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#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #filmmoviedocumentaryreviews Film: #Bhediya #MaddockFilms #UniversalCommunications #DineshVijan #Jiocinemas Cast: #AbhishekBanerjee #VarunDhawan #PaalinKabak #DeepakDobriyal #KritiSanon #SharadKelkar #SaurabhShukla Director: #AmarKaushik Rating: * * ½ Runtime: 156 mins This film, a #creaturecomedy may not give you a howling good time but it is fairly entertaining nevertheless. While the use of creature horror films like #JaaniDushman and #Junoon help shore up the believability of the werewolf folklore, far too many questionable set-ups squeeze chunks out of the overall enjoyment here. The human-to-creature transforms (CGI post-production work) are fairly believable. Bhaskar, begins by setting out to destroy virgin forests of #ArunachalPradesh and then (after the werewolf bites a chunk out of his butt cheek), on sight of the full moon, gets transformed into a completely contradictory werewolf - setting out to right the...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Drishyam2 (#HindiRemake) #Tseries Cast: #AjayDevgn #ShriyaSaran #Tabu #AkshayeKhanna #RajatKapoor #IshitaDutta #KamleshSawant Director: #AbhishekPathak Rating: * * * Runtime: 145 minutes #UniversalCommunications Like in #JeethuJoseph’s original #Malayalam sequel, this official Hindi remake also takes the story forward seven years later. Vijay Salgaocar and family have managed to stay out of the Police radar following the disappearance of top-cop Meera Deshpande’s son. Her friend/batchmate ( Akshay Khanna) is now the new cop in town and has reopened the investigation- putting the Salgoacar family back in the police crosshairs. Debutant director Abhishek Pathak tries to make this experience slightly different from the original by shuffling some scenes around and unnecessarily extending some – but the result is not as engaging and gripping as the original. It’s serviceable though....

OTT series Review/ Zee5 Johnson Thomas Jump-happy and not so thrilling espionage story Title: Mukhbir: The Story of A Spy 8 episodes/35-45 mins each Cast: Prakash Raj, Adil Hussain, Zain Khan Durrani, Barkha Bisht, Zoya Afroz, Harsh Chhaya, Satyadeep Mishra, Dilip Shankar, Atul Kumar, Karan Oberoi, Sushil Pandey, Suneel Shanbag, Ujjwal Chopra, Nadeem Khan, Veena Mehta, Natasha Sinha, Bimal Oberoi, Karan Mehat, Sushil Dahiya, Shriram Jog, Tanushka Vishe, Ashwin Dhar, Jaya Swaminathan, Vijay Kashyap, Avantika Akerkar, Ikhlaque Khan, Elisha Mayor DOP: Dimo Popov/Jay Bhansali Screenplay: Arshad Syyed Dailogues/Lyrics: Vaibhav Modi Editor: Kunal Walve Series by : Shivam Nair Victor Tango Entertainment Original Background score: Abhishek Nailwal Story inspired by : Mission To Pakistan by Maloy Krishna Dhar Directors: Shivam Nair, Jayprad Desai Rating: * * ½ Directed by Shivam Nair and Jayprad Desai, ‘Mukhbir – The Story of a Spy’ is inspired by the b...

Global Desi Records brings you a desi masala party song ‘Chhori’ featuring Tanmay Ssingh and Nikki Tamboli! For the single "Chhori," a desi masala party song, Global Desi Records in their very first musical offering, put together an incredible casting and signed Nikki Tamboli of Bigg Boss fame who’s been a fashion icon and a supremely talented actress and popular actor Tanmay Ssingh. The teaser of the song had fans excited as Nikki Tamboli and Tanmay Ssingh team up for this high-octane dance single that is sure to get you on your feet, marking their first on-screen collaboration. The song "Chhori," written by Danish Sabri, who has written the music and lyrics for several Salman Khan and Varun Dhawan movies, features vocals from Sonu Kakkar and Vee Kapoor and is directed by Aslam Khan and Ravi Akhade. The lavish production was shot against a colourful backdrop to reflect the song's upbeat mood and features the leads in completely different avatars. ‘Chh...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Kartoot #KaushalyaFilms #AnupJalotaFilms Cast: #MadalsaSharma #SahilKohli #PiyushRanade #AnupJalota #DhirajRai #HimaniShivpuri #ShubhangiLatkar #UtkarshaNaik #PragyaMishra Director: #AnilDutt Music: #Anisadh Rating: * * Runtime: 113 mins A beautiful young girl from a poor family is lured into marriage and prostitution by a city slicker claiming to be a businessman. The girl, now a wife doesn’t put up much resistance but after years of being under his influence finds a way to turn the tables on him. Supposedly inspired by a true life event, this sort of story is old hat. The scripting, though it had noble intent, seemed rather strip-happy and piecemeal. It’s a woman-oriented film and as such gives Madalsa Sharma scope enough to act but she prefers to look pretty and sweet rather than get down and dirty. Television-style performances, sloppy editing, and copious melodrama affect...

Thai Massage #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #ThaiMassage #ReliancePictures #ImtiazAli Cast: #GajrajRao #DivyenduSharma #AlinaZasobina #AnilCharanjeett #VibhaChibber Director: #MangeshHadawale Rating: * * #RukeshHandaPR Runtime: 122 mins Neither dramatic nor humorous, this moralistic tale about a small-town resident, an aging typing artist going on a secret trip to Thailand for sex (egged on by village idiots and tempted by a naked foreign babe on a calling card), plays out in rather unbelievable fashion. Even a ‘#Shaukeen’ with three lascivious old men salivating over a young nubile #RatiAgnihotri, had much more humor to offer – this one doesn’t move beyond the impractical, obvious, tedious, and boring. Gajraj Rao may have made some progression in career choices by moving from the role of a 50-plus middle-class man becoming a father to an u...

