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I now get a chance to play the characters that I resonate with

'I now get a chance to play the characters that I resonate with'

7 Nov 2023 10:14 PM IST
New Delhi: Mrunal Thakur said South films have allowed her to explore romance and comedy, the two genres she believes are missing in cinema today. The...
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Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz in talks for Nancy Meyers’ movie

Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz in talks for Nancy Meyers’ movie

7 March 2023 12:49 PM IST
Los Angeles: Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson are in negotiations to star in Netflix’s upcoming...
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Up for some wisecracks?

Up for some wisecracks?

22 Jun 2013 2:31 AM IST
A media graduate, a soon-to-be lawyer and an ex-IT guy chartered different ways to eventually come together in what-they-call a closely knit English...
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‘My jokes are for those who buy tickets’

‘My jokes are for those who buy tickets’

30 Jun 2012 8:20 AM IST
Author and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor calls him the ‘funniest stand-up comedian in India and probably beyond’. He has worked hard to popularise...
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Flexing those laughter muscles

Flexing those laughter muscles

20 Jun 2012 9:44 AM IST
Life  has become hectic nowadays. People are busy with their work and get no time to relax. Reason why laughter shows on TV are getting increasingly...
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Laughing out loud

Laughing out loud

22 May 2012 3:17 AM IST
The adage laughter is the best medicine could not have been justified more as was exemplified by the Bar Boys on Saturday evening. The auditorium...
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Think before you startup
"Don't Startup" | Think before you startup

Author: Karthik Kumar

Publisher: Notion Press

Price: 249

In the world of business tycoons, entrepreneurship is often understood as akin to walking into a...

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An Iconoclast and his craft
"Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous" | An Iconoclast and his craft

Author: Manu Joseph

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Price: 499

Can a naïve and unsullied person have potent powers to see the world through a vicariously...

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Literature: The primal proof of existence
"The Written World: How Literature Shaped History" | Literature: The primal proof of existence

Author: Martin Puchner

Publisher: Granta

Price: 699

In that splendid comedy Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, set in the age when humans...

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Routine cop drama

"Spenser Confidential" | Routine cop drama

Director: Peter Berg

Star Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

There are films that sink under the urge to be too ‘cool' with narrative structure, and Spenser...

A fun on the run

"Jumanji: The Next Level" | A fun on the run

Director: Jake Kasdan

Star Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart

The odd bunch is back again, in the oddest game you have known. Jumanji: The Next Level keeps things...

A fun watch

"Pati Patni Aur Woh" | A fun watch

Director: Mudassar Aziz

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Panday

The interesting thing about the reimagined “Pati Patni Aur Woh” is its setting. Version 2019 is...

Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

"One Mic Stand" | Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

Director: Sapan Verma

Star Cast: Shashi Tharoor, Bhuvan Bam, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha

Skip to episode five and watch Shashi Tharoor and Kunal Kamra’s gigs if you are in speedwatching...

Humour in a time warp

"Motichoor Chaknachoor" | Humour in a time warp

Director: Debamitra Biswal

Star Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Athiya Shetty

The biggest killjoy for a joke is a situation where you have figured out its punchline long before...

Brilliant performance nails the character

"Joker" | Brilliant performance nails the character

Director: Todd Phillips

Star Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

For those unaware of the DC comic universe, the Joker is the supervillain who appeared in...

Works in fits and starts

"The Zoya Factor" | Works in fits and starts

Director: Abhishek Sharma

Star Cast: Sonam K Ahuja, Dulquer Salmaan

Arom-com centred on cricket would seem like a winning pitch. Sonam K. Ahuja’s new release is less...

Message in a Mess

"Khandaani Shafakhana" | Message in a Mess

Director: Shilpi Dasgupta

Star Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Sharma, Priyanshu Jora

Sex is not a dirty word. Khandaani Shafakhana opens with that intrepid assertion. A little over a...

The Lion King is visually fascinating

"The Lion King" | The Lion King is visually fascinating

Director: Jon Favreau

Star Cast: Donal Glover, Beyonce, James Earl Jones

For the uninitiated, The Lion King, is the story of Simba, a lion cub, who is dispossessed and made...

A laugh riot with underlying message

"Luka Chhupi" | A laugh riot with underlying message

Director: Laxman Utekar

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan; Kriti Sanon; Aparshakti Khurana; Pankaj Tripathi; Vinay Shukla

Set in a small town of India – Mathura, Laxman Utekar’s directorial Luka Chhupi envelopes a lot of...

Scrappy and tedious fare

"Amavas" | Scrappy and tedious fare

Director: Bushan Patel

Star Cast: Sachiin Joshi, Nargis Fakhri, Vivan Bhatena, Mona Singh, Ali Asgar, Navneet Kaur Dhillon

Director Bushan Patel’s Amavas will surely top the catalogue as the worst horror-action-thriller in...

A film based on witness protection

"Bombairiya" | A film based on witness protection

Director: Pia Sukanya

Star Cast: Radhika Apte, Akshay Oberoi, Adil Hussain, Siddhanth Kapoor, Ravi Kishen, Shilpa Shukla, Ajinkya Deo

Bombairiya is a complexly designed film with a plethora of characters and sub plots strewn all over,...

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