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Pune highway via top ad pun-dit!

Pune highway via top ad pun-dit!

What is it about Rahul daCunha’s minimalist murder-mystery, now playing at a movie theatre near you, that keeps viewers hooked to its meaty plot, throughout?

28 May,2025 06:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Maaf

Bhool Chuk Maaf movie review: Maaf

Saying this, because the producers (Maddock) had decided on taking this film directly to OTT (Prime Video) while the Indo-Pak tensions were on

24 May,2025 07:04 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
So, you all agree with Aamir Khan?

So, you all agree with Aamir Khan?

Superstar-producer opts for online pay-per-view for his next theatrical release, instead of going OTT. Isn’t that similar to DVD; only you can’t touch/feel it!

21 May,2025 06:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning movie review: Beyond a franchise film

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning movie review: Beyond a franchise film

What will survive public memory from this M:I, though, is the sheer visual experience. It was expected from Cruise to deliver. But the filmmakers have given it their all

18 May,2025 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
On atheism, alcoholism, with Akhtar

On atheism, alcoholism, with Akhtar

Ideally, you don’t argue with writer, conversationalist Javed Akhtar; you discuss, listen, and save the gems forever!

15 May,2025 11:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Gram Chikitsalay web series review: Opposite of Insta-gram

Gram Chikitsalay web series review: Opposite of Insta-gram

While the film/series may be rural, in its setting, its gaze has gotta be urban — because that’s what its OTT subscription audience is. India may reside in the villages. That’s not where its pockets are deep

09 May,2025 10:13 PM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Masala mayo with touch of wasabi…

Masala mayo with touch of wasabi…

If YouTube is indeed the new TV, who then is the new Mihir Virani? Hey, how about Mayo, the ‘Japani’!

07 May,2025 10:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Raid 2 Movie Review: Ajay Devgn shines, but the sequel slips into perdition

Raid 2 Movie Review: Ajay Devgn shines, but the sequel slips into perdition

Raid 2 Movie Review: Making the point about how a sure-shot way to tell a middling underling is they make up for their mediocrity, by lauding their supposed superior, always

03 May,2025 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
So deliciously dumb that it’s fun!

So deliciously dumb that it’s fun!

What about the Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively sequel, Another Simple Favor (drops May 1), that makes us drown in such guilty pleasure?

30 April,2025 06:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
Phule movie review: Pratik Gandhi starrer is a dull biopic

Phule movie review: Pratik Gandhi starrer is a dull biopic

Sadly, we don’t savour films for the stories. We watch them for the storytelling.  And that’s where this uniformly dull, dry biopic suffers—sorely lacking in any kinda absorbing energy/drama

26 April,2025 07:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar

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