Ladki – Enter the Girl Dragon, Review: Girl, drag on It will take some jogging of the memory to recall any film wherein the auteur has showcased his heroine and/or his muse from the beginning till the end. While at it, you could also try and recall any film in which the lead actress is seen in the skimpiest of bikinis, and keeps splashing water or wading in it all through the film. Ladki - Enter the Girl Dragon, an Indo-Chinese co-production, by writer-director Ram Gopal Varma, is osten...

Bachchan Paandey, Review: Gangsters are best played by real-life gangsters Why would you choose a name like Bachchan Pandey, unless you thought you could cash-in on the franchises called Amitabh Bachchan (name of a real life actor) and Chulbul Pandey (name of a reel-life character, played in several movies by Salman Khan)? Point is, does a superstar himself, like Akshay Kumar, who plays the title role, need these props? Leaving the Paandey behind, ‘Bachchan’ is made to speak some ...

With its lead players putting up pretences throughout the film, it is easy to label the film pretentious. To be fair, it is not pretentious. There is an element of sincerity in the making. My Client’s Wife is potentially full of sexual encounters, only the makers have been careful to keep it ‘clean’. But as is the problem with psychological thrillers, there are too many red herrings and deviations from the plot just to cause shock and awe. Is it based on a true story? The mak...

Guns of Banaras, Review: Where are the bullets? When Nathalia Kaur, who was born Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, in Brazil, appears in the credit titles as the lead actress in probably her first Hindi heroine assignment, and Karann Nathh, son of producer and star-secretary ‘Rikku’ Rakeshnath, 37, who had worked in Yeh Dil Aashiqana, Ssshhh... and Tera Kya Hoga Johnny, makes a come-back after 12 years, your curiosity is aroused. It is further fuelled by the belief that this must ...

Vidnet 2016: Casting the content net far and vid--Bollywood, Hollywood, and..? MUMBAI: Bollywood, Hollywood and sports content will certainly get you traction, but ultimately, well thought out differentiated content, partnerships with platforms and targeted audience will not only get the eyeballs, but also return on investment for content creators on OTT platforms. This was the message that spr5ead itself like a canopy, taking content creators and OTT platform operators under its span, at the ...