1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (174+ words) Open Magazine Kaleen bhaiyya (Pankaj Tripathi) is still giving lessons that virasat and siyasat (dynasty and politics) are two ways to acquire power. His son Munna bhaiyya (played in his usual unhinged way by Divyenndu) is still trying to expand…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (130+ words) Ghamasaan | Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia |Cast: Arshad Warsi, Pratik Gandhi | Hindi | Zee5 Few people understand the Central India badlands better than Tigmanshu Dhulia. They have been his old stomping grounds from the time he was casting director of Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (612+ words) There is a moment on Kaun Banega Crorepati that viewers rarely see. It comes after the lights dim, after the questions are answered, and after the cameras move on. It is the moment when a contestant’s life story lingers longer…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (397+ words) The lights came up, but nobody left. Instead, the applause kept going. By the time the audience at the Venice Film Festival finally stopped clapping for Bunker, 16 minutes had passed, making it the longest standing ovation of this year’s festival…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1046+ words) There was a time when Hindi cinema had a fairly neat idea of what a woman was supposed to sound like: soft, sweet, maybe devotional and romantic, of course. And then Asha Bhosle arrived with a voice that could sound…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1428+ words) The fufa has arrived. He is unhappy. The advertising people recognise the type immediately. They have been dealing with Sunil Babu’s neighbour for years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “naraaz fufa” questions the need for development projects. Asian Paints’ neighbour keeps…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1592+ words) A film can lose an audience twice. First in the cinema. Then in the spreadsheet. Toxic: A Fairytale for Grown-Ups arrived carrying Rocking Star Yash’s first leading role after the KGF phenomenon, a reported budget approaching ₹500 crore and the assumption…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1632+ words) Micro-drama has already done the difficult part. It has made people watch. Now it has to convince brands to buy. That may prove considerably harder. A new report by strategy consulting firm Redseer projects that advertising could become a ₹5,000-5,500 crore…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (237+ words) Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups Review - A Staggering Emptiness Open Magazine What happens when the movie serves the star and not the story? No matter how many beautiful women you surround him with, how many bodies he annihilates, how…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (219+ words) Open Magazine Gandhari|Director: Devashish Makhija |Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Ishwak Singh | Hindi | Netflix Devashish Makhija is a filmmaker who understands the margins of Indian society, having lived and learned there In Taapsee Pannu, he meets a fearlessly physical actor who…...