Without the risk of exaggeration we can ‘safely’ say Vidyut Jamwal takes the kind of risks in his action scenes that we haven’t seen in any screen-hero from any part of the world. The choreographic precision with which Vidyut flips, somersaults, and fells his adversaries Continue Reading…

All of us – men and women, husband and wives, adults and children, have to live with our fears. Sometimes we have to die with them. That’s where trouble starts in Suparn Verma’s smartly-written, nimbly-executed shiver-giver which, blessedly, doesn’t lapse into a gore fest… At least not until the last few reels when the body count begins to pile up faster than we can say Continue Reading…

Neil Nitin Mukesh sees dead people. Whether dead people see him back is not known at the end of this chilling serial, which starts off as a comment on the perils of intricately-manufactured cellphones and ends with a slap-in-the-face comment on the porn industry that, we are told, threatens to destroy the very foundation of our societal structure.

It certainly creates havoc in two lives out to have a fun week in azure Fiji Continue Reading…

In what could be regarded as a sequence of subliminal comic relief, a little-known actor Rajeev Gupta gives this film, suffused in powerhouse performances, its best performance as a slimy politician caught watching porn on his laptop in his office by a goon masquerading as a journalist.

The sequence is hilarious and at the same time sobering. While the self-important Continue Reading…

“Start the album at the lion’s third roar.”

The above quote is a mantra of ultraviolet basement-dwellers the world over, brave pilgrims of the ceremonious journey that is “Dark Side of the Rainbow.” In 1995, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette publicized the kinetic experience achieved by watching The Wizard of Oz while simultaneously listening to Pink Floyd’s iconic 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.  The phenomenon earned a variety of evaluations, ranging from “A mild-altering Continue Reading…

EK THA TIGER

On August 14, by 9pm, all 16 shows at IMAX, Wadala, for August 15, were over 70 percent booked. The first show at 9am had a 90 percent turnout. I’m sure by the time the day ended, the results were better than the first show. Add to that the fact that there are more than 1,250 plus shows in Mumbai alone today. Multiply that by shows all over India and you will Continue Reading…