindi cinema — one that has sustained the myth of a perfect marriage.
2021 is the year when women on screen came into their own, from Rashmi Rocket, Mimi to Pagglait
Sneha Bengani • 3 years agoIt is not every year that you get to watch a young window unable to grieve her husband’s death, a female athlete banned for failing the gender test, a trans-girl making people question what is normal, an abandoned surrogate mother, and a woman faking her husband’s death to prevent him getting convicted for murder.
Taapsee Pannu, Vijay Sethupathi film to release on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe multilingual horror comedy, Annabelle Sethupathi, will release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam on 17 September.
Kanika Dhillon on the various motifs in Haseen Dillruba: Ode to Hindi pulp fiction, Ganges for all moods, and food for thriller
Devanshsharma • 4 years ago"They have every right to view it with their lens, as I have every right to present it with mine. It’s an opinion — a welcome opinion like many others," Kanika Dhillon responds to the claims that her film Haseen Dillruba endorses violence against women.
Haseen Dillruba movie review: Illogical crime saga wrapped in a clichéd ode to violent, frenzied love
Anna Mm Vetticad • 4 years agoI recall feeling unnerved and enraged for months after watching Tere Naam and Raanjhanaa. Haseen Dillruba is too thin and flat to sustain even anger.
The Friday List: From a talk on Mumbai's Irani diaspora to a workshop on Kalidasa, your weekly calendar of virtual events
Fp Staff • 4 years agoEvery Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.
Trailer of Haseen Dillruba, starring Taapsee Pannu, Harshvardhan Rane, Vikrant Massey, unveiled by Netflix India
Trendingdesk • 4 years agoWritten by Kanika Dhillon and directed by Vinil Mathew, Haseen Dillruba releases on Netflix India on 2 July.