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Firaaq, movie review
Most films about riots are full of violence that they set out to critique. Actress Nandita Das has her debut in direction with Firaaq, which explores the fierce and delicate emotions of fear, anxiety, prejudice and ambivalence in human relationships during the riots. Firaaq is an Urdu word that means both separation and quest. The film is a work of fiction, based on a thousand stories.The story is set over a 24-hour period, one month after a carnage that took place in Gujarat, India, in 2002. It traces the emotional journeys of ordinary people - some who were victims, some perpetrators and some who chose to watch silently. As an ensemble film, it follows multiple narratives that are at times interconnected and at times discreet, yet all are united by their spatial and emotional context. A middle-class housewife Aarti (Deepti Naval) closes the door on a woman desperately seeking ref ....
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Taare Zameen Par
Aamir Khan popularly known as a "thinking actor" is also particularly gifted with imagery. Taare Zameen Par which is Aamir Khan's debut as a director is a landmark film! It is a heart-warming tale of a small child who has learning difficulties and is largely misunderstood by his teachers and even his parents. Taare Zameen Par is a story of a playful eight year old boy Ishaan Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) who is naughty, playful and lives in his own world. He is lagging in his school subjects, doesn't listen, but gifted with a nice sense of imagination. A child nowadays, lagging academically is termed as a below average child. Ishaan has a very normal family - hard working dad, a committed mom, loving and intelligent elder brother, who is an example of a perfect good boy. In contrast, Ishaan is always mocked by his fellow students and often he would get into fights with them. For his sc ....
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Editorial
Tisca Chopra at Amrita & I launch

Film and TV Actress Tiska Chopra Launched Sumit Mishra’s short film – Amrita and I – on Movies.Com. The Film based on noted Urdu Poet Amrita Preetam and it depicts several beautiful and unforgettable moments with her beloved world fame Painter and companion Emroz. 31 May, 2017 Movizz.com the VOD platform acquires distribution rights of the much acclaimed Sumit Mishra’s…

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Loveshhuda, movie review
A fresh, young take on romance, ex - Miss India World 2013 Navneet Dhillon debuts with Girish Kumar in Loveshhuda. This rom-com has been shot in exotic locations in London and Mauritius . An unconventional romantic story that starts in bed, it is about a man who wakes up one morning with a girl whom he does not know. While he gradually falls in love with her, he must choose between love and practicality. Gaurav (Girish Kumar) is to get married and his friends come up with the idea of a bachelor's night out and they indulge in the wildest of their behaviours which leads Gaurav to realise the next morning that he was in bed with an unknown girl Pooja (Navneet Kaur Dhillon). Pooja misplaces her top and departs with the shirt (gifted by the groom's mother-in-law) Gaurav hands over to her. With the lead characters' love-hate banter growing even as their chemistry is apparent, wheth ....
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Ghayal Once Again - Movie review
An action packed fast paced thriller, ought to appeal to the youth. This is what Ghayal Once Again is about. Ajay Mehra (Sunny Deol) is back after serving prison sentence for killing Balwant Rai. The film opens with flashbacks of Ghayal. Ajay begins a new career as a news editor of an independent newspaper. He doubles as a vigilante who assists the police with their hard-to-prosecute cases (including cases where the accused are prominent and influential members of society). Post his release from the prison, he suffers anxiety attacks with flashes of his painful past where his wife and family members are killed. Treated by a neurologist - psychiatrist Dr Riya (Soha Ali Khan), he returns to normalcy except that the fire to fight the system remains inherent in him. A small town reporter Renu is drugged and raped by her boss. She commits suicide as her innocent boyfriend is fram ....
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Qissa, Hindi movie review
When ever a film with a story based on 1947 partition is made, and more so if its a Love Story - the movie has created history with the recent examples of GADAR, PINJAR and many more. The partition of India and Pakistan is like bitter phase which has comes like a rlue but gets resolved with times. QISSA is a story of Umber Singh (Irrfan Khan) a Sikh who lives with his wife Maher (Tisca Chopra), three daughters & forth Son set in post- Colonial India when it was a part of Punjab in Pakistan. Umber Singh builds a new home for his family. As Umber Singh always yearned for a son who could grow his empire, he therefore brought up his fourth child (who is actually a girl) as his son. This child is named Kanwar and is played by Tillotama Shome. Kanwar discovered himself slowly as he grows up and Umber Singh sets his marriage with Neeli (Rasika Duggal). As Urban Singh could not get son fro ....
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Editorial
Tisca Chopra's book Acting Smart

Mumbai 26th January: On the occasion of our republic day, Laxmi Dhaul, Sidharth Bhatia and Shruti Seth discussed the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi and his relevance in today’s world at India Non-Fiction Festival (INFF). The audience was rightly fascinated and inspired. The event also marked the launch of ‘Magic Mantras’ by Laxmi Dhaul, a book that in the words of Shruti Seth is a…

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