Torbaaz; Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Rahul Dev, Nargis Fakhri, Gavie Chahal, Kuwaarjeet Chopraa; Direction: Girish Malik; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Torbaaz talks of war and terror, and the toll such things may…
A Call To Spy (Amazon Prime); Cast: Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache, Samuel Roukin; Direction: Lydia Dean Pilcher; Rating: * * * (three stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY You would expect more…
Durgamati; Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Arshad Warsi, Jisshu Sengupta, Mahie Gill; Direction: G. Ashok; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY You were just beginning to get excited about new-age Bollywood horror after cutting-edge stuff…
Mumbai, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The romantic drama Band Baaja Baaraat was released 10 years ago on this day, and the film marked the debut of actor Ranveer Singh as well as director Maneesh Sharma. Looking…
Los Angeles, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan has heavily criticised Warner Bros. for its decision to release its entire 2021 theatrical slate simultaneously on streaming service, calling it a messy move. “Wonder Woman…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) A video of Arpita Khan Sharma, sister of superstar Salman Khan, breaking plates in a Dubai restaurant, has gone viral. However, Arpita is not smashing the plates in anger but to…
By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Picturesque Himachal Pradesh has traditionally been a hotspot for Bollywood. With themes getting Indian again over the recent years, the Swiss Alps seem to have become out of…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Singer Armaan Malik might have beaten rapper Divine in the Best India Act category at the recent MTV Europe Music Awards, but there is no bad blood…
Mank; Cast: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Charles Dance, Monika Gossmann; Direction: David Fincher; Rating: * * * and 1/2 (three and a half stars) BY…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) OTT might be the rage right now, but Bollywood simply cannot get over its obsession with television. From Amitabh Bachchan to Salman Khan to Sunny Leone, the…
BY VINOD MIRANI The image of a star was a big issue and consideration while casting for a film. Just about every male and female star had a particular image to fit into a role…
Mumbai, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Saturday shared stills featuring her look in the upcoming film Thalaivi, which is inspired by the life of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Saturday…
Mumbai, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Irked by lack of enthusiasm, superstar host Salman Khan has asked singer Rahul Vaidya to leave the ongoing reality show, Bigg Boss 14. In the latest promo of the show, Salman…
Mumbai, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Adah Sharma plays a man in her new film, Man To Man. She says she never imagined she would play a man in life. “This film is a romantic comedy….
Darbaan (film on Zee5); Cast: Sharib Hashmi, Sharad Kelkar, Rasika Dugal, Flora Saini, Harsh Chhaya; Direction: Bipin Nadkarni; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two and a half stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY It is easy to…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Dec 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hollywood actress Elizabeth Debicki feels it is very difficult to resist societal pressure to look a certain way, and says she found it liberating when, as a…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Dec 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Christopher Nolan feels Hindi films happen to retain the fundamental reasons due to which we enjoy cinema, and that Hollywood has lost some of that essence. In…
Ava (film on Netflix); Cast: Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, John Malkovich, Geena Davis, Jess Weixler, Common; Direction: Tate Taylor; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY What new can you do with an assassin…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sara Ali Khan, is undoubtedly the GenNext star of Bollywood. She made a promising debut in 2018 opposite Sushant Singh Rajput in the Abhishek Kapoor film Kedarnath….
Mosul (film streaming on Netflix); Cast: Adam Bessa, Suhail Dabbach, Is’haq Elias, Qutaiba Abdelhaq, Ahmed El Ghanem; Direction: Matthew Michael Carnahan; Rating: * * * and 1/2 (three and a half stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY…