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Runway 34 #BollywoodFilmMovieDocumentaryReview #JohnsonThomas #PicksAndPiques

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  Bollywood Film Movie Documentary Review Johnson Thomas Far from gritty or engaging Film : Runway 34 Cast: Ajay Devgn, Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, Rakul Preet Singh, Angira Dhar, Aakanksha Singh Director: Ajay Devgn Rating: * * Runtime: 148 mins   Ajay Devgn’s third attempt at direction ( after U, Me Aur Hum and Shivaay) is a motley collection of verbose sequences and very little crusty action. Designed to be an action cum investigative thriller, this film which is loosely based on a real life near disaster, fails to recreate either the tensions or the thrills associated with high-flying-into-danger scenario. Inspired by a Jet Airways Doha to Kochi flight 9W 555’s (Boeing 737-800) near disaster experience while flying in turbulent, inclement, stormy weather under zero visibility conditions, neither the script nor the narrative can keep pace with the true-life near death experience. The fictional flight here is from Dubai to Kochi viz. Trivandrum in a much smaller skyline aircraft.

Operation Romeo #HindifilmMovieReview #JohnsonThomas #PicksAndPiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews

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  Bollywood Hindi Film Movie Review Johnson Thomas Too long drawn to be effective Film: Operation Romeo Cast: Bhumika Chawla, Siddhant Gupta, Sharad Kelkar, Vedika Pinto, Kishore Kadam, Navni Parihar Director: Shashant Shah Producer: Shital Bhatia, Neeraj Pandey Writer: Ratheesh Ravi, Arshad Syed Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 135 mins   The official remake of Anuraj Manohar’s Malayalam film, 'Ishq Not A Love Story, '     and inspired by a true event, Shashant Shah’s ‘Operation Romeo’ has an interesting enough plot that turns on its head post interval but the manner in which it is narrated and presented leaves a lot to be desired. The setting is totally off. Using Mumbai as a backdrop for a story that highlights toxic masculinity while pitting it against evolving feminism, the director and writers fail to make it compelling or meaningful. The issue or theme is not the problem here. The fact that in a city like Mumbai where nightlife is a given, chances of being caught in the high beams

T-Series & Lahari Music celebrate accolades at Grammys!

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 T-Series & Lahari Music celebrate accolades at Grammys! Indian Music Composer and Grammy Winner Ricky Kej and Rock-legend Stewart Copeland (The Police) won the Grammy Award for their latest album ‘Divine Tides’ at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.  The album produced by Lahari Music and distributed globally across all platforms by T-Series, received the ‘Best New Age Album’ Award for ‘Divine Tides’ that showcases a world where we can adapt to change, just like the moving tides- a world in which all life can live sustainably and in harmony. "The exceptional collaboration of the music geniuses Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej could not go unnoticed. The album, Divine Tides is produced by Lahari Music and this cannot be a greater time for India and for us with this win. The Best New Age Album is certainly a great win for us and it's time for India to be recognised and put on the global map of art in all spheres!" says G Manoharan, CMD, Lahari Music on winning the prestigious

Clean Slate Studioz Unveiled as a new partner for Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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  As well as becoming Principal Partner across Yorkshire Cricket County Club and the women’s team Northern Diamonds, Clean Slate will be title sponsor at Yorkshire’s Headingley ground - the first Indian business with significant naming rights at a UK sporting venue.   The new 2-year partnership agreement, starting this season, gives Clean Slate:   Title of Principal Partner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the Northern Diamonds Their name on the main pavilion, now known as the Clean Slate Pavilion Branding on the outside of the East Stand at Headingley, the main entrance to the ground Their name on the official Playing Shirt and Training Wear of Northern Diamonds Pitch branding for all non-televised games that are streamed   As an Indian-based entertainment business and the world’s only female-forward, female-first original-content streaming platform scheduled to launch globally in 2023,   Clean Slate has a stated mission for equality. It sees the opportunity for Headingley to driv