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On Hrithik Roshan’s birthday, a look ahead to Fighter and the second coming of a generational star
With Fighter, Hrithik Roshan looks set to continue the hot streak of claiming, for the second time in his career, the tag of national heartthrob. Can he, however, take the next step?
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Netflix’s Good Grief is a stylish if slightly wooden debut by Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy
Dan Levy writes, directs and acts in this welcome study of grief that promises and then tries to over-deliver.
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Cubicles season 3 review: Plucky little show about corporate ups and downs continues to delight
TVF’s show about the instability of early techie life is braver and sobering in a good way.
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'Gyeongseong Creature' ending explained: Netflix sci-fi K-drama is packed with anti-colonial themes
Streaming service Netflix’s latest K-drama offers horror, romance, myths, monsters and a welcome dose of understudied eastern history.
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Nicolas Cage’s Dream Scenario is an absurd but fascinating analysis of fame and celebrity
Part-horror part-satire, Dream Scenario is dark, funny, irreverent and offers Nicolas Cage at his ‘Cageist’ best.
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Netflix’s Society of the Snow review: Spanish Oscar hopeful is a devastating survival drama
Based on a true story, Society of the Snow, Spain’s official entry to the 2024 Oscars, is a devastating chronicle about last straws and the unlikeliest of escapes in world history.
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2023 review: From Kohrra on Netflix to Farzi on Amazon Prime Video, 10 best Hindi shows on OTT
Year Ender 2023: Streaming services consolidated the gains of the pandemic in 2023 - some of the finest storytelling and performances took place in an entertainment landscape tending towards quality over quantity.
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Netflix film Kho Gaye Hum Kahan review: Fascinating if flawed portrayal of the social media generation
Co-written by Zoya Akhtar, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan explores modern day anxieties with zest, style, entitlement and traditional motifs.
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Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom review: Jason Momoa’s antics can’t save this sinking ship
James Wan’s sequel to DC's blockbuster original is spectacular to look at, but unremarkably gooey, empty and formulaic.
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Salaar Part 1 Ceasefire review: Prabhas delivers the gore as Prithviraj Sukumaran delivers the goods with an explosive second half
Director Prashanth Neel’s world-building and violent set-pieces are the hallmark of Salaar - Part 1, a film that can also test your patience before it gets going.
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Dunki review: Rajkumar Hirani, Shah Rukh Khan deliver crowd-pleasing bittersweet triumph
Shah Rukh Khan and Rajkumar Hirani have concocted a mainstream family entertainer brave enough to withdraw an easy sense of catharsis.
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Orry and the rise of the show-don’t-tell influencer
Who is Orry? Visibility is the catalyst influence is built on, but Orry’s rise to fame has been supported by curiosity and myth making. The kind that doesn’t come with a manual.
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Amazon Prime Video’s Mission Start Ab gives entrepreneurship the MasterChef treatment, and is better for it
Though raw and unpolished, Mission Start Ab offers a long-form view of entrepreneurial ups and downs, in latest evidence that start-ups make for stirring entertainment.
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Dunki vs Salaar: A battle for screens, stardom and contrasting ideas of the mainstream
In this battle between Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment and Hombale Films, the former will be tested against the times, most accurately represented by the film it is going up against.
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Priscilla review: A tender portrait of life lived under Elvis Presley's shadow
Sofia Coppola’s biopic on Elvis Presley's ex-wife isn’t as intense or as affecting as some of her other films about female isolation, but it’s warm, potent and necessary.
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Year Ender 2023: 10 best Hindi films of the year
2023 in review: The theatres flew open, the Baadshah of Bollywood returned and several films clocked unprecedented numbers in a fruitful year for Hindi cinema.
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Kadak Singh review: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury’s film is a lesson in wasting Pankaj Tripathi’s many strengths
Neither crisp nor hot this lukewarm tale of financial fraud, on Zee5, can be waived off as a missed opportunity.
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Mast Mein Rehne Ka on Prime Video review: Jackie Shroff shines in this poignant portrayal of urban loneliness
Jackie Shroff is the highlight of a film that though unconvincing in structure, has heart and the wherewithal to say something meaningful with it.
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Joram review: Manoj Bajpayee and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub are breathtakingly good in a thriller with a political core
Director Devashish Makhija’s third film, Joram, is grim, politically sharp and driven by two superlative performances.
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Wonka review: Timothee Chalamet is a sugary treat in this spectacular family entertainer
Timothee Chalamet as Willy Wonka dances, sings and serves just about the most comforting cup of hot chocolate you’ll ever have without actually having any.
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The Archies review: Enjoyable coming-of-age portrayal of the young and the confused
Zoya Akhtar treads lightly in her comic-book adaptation for Netflix that is curious, sporadically daring and visually dazzling.
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Amazon Prime’s Shehar Lakhot review: Navdeep Singh’s small-town noir is lifted by great performances
Priyanshu Painyuli leads a series that has the studious patience of a noir, but can’t quite conjure the intrigue of a mystery.
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Pakistani director Saim Sadiq’s Cannes winner Joyland is a poignant ode to the queer nature of all love and desire
Finally available on Mubi India, Saim Sadiq’s debut film Joyland is moving, shattering and transcendental in a way that conventional, straight love stories rarely are.
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Sam Bahadur review: Vicky Kaushal is mesmeric as the larger-than-life military legend
Meghna Gulzar’s film is more homage than a probing study of history. But what it lacks in terms of curiosity, it makes up with a startling Vicky Kaushal performance.
