Murtaza Ali Khan, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

The idea of a territorial bird came to me in a moment of inspiration: Matt Harris

In this interview, Hollywood screenwriter Matt Harris talks about ‘The Starling’ and the long wait before the film finally got made, his writing process,...

Mahindra Kabira Festival embodies principles of secularism that reflect the ideology of our founders: Jay Shah

Mahindra Kabira Festival, known for offering an immersive experience inspired by Kabir’s teachings, is back with its fifth edition after a year of absence...

Ravi Kishan: The MP from Gorakhpur adds star power to Matsya Kaand

The eleven-episode web series unfolds as a fast-paced thriller with the action shifting from Delhi to Meerut to Sambhar to Jaipur. Actor-Politician Ravi Kishan isn’t...

Cultural ties between Tunisia, India are deep: Ambassador Hayet Talbi

Tunisian Ambassador to India, Hayet Talbi talks about how the scenic locations of Tunisia can cater to the needs of the Indian filmmakers looking...

‘The AIM of my work is to bring surrealism and spirituality together’

The Hindi translation of the Paris-based Indian author and filmmaker Vijay Singh’s critically novel ‘Jaya Ganga’ by Rajkamal Prakashan, as well as the reprint...

We want to showcase Germany-India friendship: Ambassador Lindner

In this interview, German Ambassador to India, Walter J. Lindner, who is also a musician, talks about the artwork he unveiled at the iconic...

THE success of Squid Game reminds of disparity in a GROWING cutthroat world

Squid Game has become Netflix’s biggest launch ever, reaching 111 million viewers. It has toppled Netflix’s hugely popular American series Bridgerton. Following the international success...

Importance of culture in India and Iran ties

Dr. Mohd Ali Rabbani, the Cultural Counselor, Embassy of I.R. Iran and Head Iran Culture House, New Delhi, is responsible for organizing more than...

The kind of work that I do invites a lot of debate, discussion: Kanika

Having carved a niche for herself as a screenwriter in Hindi cinema, Kanika Dhillon is determined to create strong and fearless women characters. For the...

Director’s vision is very important for me: Gajraj Rao

Gajraj Rao talks about his acting journey, which started with Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen, and his experience of shooting for the Netflix anthology series...

I WAS BLOWN BY THE MANNER IN WHICH MUSAFIR ALI’S WORLD WAS SET: MANOJ

Actor Manoj Bajpayee talks about the Netflix anthology series ‘Ray’, the chemistry he shares with long-time colleague Gajraj Rao, and of course the success...

Time is ripe to put Gulmarg on the world map as a major skiing hub: Filmmaker Vikash Verma

Ever wondered what it’s like to shoot in the open when the temperatures dip below minus 30 degrees? Filmmaker Vikash Verma, who is gearing...

I have always wanted to do a TVF series: Sunny Hinduja

Hailing from Indore, Hinduja embarked on a journey to become an actor at a very young age that brought him to FTII where he...

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl filled with compelling performances

Directed by: Sharan Sharma Starring: Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, and Angad Bedi In the recent times, films inspired by reality are creating more buzz than ever....

Bandish Bandits: A mesmerising musical experience

Directed by: . Anand Tiwari Starring: Ritwik Bhowmik, Shreya Chaudhry, Naseeruddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang, and Tridha Choudhury Bandish Bandits,...

A successful experiment in noir thriller

Wikipedia describes film noir as a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, from the early 1940s to the late 1950s,...

Jwlwi: The Seed Could be Basumatary’s lifetime tour de force

Directed by: Rajni Basumatary Starring: Raj Agnihotri, Mondeep Basumatary, and Rajni Basumatary. Rajni Basumatary’s Jwlwi - The Seed is set in the backdrop of Assam’s insurgency-ridden...

‘Breathe: Into the Shadows’ is long but worth a watch

Directed by: Mayank Sharma Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Nithya Menen, Amit Sadh; Breathe: Into the Shadows, created by Mayank Sharma, is a follow-up to the 2018 series ‘Breathe’, which...

The Old Guard reminds us of Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray

Directed by: Gina Prince-Bythewood Starring: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, and Chiwetel Ejiofor In his 1890 novel ‘The Picture of Dorian...

Hanna returns with the cliffhanging season two

Created by: David Farr Starring: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Noah Taylor There is something about the long-form storytelling that makes it highly addictive and...

Should you enter The Twilight Zone?

Created by: Rod Serling Developed by: Simon Kinberg and Jordan Peele “There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a...

A journey in search of roots and identities

Directed by: Anindya Chatterjee Starring: Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Ani Hovhannisyan, Jonathan Dumontier, Sylvie de Neef, Varzu, and Prakashchandra Roy Anindya Chatterjee’s La Patrie — Homeland, which is...

Morchhale’s latest flick is poetic, indispensable and certainly a tour de force!

Directed by: Praveen Morchhale Starring: Ajay Chourey and Shilpi Marwaha Widow of Silence, the third feature film by the National Award-winning filmmaker Praveen Morchhale, is finally...

Anurag’s most refreshing work in a long time

Directed by: Anurag Kashyap Starring: Saiyami Kher and Roshan Mathew On 8 November 2016, PM Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of all Rs 500 and Rs...

Is Betaal quadrilogy a Netflix snoozefest?

