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Thug Life (2025) Review: Kamal Haasan–Mani Ratnam Reunion Overshadowed by Star Power

Thug Life is Mani Ratnam pulling off a passable drama, made lesser, especially in the first half, in servicing Kamal Hassan’s mega…
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5 Memorable Mani Ratnam Movies to Watch

Mani Ratnam is one among two Indian movie directors to have stayed relevant and healthy (both aspects are important) over four decades. The…
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10 Epic Reasons Andaz Apna Apna Still Makes Us Laugh

Aila! Oui Maa! Andaz Apna Apna was re-released on April 2025 across select Indian theatres, 31 years after it flopped at the box office. Now…
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Oscars 2025: Anora wins five, The Brutalist wins three

The 97th Academy Awards AKA The Oscars 2025 as it unfolded, went at a decent pace, with no hosting highs, largely muted or no political…
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Kalki 2898 AD movie review: Is the hype justified?

Kalki 2898 AD movie review: Two and half stars out for five  Director Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD is a jumbled mix of sci-fi mythology…
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10 best funny Jimmy Kimmel jokes from the Oscars 2024

The Jimmy Kimmel opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards 2024 (alias Oscars 2024) was a good culmination of the ghosts of previous…
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Sahir Ludhianvi birth anniversary special: 5 best Sahir Ludhianvi songs

A hundred and three years since he was born, and almost 44 years since his demise, the poetry and Hindi film song lyrics of Sahir Ludhianvi…
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The reinvention of Mammootty: 6 best new Mammootty movies

Mammootty, the great Malayalam actor, seemed at the sunset of his illustrious acting journey by year 2021. Many of the actor’s recent…

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2.0 Rajnikanth movie review: Drowned in special effects overload

2.0 Rajnikanth movie review rating: Three stars out of five  A man takes a weary walk up the ladder of a cell phone tower and hangs…
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Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once dominates the 95th Academy Awards, taking home seven Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel and the Naatu Naatu joke at Oscars 2023 It was not the best of Oscars, it was not the worst of Oscars. A cheerful vibe to…
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Top 10 Greatest Movies of All Time

Can two cinephiles ever agree on a ‘Top 10 Greatest Movies of All Time’ list? Movies have left me spellbound since time…
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Hidden Gems: 5 Underrated Steven Spielberg Movies You Need to See

Steven Spielberg movies are known for their unique, rare combination of mixing art and mass audience fun to great effect consistently…
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All about Leo 'Thalapathy Vijay' Movie

How did director and screenwriter Lokesh Kanagaraj end up teaming up with mass Tamil star Thalapathy Vijay, and what is Leo Vijay movie…
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R.I.P. Wajid Khan:The best of Sajid-Wajid Hindi film songs

Wajid (right) of the Sajid-Wajid duo The other half of the popular Hindi film music composing pair Sajid-Wajid is no more. Wajid…

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Kalki 2898 AD movie review: Is the hype justified?

Kalki 2898 AD movie review: Two and half stars out for five  Director Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD is a jumbled mix of sci-fi mythology action drama. It does conclude with a satisfying if not surprising reveal that an alert audience will see coming. But at the three-hour runtime end, I was left fuming at the many boring diversions the Nag Ashwin-Rutham Samar screenplay took before getting to…
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Malik movie review: Solid Fahadh Faasil movie on political dirt

Malik movie review rating: Four stars out of five  Three OTT-released Malayalam movies this year contain strong statements on the vicious role…
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An Ennio Morricone tribute: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly experience

It was years before it struck me that I have been listening to Ennio Morricone’s signature tune my whole life. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly…
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Soni movie review: A policewoman in Delhi

Soni movie review rating: Three and half stars out of five I do not recall when two policewomen were lead characters in a realistic Hindi drama.