‘Failure teaches you far more than your successes do you.’‘Like they say, success has many fathers and failure is a bastard.’ IMAGE: Aaman Devgn, Rasha Thadani and Abhishek Kapoor. Photograph: Kind courtesy Abhishek Kapoor/Instagram From buddy drama (Rock On!!, Kai Po Che) to musical romance (Fitoor, Kedarnath) and social dramedy (Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui), Abhishek Kapoor
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After I opened the Piano songs series in December, I decided to publish one list per month covering a decade.In December I covered the 40s, and of course today it’s time for the 50s (1951 to 1960).By now Piano songs had become an integral part of Hindi cinema and a number of melodious Piano songs
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Box Office India Trade Network The new releases this week are EMERGENCY and AZAAD which have support from Cinema Lovers Day but they will not be able to collect the sort of numbers needed despite this helping hand. EMERGENCY is better as it has a set target audience in the metros and it reaches that audience
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Emergency Movie Review Star Cast – Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher Director – Kangana Ranaut Release Date – 17 January 2025 Total Reviews 16 Average Rating 2.75 Word of Mouth (Critics) Mixed Rating Score -> 2.5/5 Emergency is hindered by its overly dramatised approach and one-dimensional portrayals. The lack of narrative fluidity and context undermines the attempt to narrate an
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Directed by: Alfred HitchcockWritten by: Ernest LehmanMusic: Bernard HerrmannStarring: Cary Grant, Eva Mary Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G Carroll “I’ve always wanted to do a chase sequence across the faces of Mount Rushmore,” said Alfred Hitchcock in 1957. That, and his (and screen writer Ernest Lehman’s) aversion to developing the
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Just back from watching Kangna Ranaut’s Emergency . Kangana Ranaut looked, breathed and lived Indira Gandhi . Contrary to the name of the movie, the movie starts from her bachpan in Prayagraj, and then straight to her trip to Assam, ( I was actually not aware of her triumph in Assam) Overall she is shown
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Ajay Devgn’s presence fails to elevate a banal story and screenplay; debutants Aaman Devgan and Rasha Thadani underwhelm, while director Abhishek Kapoor emerges as the biggest loser. Rating: ⭐️💫 (1.5 / 5) By Mayur Lookhar How to get over a prolonged bad phase? Many times, people overcomplicate things, often forgetting that the simple solution lies
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RATING – ⭐ ⭐ 2/5* Azaad Review Movie Talkies: Azaad is a handsome horse, and this is his film—that’s why he wins the race! The film, however, suffers from a poor plot and outdated execution by Abhishek Kapoor, who has made some modern films already. The film is stuck with the horse, and maybe that’s
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Actor-director Kangana Ranaut pleasantly surprises with a rather balanced perspective on the social, political, and even the personal life of the late, great, yet controversial former Indian Prime Minister. Rating: ⭐️⭐️💫 (2.5 / 5) By Mayur Lookhar Political films in this era come with their own agenda. Once considered scarce, such content has increasingly become
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FilmiKudhi texted me this morning to let me know, and I knew I had to put up a post about it, this is just too big not to talk about. Rumors are flying and the story keeps changing, but what is clear is about around 3am, police and emergency services came to Saif’s house, Saif
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