Directed by: Patrick Graham & Nikhil Mahajan Starring: Vineet Kumar Singh & Aahana Kumra Betaal, the latest offering from Netflix, offers an ambitious spin to the...

‘Illegal’: A bingeworthy legal drama

Director: Sahir Raza Cast: Neha Sharma, Satyadeep Mishra, Akshay Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Kubbra Sait, Kitu Gidwani, Parul Gulati, and Piyush Mishra. There was a time in...

Despite hiccups, ‘Paatal Lok’ is the best web-series in a long time

Amazon Prime Video’s latest offering Pataal Lok is marked by constant tonal changes. The nine-episode series starts off as a police procedural cum investigative...

Season 2 gets better, grander and gay-er!

Four More Shots Please Directors: Anu Menon, Nupur Asthana Cast: Sayani Gupta, Maanvi Gagroo, Kriti Kulhari, Bani J, Simone Singh, Milind Soman. A little over a year after...

Randeep Hooda is the only silver lining in Extraction

Director: Sam Hargrave Cast: Chris Hemsworth, RandeepHooda, Golshifteh Farahani, PriyanshuPainyuli, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, David Harbour, and Pankaj Tripathi. The film Extraction is the American stunt coordinator Sam...

The Platform reminds of the time we are living in

Written by : David Desola; Pedro Rivero Cast: Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan In the recent years a lot of interesting experiments have been happening at the...

Despite flaws, ‘The Raikar Case’ has moments of brilliance

Following the success of Asur, Voot Select has released another crime thriller series titled The Raikar Case. Director by Aditya Sarpotdar, the series stars...

Panchayat offers an alluring sneak peek into rural India

During the initial days in India the web was mainly trying to target the audiences in the big cities. But all that seems to...

Manisha’s performance is the best thing about ‘Maska’

The coronavirus outbreak seems to have changed the world in an unprecedented manner. For the first time since the advent of Internet, the human...

Neeraj Pandey’s digital debut is worth a watch

Special Ops Creator- Neeraj Pandey Cast- Kay Kay Menon, Karan Tacker, Vipul Gupta, Muzammil Ibrahim, Meher Vij, Saiyami Kher, Mir Sarwar, Parmeet Sethi, Kali Prasad Mukherjee,...

Engaging thriller with its special moments

Directed by Oni Sen, Asur is part crime thriller, part police procedural made in the vein of similar offerings in the US such as...

Politically charged and relentless in its critique

Last year, about 160 years after Victor Hugo wrote his magnum opus Les Misérables, the French filmmaker of Malian origin, Ladj Ly, came out...

Second season manages to keep one hooked

Altered Carbon has just returned with an eight-episode second season, set in the early 25th century, three decades after the events of first season....

A quintessential underdog story

Yeh Ballet Direction: Sooni Taraporevala Cast: Achintya Bose, Manish Chauhan, Jim Sarbh, Danish Husain, Vijay Maurya, Heeba Shah, Julian Sands Netflix Original Film Yeh Ballet follows the...

Entertaining but not for the frail heart

Amazon Prime Video series Hunters follows a group of Nazi hunters operating in New York during the 1970s. They have discovered that hundreds of...

Weak plot, annoying narrative confuse viewers

“Are you here for fun or peace?” asks a character to another in Mohit Suri’s Malang. It’s a question that pretty much sums up...

Seasoned cast lend credibility to the biopic

Gul Makai Direction: Amjad Khan Cast: Reem Shaikh, Divya Dutta, Atul Kulkarni, Arif Zakaria, Mukesh Rishi, Abhimanyu Singh, Pankaj Tripathi, and Chandra Shekhar Dutta At the beginning...

Dance sequences lift an otherwise faltering film

In my recent review of Om Raut’s Tanhaji, I had extensively talked about how a lot of the content these days is targeted at...

The boldest portrayal of Dracula in a long time

Dracula Direction: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat Cast:Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, Morfydd Clark Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the makers of Sherlock and Doctor Who, are notorious for their bold approach...

Youth-oriented motifs rule this period film

Tanhaji Direction: Om Raut Cast: Ajay Devgn, Kajol, Saif Ali Khan Big budget period war dramas are in vogue. Tanhaji is the latest in the series. The...

Ghost stories review: Element of horror comes across as a breath of fresh air

The quartet of Karan Johar, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap is back with yet another portmanteau film to follow up Bombay Talkies...

Here’s everything that made 2019 a memorable year for Hindi cinema

The year 2019 proved to be a rather interesting one for Hindi cinema. Over the last few years Bollywood has found itself at a...

An entertaining film backed by a good script

Good Newwz Director: Raj Mehta Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Diljit Dosanjh, Adil Hussain, Tisca Chopra Hindi cinema is going through a very interesting phase...

As dark and diabolical as any superhero series

Watchmen Director: Nicole Kassell Cast: Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison Exactly a decade after Zack Snyder shocked everyone with a dark, satirical and dystopian take on the...

An emphatic return to form for Gowariker

Hindi cinema has had a long tradition of historical films with the name of one Sohrab Modi, often referred to as India’s Cecil B....

When the spirit of Kabir took over the ancient ghats of Benares

“Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together,” said...

DND flyway to remain toll-free: Supreme Court

The complexities of India’s relations with Tibet and China

Mahakumbh 2025: CM Yogi Highlights Prayagraj’s Role as a Global Hospitality Hub

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