By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jamaican reggae singer Shaggy’s music was a party essential in the ’90s. He is back on top of charts with “Banana” — a collaborative effort with Conkarah….
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hollywood actor Josh Gad’s new starrer “Artemis Fowl” will get a digital premiere instead of a theatrical release amid the Covid-19 crisis. Although Gad says he is…
By Ahana Bhattacharya Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Radhika Apte has turned director with the short film, “The Sleepwalkers”, and she eagerly awaits audience response once it releases. “I enjoyed the process (of direction) a lot….
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle have unanimously been deemed melody queens of India for decades, but Asha surprises you when she says music is normally not the…
“The Last Days Of American Crime” (Netflix film); Cast: Edgar Ramirez, Anna Brewster, Michael Pitt, Sharlto Copley; Direction: Olivier Megaton; Rating: * * (two stars) By Vinayak Chakravorty The idiom of French action filmmaker Olivier…
By Vinod Mirani Film fraternity has lately been divided into a Pro and Anti-establishment groups. How does it help them in any way to further their prospects or, otherwise, project them as activists or social…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthani folk singer Kutle Khan says the music industry has suffered adversely with growing financial losses due to the shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. He feels only…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Southern star Ramya Krishnan can’t wait to start shooting for the second season of her hit web series “Queen”. Last year when “Queen” released, her character reminded…
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) It’s been an eight-year-long journey for Yami Gautam in the Hindi film industry so far, and the actress is hungry to explore more stories and genres. She…
“Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai” (Netflix film); Cast: Saiyami Kher, Roshan Mathew, Amruta Subhash, Upendra Limaye; Direction: Anurag Kashyap; Rating: * * * (three stars) By Vinayak Chakravorty Anurag Kashyap’s new directorial is quite unlike anything…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Demonetisation plays an integral role in Anurag Kashyaps “Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai”, and the filmmaker says it helped them put together the story of money and marriage…
(Playback singer Shaans father Manas Mukherjee was a music director who collaborated with the late filmmaker Basu Chatterjee on the 1984 film “Lakhon Ki Baat”, starring Sanjeev Kumar, Farooq Shaikh and Anita Raj. Shaan, then…
“Chintu Ka Birthday” (film on Zee5); Cast: Vinay Pathak, Tillotama Shome, Vedant Raj Chibber, Bisha Chaturvedi, Seema Pahwa, Khalid Massou, Mehroos Ahmed Mir, Reginald L Barnes, Nathan Scholz; Direction: Devanshu Kumar and Satyanshu Singh; Rating:…
(Amit Khanna wrote lyrics for Basu Chatterjees “Swami” (1977) and “Man Pasand” (1980). He also produced “Man Pasand” and executive-produced the 1997 release, “Gudgudee”) BY AMIT KHANNA One of India’s great storytellers Basu Chatterjee and…
(No actor has defined Basu Chatterjees brand of middle-of-the-road Bollywood entertainment as Amol Palekar. The late filmmaker and the actor were a hit actor duo that gave many memorable slice-of-life films like “Chhoti Si Baat”,…
New Delhi, June 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) : They called it middle-of-the-road cinema back then. It was all about serving entertainment on the big screen with a slice of realism, telling stories of real people, drawing humour…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amitabh Bachchan is tagged as Bollywood’s “Shahenshah” but he doesn’t think he has a success story. The iconic star says he would describe his journey in showbiz…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor says he has “loyalties” to his character Sikander Khanna in “Bhavesh Joshi Superhero”, and if the film ever gets a sequel, he would…
‘Space Force (Netflix series); Cast: Steve Carell, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers, Tawny Newsome, Lisa Kudrow; Created by: Steve Carell and Greg Daniels; Rating: * * and 1/2 (two stars and half stars) By…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, June 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actor Arshad Warsi has impressed audiences and critics alike with varied characters in films like the “Munna Bhai” series, the “Ishqiya” films, the “Golmaal” series, “Dhamaal”, “Jolly…