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Raam Reddy’s The Fable bewitches the audience at Berlin Int Film Fest

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 Editorial

The Fable at Berlin International Film Festival

With Thithi (Raam Reddy’s directorial debut) having bagged top awards at the Locarno Intl Film Fest and the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada at the 63rd National Film Awards. His second feature as a writer-director – The Fable had its World Premiere at the prestigious 74th Berlin International Film Festival to a packed house of audience.…

The much awaited and delayed series - The Family Man Season 2 from Raj and DK which set the OTT agog last year with its Season 1 with its superior storytelling and screenplay is here on Amazon Prime in its Second Season. Though it was shot as a web series, one always felt that The Family Man was cinema. After its stupendous success people were clamoring for the sequel series and though delayed it did not disappoint. In the words of the lead man Manoj Bajpayee, 'The new season is definitely bigger and better', that about sums up what to expect from the Season 2. Season 1 dealt with Pak backed insurgency in Kashmir, what with one rogue ISI mastermind Sameer perpetrating a near annihilation of our country's capital with a gas leak. The same guy rears his head again, this time in collaboration with the Tamil rebels of Sri Lanka. Though this theme will look a bit dated because Sri Lanka ....
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Mrs Serial Killer – movie review

Chanced upon a little known gory murder mystery which goes by the name of Mrs Serial Killer is streaming now on Netflix and would have gone unnoticed if I was not sifting through the movies that I want to see. Released almost a year ago, Mrs Serial Killer is really less known as there was no fanfare or much hype and hoola created on its launch. It has got a few A-listers in its acting roll call namely Jacqueline Fernandez in the title role and also the protagonist is the new slasher in town and Manoj Bajpai plays her doctor husband with Mohit Raina playing a cop who is also her ex-lover, you get the love triangle drift by now isn't it? The other characters, there is nothing much to write home about they flit in ànd out throughout the movie. The thing that irritates you as the movie begins, is that the events are too sudden and in your face, disjoint and the characters behave as if ....
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Lanka – movie review

Jaswant Sisodiya (Manoj Bajpayee) is a man in power of the entire Bijnor, a district in Uttar Pradesh in India. Lanka the film beautifully captures the life in this sleepy town. The cinematographer has skillfully depicted the lifestyle, mannerisms of the typical locals in U.P. and one feels literary amidst the people of Bijnor. Lanka - movie review... Also called as Bhai Sahab he is cruel, shrewd, keeps political connections with all parties and works his way out under any circumstances. Being offered a ministerial seat in the ruling party, Bhai Sahab rejects it, stating – its better to rule as a king in a small province, rather than losing his identity if he joins any political party. Bhai Sahab has his cruel side and he forcibly keeps a mistress Anju (Tia Bajpai) who is a intern doctor in a hospital in Bijnor. He has such kind of power that the girl cannot run away from the cit ....
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Aarakshan – movie review

Here is a high voltage drama based on one of the most controversial policies of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions. Aarakshan movie review... Aarakshan is the hindi word for ‘Reservation’. In India there is a caste based reservation of jobs in government and educational institutions. Prakash Jha, the director has presented complex social and economic issues in a very simple format. It is the story of Prabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan), the legendary idealistic principal of a college that he has single-handedly turned into the state’s best. His loyal disciple, Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) who will do anything for his Sir. Of Deepak’s love for Prabhakar’s daughter, Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), of his friendship with Sushant (Prateik). It is the story of... their love, their lively friendship, their zest for life, and of their dreams fo ....
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5 most underrated performances of first half of 2016

July 14, 2016December 5, 2020 Editorial

5 most underrated performances of first half of 2016 There are biopics, magnum opus projects, brilliant CGI, all kinds of movies are preceding over Bollywood. These movies are helmed by that one actor or sometimes a lead pair who enthrall the audiences. However sometimes, it’s those characters. Roles and actors, whose performance was underrated but the role that they played…

Radhika Apte, Neha Sharma in Manoj Bajpayee’s Kriti

June 26, 2016December 5, 2020 Editorial

Muvizz.com releases Shirish Kunder’s short-film directorial debut, ‘Kriti’ The film stars talented actors like Manoj Bajpayee, Radhika Apte, Neha Sharma and Manu Rishi in the lead roles 22nd June 2016, Mumbai: After giving a phenomenal masterpiece of a performance in ‘Taandav’, the talented actor Manoj Bajpayee and the online portal Muvizz.com are back again with another interesting short film titled…

Manoj Bajpayee’s ‘TAANDAV’ after 18 years

February 5, 2016August 25, 2024 Editorial

5th February, 2016: Manoj Bajpayee has always been the talented actor who is versatile and one who always takes up challenges. We have always seen him in diverse roles, be it in the latest short film TAANDAV or as a gangster in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, a politician in ‘Rajneeti’, a police inspector in ‘Shool’, a psycho in ‘Road’ or…

‘Aligarh’ garners roaring applause at Mumbai Film Fest

October 31, 2015December 16, 2024 Editorial

Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival with Star India began today with a roaring applause for the opening film Aligarh MUMBAI, 30th OCTOBER 2015: Hugely anticipated, Eros International and Hansal Mehta’s ‘Aligarh’, opened the Jio MAMI 17th Mumbai Film Festival with Star India in a packed screening at Regal, Colaba tonight. This pivotal film marked the first time that a Hindi…

Satyagraha- The revolution has begun! Prakash Jha’s ‘Satyagraha’ is the story of a son who yearns for a father. Of a father, who grieves for his lost son. Of a young woman who fights so hard with life that she has forgotten to love. Of an ambitious rabble-rouser, for whom action is the knee-jerk mantra. It is the story of how these four discover one another, and come together to raise hell, shaking the powers that be to their very roots! But, Satyagraha is also the story of an influential power-hungry despot who will stop at nothing to destroy them. The story revolves around Dwarka Anand (Amitabh Bachchan), a retired teacher, is an idealistic man, somewhere in the heartland of India. He is a satyavadi and believes that one should give back to the society, the country, all they have given to us. His son Akhilesh is an civil engineer who dream is to build the best fly over in th ....
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