Category Archives: Previews

Movie Preview : Bhuj (Aug 13th)

Bhuj: The Pride of India is a war movie that hits your TV screens via Disney Hotstar, August 13th. This film is based on real life incidents during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Mimi (30th July)

Mimi is the story of a surrogate who’s having a baby for an American couple. Kriti Sanon stars along with Pankaj Mishra, although there doesn’t appear to be a “traditional” hero. Mimi is directed by Laxman Utekar – he also … Continue reading

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Series Preview : Feels Like Ishq (Netflix, July 23rd)

Feels Like Ishq is a Series with 6 episodes (1st Season). It’s about young people in love, navigating emotional tumult, and stars Radhika Madan (of Pataakha fame), Tanya Maniktala from A Suitable Boy, Saba Azad – you might remember her … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Toofan (July 16th)

Toofan stars Farhan Akhtar, Paresh Rawal and Mrunal Thakur (whom you might remember from Super 30). Rakesh Omprakash Mehra directs Toofan, which is a sports-based drama. He’d also directed Farhan Akhtar in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, also a sports-based drama, although … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Haseen Dilruba (July 2nd)

Haseen Dilruba is a murder mystery by director Vinil Mathew (he also directed Hasee Toh Phasee). This new Bollywood film stars Tapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey. Massey’s been having quite a good run lately, with the likes of Mirzapur and … Continue reading

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Series Preview : Ray (25th June)

Ray is a new series on Netflix and is based on 4 stories by director Satyajit Ray. This 4 episode series stars Manoj Bajpayee, Kaykay Menon, Harshvardhan Kapoor and Ali Fazal, each in a separate episode. Dibyendu Bhattacharya (whom we … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Sherni (June 18th)

From Amit Masurkar, the director of Newton, comes this very interesting tale, from the looks of the trailer, about the politicking around tiger preservation. Vidya Balan plays a female Forest Officer in Sherni, and the fantastic cast includes Neeraj Kabi … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Gangubai Kathiawadi (July 30th)

Sanjay Leela Bhansali directs Alia Bhatt, Vijay Raaz and Seema Pahwa in this biographical film about Mumbai’s influential brothel madam. Even from the trailer you can tell that this will be classic Bhansali – opulent, glossy and detailed, shot in … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : Ajeeb Daastaans (April 16th, Netflix)

What’s with the anthologies these days? We seems to have a surfeit of them. We just had Zindagi InShort which was an anthology of seven shorts, and now Ajeeb Daastaans is another of 4 more. Directed by four different directors, … Continue reading

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Movie Preview : BellBottom (releases April 2nd, 2021)

Akshay Kumar’s spy-thriller Bellbottom is directed by Ranjit Tewari, who also directed Lucknow Central. Haven’t seen that and am a bit skeptical going by the IMDB rating. The trailer is not much more than music and slo-mo, but the cast … Continue reading

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