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The Ba***ds of Bollywood – Series review (OTT)

The Ba***ds of Bollywood is a wildly entertaining journey of an ambitious outsider labouring through the glitzy, deceptive corridors of Bollywood that is packed with sarcasm, cheeky cameos and flamboyant characters… An ode to Indian cinema. The title that looks odd as it started as Bads of Bollywood ended in Bastards of Bollywood that being the turning point of this whole show on OTT a clever nuance added for more intrigue. Weilding the baton in his debut series is Aryan Khan son of King Khan (SRK ) which is now showing on Netflix , a 7 part series with each episode clocking 50 odd minutes. The series is about what goes on behind the scenes in Bollywood, its functioning, the machination of the Bollywood hoi-poloi specially the people on top with power, like the top rated actors, producers and directors. So in a way it is an internalization of itself by ....
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Jolly LLB 3 – movie review

Jolly LLB 3 opens with an oddly amateurish tone, featuring cringeworthy and implausible banter between its two Jollys—Arshad Warsi as Advocate Jagdish 'Jolly' Tyagi and Akshay Kumar as Advocate Jagdishwar 'Jolly' Mishra. Instead of sharp legal wit, we get courtroom comedy that feels more rehearsed than real.

When a powerful business group unveils grand plans to transform Bikaner into the next Boston, small farmers find themselves sidelined. Their legitimate demands are ignored, and force is used to suppress dissent. What begins as a development dream soon spirals into a controversy ~~Read More~~

Diary of a Woman – movie review



Diary of a Woman confronts viewers with raw vulnerability, unraveling a deeply personal journey through identity, trauma and emotional isolation — far from a soothing cinematic experience. The film that delves into the complexities of gender identity, specifically exploring the life of a man grappling with gender insecurity. Unlike the typical Bollywood portrayal of Switzerland as a dreamy backdrop for romantic escapades, Simon Aeby’s film offers a grounded, introspective look into the solitary life of a Swiss teacher. It stands in stark contrast to the glossy narratives of love and glamour. While in India, life is often enriched by friendship, spirituality, and vibrant social connections, Aeby’s Switzerland feels cold, quiet, and emotionally desolate—where individual existence is marked by loneliness, gloom and monotony. Quodos to Simon for portraying reality. How might an ....
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The Bengal Files – movie review



The Bengal Files is a raw, thought-provoking film that brings alive a forgotten chapter of history with such depth and honesty that it leaves you shaken. Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s trilogy which began with 'The Tashkent Files', followed by ‘The Kashmir Files’ and now the third film that was initially titled 'The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter' which was subsequently changed to 'The Bengal Files'. The film is based around the events of 'Direct Action Day', which was also known as Great Calcutta Killings centering on the communal violence in Bengal during the 1940s, which culminated in this gruesome killings during August 1946. Though I am unaware of the recent changes in our school curriculum, at least this chapter was missing from the history text books throughout my school career. It is said that these incidents have actually occurred during our freedom struggle as re ....
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Vash Level 2 — movie review



Vash Level 2, Hindi and Gujarati horror flick is a sequel to the 2023 Gujarati film Vash which was then remade in Hindi as 'Shaitaan' that featured Ajay Devgn, R Madhavan and Jyothika. The Hindi and Gujarati versions are released simultaneously. Unlike the usual Bollywood horror flicks, Vash Level 2 surprises you as it doesn’t rely on cheap thrills. This original Gujarati movie leans into psychological tension, hypnotic manipulation that leaves one with a slow-burning sense of dread. Twelve years after rescuing his daughter Aarya from a sinister force, Atharva (Hitu Kanodia) discovers the evil never truly left her. When a group of schoolgirls fall under a violent, puppet-like trance, he’s compelled to confront the darkness once more—this time facing its source head-on: the enigmatic black magician, Pratap (Hiten Kumar). Though the idea of hypnosis as a weapon—used to con ....
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Param Sundari – movie review



Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor starrer Param Sundari is a romantic comedy film directed by Tushar Jalota that falls below expectations, particularly after watching it's exciting trailer. Param (Sidharth Malhotra) is a Punjabi boy who travels all the way to the South to meet Sundari (Janhvi Kapoor) with matrimony in view. It was through a matrimonial site that suggest Sundari would be a good match for this Punjabi boy. This premise sounds interesting but what comes later is disenchanting as Sundari’s guardian Bhargavan Nair (Renji Panicker) insists that she marry her childhood friend who is now a qualified doctor having graduated abroad and more so because he is of the same caste. While love blossoms between Param and Sundari amid the picturesque backwaters of Kerala, the film falls short in it's narrative appearing like one of those been there and seen it romantic flicks ....
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WAR 2 – movie review



Hrithik Roshan returns as Kabir, a secret agent like no other, who infiltrates a powerful global syndicate that wants to rule the world. The film War 2 sets out to feebly suggest that democracy is far too an outdated idea for the corporate villain. For a change, it promises to put Hrithik in a morally ambiguous space, but as the mood is jingoistic and the star wants to play safe, the not-so-secret sauce of the script is ‘nation first’. The secret agent Kabir is accused of betraying the nation when he infiltrates a cartel, and his erstwhile mate Vikram alias Raghu (NTR Jr) is assigned the task of catching him red handed. Alas, the makers prove more successful in highlighting Kiara Advani’s curves than in conveying the contours of the storyline. It features a variety of stunts with a script that appears to be powered by artificial intelligence. This unintelligent sequel to War, ....
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Tehran – movie review



The conflict between Israel and Iran is widely known and therefore, inspired by true events that occurred in Georgia, Thailand and India simultaneously, Tehran the geo-political action thriller is based on 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats on Indian soil. At one side is Iran that supplies oil to India and on the other hand Israel helps India with technology. The film shows how beautifully our bureaucrats maneuver this situation without straining our relations with either of them. Streaming on ZEE 5, this John Abraham starrer gripping thriller premiered on 14 August 2025. The sensitive DCP Rajeev Kumar (by John Abraham) is compelled by his seniors to handle a bomb blast incident in Delhi. He is, involuntarily drawn into a case regarding a deadly blast that ends the life of a 6 year old orphan girl selling flowers by the road signals. Being a father of a daughter who is almost the same ....
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Dhadak 2 – film review



Dhadak 2 is a love story? Nah! It is a poignant conversation on privilege and what it means to have or not have it. Dhadak 2 is a spiritual sequel to the 2018 film by Shashank Khaitan and an official adaptation of the 2018 Tamil film Pariyerum Perumal (also the name of the male protagonist) by Mari Selvaraj that sheds light on caste based atrocities (we have left discrimination in the rearview mirror at this point). Within the first 5 minutes of Pariyerum Perumal, Mari Selvaraj shows you just how raw and real this journey is going to be. He does not hold back on the gut-wrenching, bone-chilling imagery (something that is seldom, if at all, seen in mainstream Indian cinema) that is not for the faint of heart. But that is the reality we live in, and he serves it right back, reminding us of the cruelty we have constructed in the name of society. Not only is the screenplay in on Mari� ....
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Mahavatar Narsimha – movie review



Hombale Films is an Indian film production and film distribution company based in Bengaluru, India. Founded in the year 2012, the company produces films across multiple languages, with a special focus on Kannada cinema. It has earned significant recognition for its contributions to the Kannada film industry and here is the review of their latest film Mahavatar Narsimha.

If you want to know the plot, here’s the answer. The demon Hiranyakashyap seeks revenge on Vishnu and declares himself a god. His son Prahlad remains devoted to Vishnu. Vishnu manifests as Narsimha to defeat the demon and r ....
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