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Ekta Kapoor’s Lock Upp promised ‘masala’, but Kangana Ranaut just can’t move on

There's an element of Big Boss and Aap Ki Adalat in it, but we can only hope it gets better. Or even Kangana Ranaut wouldn't able to save it.

Why’s Ukraine President Zelenskyy a winner? Watch TV comedy ‘Servant of the People’ for answer

The show represented the comedy career of Zelenskyy, who had done it all from winning dance shows to playing Paddington Bear and Napoleon.

Madhuri Dixit is the plot, and ‘The Fame Game’ her canvas

Madhuri Dixit plays Anamika Anand, a veteran Bollywood star whose life and layers unfold as the eight-episode Netflix series plays out.

Gaalis to chikankari — Gangubai is an Alia Bhatt show in Bhansali’s grand and violent world

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films are larger-than-life. Gangubai is no different and the spotlight on Alia Bhatt never wavers.

Vikrant Massey, Sanya Malhotra shine in ‘Love Hostel’. But the film doesn’t

’Love Hostel’ streaming on Zee5 stars Bobby Deol, Vikrant Massey and Sanya Malhotra and is a bold choice in BJP-ruled India. But it fizzles out.

Bestseller tries, but is hilarious at best with Haasan’s fake accent, Mithun’s dad jokes

Bestseller is a sub-par show with some promise if you can soldier through it. But it has 'oh-so predictable 'twists' at its core.

Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan’s Saudagar showed how women’s labour is taken for granted

Director Sudhendu Roy's 1973 film, which was India's official entry to the Oscars, transports the viewer to the old worlds of Satyajit Ray or Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

‘A Thursday’ shows Yami Gautam go from Ms Perfect to Cruella of Colaba. But at what cost?

A Thursday, now streaming on DisneyPlus Hotstar, leaves more questions than it answers. But no one can deny Yami Gautam’s moment in the sun.

Making mistakes part of freedom but Mahaan makes one too many

Karthik Subbaraj, 'Chiyaan' Vikram, and terrific production, you can laud ‘Mahaan’ for the art. But that isn't enough.

Gehraiyaan isn’t Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. It’s millennial and love doesn’t win

Shakun Batra’s Prime Video release Gehraiyaan isn’t ‘bold’ — it’s life as we millennials know it, with anxiety attacks, complex stories and hopes of romance.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Hit by mortar shell, but still fighting—BSF heroes of Op Sindoor honoured with gallantry medals

President of India has honoured 16 BSF personnel with gallantry medals for show of exemplary courage in the 87-hour ‘war’ between India and Pakistan that followed the launch of Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.