Author: Madhuri Prabhu

Jawan movie review: Shah Rukh Khan and his ‘daddy era’ have enough ammunition to set every inch of the screen on fire. Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, Sunil Grover, Rutuja Shinde, Girija Oak, Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, Lehar Khan, Ridhi Dogra, Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt (cameos) Director: Atlee Writers: Atlee, Sumit Arora, Ramanagirivasan ‘Pehle kiya chaiyya chaiyya re, ab karein ta ta thaiyya.’ Well, that’s exactly how Shah Rukh Khan makes you dance to his tunes in his latest offering, Jawan. 25 years ago, the superstar, clad in a red jacket, dancing atop a moving train, gave…

Dream Girl 2 movie review: Despite Ayushmann Khurrana’s sincere drag act, this film fails to make your heart go ‘ring-ring.’ Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Ananya Panday, Annu Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Paresh Rawal, Seema Pahwa, Manjot Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Rajpal Yadav, Manoj Joshi Director: Raaj Shaandilyaa Writers: Raaj Shaandilyaa, Naresh Kathooria After a major revelation, a character in Dream Girl 2, dejectedly, tells the other two, “Mazaa nahin aa rahin.” Well, Ayushmann Khurrana’s latest release does make you utter similar words when the script runs out of juice. What’s Yay: Ayushmann Khurrana, a few one liners What’s Nay: Wafer-thin plot Story Karam…

Bawaal movie review: This Varun Dhawan-Janhvi Kapoor starrer fights an ‘unusual’ war but finds its real, lasting victory outside the battlefield. Cast: Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Manoj Pahwa, Mukesh Tiwari, Anjuman Saxena, Hemang Vyas, Prateek Pachori Director: Nitesh Tiwari Writers: Piyush Gupta, Shreyas Jain, Nikhil Mehrotra, Nitesh Tiwari, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwary (story) Throughout the film, Ajay aka Ajju (Varun Dhawan) is heard telling his bestie, “Beta, mahaul aisa banao ki logon ko mahaul yaad rahe, result nahin.” Well, in Bawaal, director Nitesh Tiwari takes his protagonist’s advice a bit too seriously and ends up leaving you with mixed feelings. What’s Yay:…

Neeyat movie review: Director Anu Menon serves a bland murder mystery on the table which barely satisfy your taste buds craving for some smart thrills. Cast: Vidya Balan, Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Shahana Goswami, Neeraj Kabi, Shashank Arora, Amrita Puri, Dipannita Sharma, Niki Walia, Danish Razvi, Prajakta Kohli Director: Anu Menon Writers: Anu Menon, Advaita Kala, Priya Venkataraman, Girvani Dhyani, Kausar Munir (dialogues) Quite early in the film, Ashish Kapoor, the colorful billionaire tells his friend’s film enthusiast son, “I want your footage to make me immortal,” as the latter sets out to explore the mansion. Off screen, director Anu Menon…

Satyaprem Ki Katha movie review: Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani make you fall in ‘prem’ with their earnest performances in a ‘katha’ that has its heart in the right place. Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Gajraj Rao, Supriya Pathak, Shikha Talsania, Rajpal Yadav Director: Sameer Vidwans Writers: Karan Shrikant Sharma “Look aur feel kut kut ke bhara hain,” says a character quite early in Satyaprem Ki Katha. As the film progresses, you slowly realize that these words ring true with director Sameer Vidwans, in his Bollywood directorial debut, painting an engrossing picture with ‘sensitive’ strokes and solid performances by the leads. What’s Yay:…

Adipurush movie review: Director Om Raut serves dragon-sized disappointment with his Marvel-ified version of Ramayana starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh and Devdatta Nage. Cast: Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh, Devdatta Nage, Vatsal Seth, Siddhant Karnick, Tejaswwini Pandit, Sonal Chauhan Director: Om Raut Writers: Om Raut, Manoj Muntashir (dialogues) “Raavan aa raha hoon nyay ke do pairon se anyay ke das sar kuchal ne, aa raha hoon apni janaki ko lejaane, aa raha hoon adharm ka vidhwans karne,” Raghava (Prabhas) makes a mighty proclamation as he sets out to rescue his wife Janaki from the clutches…

Zara Hatke Zara Bachke Movie Review: Vicky Kaushal-Sara Ali Khan’s latest release Zara Hatke Zara Bachke leaves you with mixed feelings. Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Sara Ali Khan, Sharib Hashmi, Inaamulhaq, Rakesh Bedi Director: Laxman Utekar Writers: Maitrey Bajpai, Ramiz Ilham Khan, Laxman Utekar “Dekho maine dekha hain yeh ek sapna, phoolon ke sheher mein ho ghar apne.” This popular song from Kumar Gaurav-Vijayta Pandit’s 1981 blockbuster hit, Love Story which plays right at the beginning of Laxman Utekar’s Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, echoes the sentiment of every middle class family who aspires to have their own house. It does even for the fictional…

Sharmila Tagore got miffed with her co-star Sanjeev Kumar when the latter ended up six hours late on the first shooting day of Mausam. When you look at Sharmila Tagore’s rich filmography, you simply cannot miss talking about Gulzar’s 1975 film, Mausam. Featuring her in a double role and the supremely talented Sanjeev Kumar, the movie told the tale of a prostitute who harbors feelings for an older man, unaware that he was once in love with her mother. However off screen, Sharmila’s working equation with Sanjeev Kumar started on a rather bumpy note. Back then, the Aradhana actress was…

Directors Raju Murugan, Balaji Sakthivel, Krishnakumar Ramakumar, Akshay Sunder, Bharathiraja and Thiagarajan Kumararaja, offer you a platter filled with different shades of love in this six-episode Tamil series. Streaming Platform- Amazon Prime Video What happens when six bright minds come together to paint the different shades of love? You get an alluring, diverse cinematic world that has its heart in the right place despite a few rough strokes. Episode 1- Lalagunda Bommaigal (Dolls of Lalagunda) Cast: Sri Gouri Prasad, Vasundhara Kashyap, Vasudevan Murali, Bakkiyam Sankar Director: Raju Murugan DOP: Nirav Shah ISC Music Director: Sean Roldan ‘Attraction! Abortion! Is this…

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was apprehensive about the hook step in his iconic song ‘Jumma Chumma’ from Hum and wanted to change it. However, his actress-wife Jaya Bachchan had a different take on it and the ‘hook step’ was retained in the final cut. Bollywood’s Shahenshah has many superhit songs to his credit and one of them is the highly popular ‘Jumma Chumma’ song from Mukul Anand’s 1991 film Hum. Dressed in a white shirt, black jacket and black pants with a red piece of cloth draped around his neck, Big B sent his fans into a frenzy as he wooed…