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#PicksAndPiquesFilmMovieReviews #FilmCriticJohnsonThomas #Capharnaum **** A haunting requiem powered by resilience & Hope #NadineLabaki #ZainAlRafeefa #YordanosShiferaw #BoluwatifeTreasureBankole #AshwaniSharma #ImpactPR

PicksAndPiquesEnglishHindiTheatreReviewsJohnsonThomas Play : #PajamaParty Cast: #KamyaPunjabi, #KavitaKaushik, #ShaktiSingh, #DeepaliGarg, #SunilPalwal, #ArjunSingh Written by #AtulSatyaKoushik Directed by #AtulSatyaKoushik Rating: * * * Runtime: 130 mins Venue: Royal Opera House , Mumbai Crimes against women are being reported every day but the awareness brought on by a more vigilant media hasn’t made much of dent in preventing the rampant, dishonourable and frequent occurrence of the dastardly crime. Social media outrage, though instantaneously gratifying, doesn’t quite take the edge out of the victim’s ordeal while even the intentional, justified defamation of the aggressor/criminal is well forgotten within a few weeks. Media ethics also play an important role. Of late, we have seen many instances where an economically and politically powerful criminal makes use of his or her wherewithal to whitewash his/her sins vis-a-vis character assassination of the victim and at t...

*Sonu Nigam, Sanaya Irani, Drashti Dhami, Aftab Shivdasani, Salim-Sulaiman and many other grace the premiere of Umrao Jaan, the musical in Mumbai* Ever since Umrao Jaan, the musical has been announced, the curiosity was high and finally the musical opened with house packed audiences in Mumbai on Tuesday i.e. May 21st, 2019 at Rangmandir, Bandra west. The red carpet of the musical saw who’s who of Bollywood and TV industry. Composer duo Salim-Sulaiman along with the entire cast and crew of Umrao Jaan opened the media panel. They said, “We have been a huge fan of Umrao Jaan since 1981. It was a dream for us to create a musical on the backdrop of a struggle of courtesan. We have worked really hard on it and are so emotional and proud to see a packed house at the premiere.” Other who attended the premiere were veteran Khayyam, Sonu Nigam, Talat Aziz, Aftab Shivdasani, Aditi Gautam, Shreyas Talpade, and Kabir Bedi. Others from television joined were very popular Karanvir Sing...