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Satish Shah played a dead body in ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’. And stole the show

Triya Gulati - November 2, 2025

A ghost, war veteran & a lost nation—Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Naukri was ahead of its time

Amitabh and Amjad’s real-life friendship played out in Yaarana. It’s usually different on-screen

Satyajit Ray’s 1960 Devi shows God-fearing rural Bengal—and devotion delusion

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

Shyam Nandan Upadhyay - February 20, 2022

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

Unnati Sharma - February 20, 2022

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?

Nidhima Taneja - February 18, 2022

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

Nidhima Taneja - February 11, 2022

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

Bismee Taskin - February 11, 2022

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.

Badhaai Do is only a glimpse of what queerness is. It’s a Bollywood token for ‘hatke’ topic

Tina Das - February 10, 2022

The film had a queer script consultant, and it shows. But in 2022, it's not enough to show a glimpse of a pride walk to show ‘aal izz well’.

Shark Tank has a winning formula. And it’s taken over TV primetime from soap operas

Revathi Krishnan - February 6, 2022

Such has been the impact of the Shark Tank India that BoAt co-founder Aman Gupta’s “hum bhi bana lenge" has even made it to Zomato’s Twitter page.

Forget Gehraiyaan, Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman’s Guide is the OG film of complex characters

Unnati Sharma - February 6, 2022

The three-hour-long film is a cocktail of romance, melodrama, brilliant music-dance sequences, and a thought-provoking story.

Tigmanshu Dhulia’s The Great Indian Murder has just enough gas to keep you watching

Gautamee Hazarika - February 5, 2022

The Great Indian Murder has the usual tropes of a tried-and-tested political drama with sparks that don't turn into a blazing fire.

Taapsee Pannu’s Looop Lapeta is pacy but then it holds back

Nidhima Taneja - February 5, 2022

Unlike Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, where one could choose different outcomes, in Looop Lapeta, director Aakash Bhatia walks you through the three versions.

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Reel Take

Satish Shah played a dead body in ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’. And stole the show

A ghost, war veteran & a lost nation—Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Naukri was ahead of its time

Amitabh and Amjad’s real-life friendship played out in Yaarana. It’s usually different on-screen

Satyajit Ray’s 1960 Devi shows God-fearing rural Bengal—and devotion delusion

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