Planman Motion Pictures turns 20 and announces plans to start three new projects in the coming year!! Circa 2002, a group of enthusiastic professionals who consult blue chip companies on various aspects of management and policy, want to bring about professionalism in the world of cinema and start their journey. Helmed by Management Guru, Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri of IIPM, with pure love for cinema and tempered with the discipline of an institution and a consulting organization marched into the domain of spotlights, studios, cameras and celluloid. The rest as they say is— Entertainment. Planman Motion Pictures (www.planmanmotionpictures.com) was born with the release of their first film Strokes and Silhouettes (Saanjhbathir Roopkathara) on 8th November, 2002 exactly two decades back. Due to the management background of the Founder Dr. Arindam Chaudhuri, he became one of the initial leaders & core group members of the corporatisation movement for Indian Film Industry even before...

#RohitVerma #BlackToTheFuture #NatashaSingh #DaisyShah #DheerajDhoopar #BubbleCommunication #TrueTrammTrunk #Juhu #JohnsonThomas #SandeepSoparkar Ace Fashion Designer Rohit Verma presents his collection ‘Black to the Future’ in an event all about inclusivity in fashion Mumbai: Rohit Verma, ace fashion designer, known for his undaunted sense of style and creativity, launched his new collection in a fashion show in Mumbai recently. The collection was an ode to people of colour from all across the world and was called ‘Black to the Future’. Featuring renowned actress Daisy Shah as the showstopper, Tinkesh Kaushik, a triple amputee fitness trainer and model on the ramp, the show was hosted at the Uber chic True Tramm Trunk in Juhu. Actor and Model Dheeraj Dhoopar and Miss and Big Boss 16 fame Manya Singh opened the show. The event witnessed the footfall of the crème de la crème of the entertainment and fashion industry; actors, models, stylists, fashion influencers and enthusias...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #filmmoviedocumentaryreviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Banaras (Kannada - also releasing in dubbed Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu versions) Cast: #ZaidKhan #SonalMonteiro #SujayShastry #AchyuthKumar #BhargavPolara #Devaraj #BarkatAli Director/Writer/Choreography: #Jayathirtha. Runtime: 140 mins Rating: * * Producer: #TilakrajBallal #NKProduction Cinematography: #AdvaithaGurumurthy. Editor: #KMPrakash #1HMedia #AltairMedia A film that plays around with time must have a solid foundation to make that challenging concept believable but this one doesn’t. The overly long runtime makes the ensuing melee of multiple plots heading in different directions (without any coherence or cohesion), rather off-putting. There’s also only so much scientific mumbo-jumbo that an audience can suffer through. This one takes the cake! Trying to fit in a ‘Run Lola Run’ construct into a prank-powered romance set in the city of piety, Banaras, Director ...

Puranjay Khanna’s Debut collection Of Poems 'Second Star' Released by Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia in India Her Excellency Ms. Katrin Kivi It's no exaggeration to say that reading has been a lifeline for many throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. With the world on pause, many found themselves reading more than ever. While pandemic led to increased readership it also gave rise to many writers. One among them is this young boy, Puranjay Khanna who’s debut book titled Second Star got released yesterday amid renowned dignitaries. The Chief Guest of the book launch event was The Honorable Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia in India Her Excellency Ms. Katrin Kivi. Even the Guest of Honour, Mr. Sumit Mullick, the Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra was present at the event. The book launch event also saw guest performers, Mr. Denzil Smith and Captain Alwyn Saldhana. Puranjay Khanna was born in Delhi but raised in Mumbai. The young writer studied in Bombay ...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #filmmoviedocumentaryreviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #DoubleXL #TSeries Cast: #SonakshiSinha #HumaQureshi #ZaheerIqbal #MahatRaghavendra #JimmyShergill #ShobhaKhote #KanwaljeetSingh #DollySingh Director: #SatramRamani Runtime: 130 mins Rating: * * ½ #CommuniquePR Producers: #BhushanKumar #KrishnaKumar #VipulDShah #AshwinVarde #SaqibSaleem #HumaQureshi #MudassarAziz Co-producer: #ShivChanana Celebrating Corpulence in hollow fashion, this dramedy has good performances and a fairly ok feel-good factor to interest the audience. The script, detailing the facile journey of two plus-sized, 30-something women - Rajshree Trivedi from Meerut and Saira Khanna from New Delhi, is rather contrived with a pan-India marketing angle to it. So the pair-up of the wannabe sportscaster with a fledging south-Indian cameraman appears forced and so does the pairing of the Kashmiri line producer settled in London with that of a north Indian wannabe...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #Kantara Cast: #RishabShetty #Kishore #AchyuthKumar #SapthamiGowda #PramodShetty Director: #RishabShetty #HombaleFilms #ViayKirgandur #SpicePR Rating: * * ½ The film in the news for its remarkable Box-office run, #Kantara is a typically regressive south offering showcasing molestation as a pathway to love/romance in addition to many other old-fashioned, long disposed formulaic tropes – including a shrieky mother who looks as young(or old) as the portly hero. The natural tribal rights versus forest laws confrontation is rather underdeveloped and the main plot serves merely as a vehicle to venerate yet another God from the Hindu pantheon. The prologue about an unhappy King temporarily renouncing his throne in search of happiness is an obvious lift from ancient texts. The rowdy hero who later on gains redemption is not an arc that is validated by a believable storyline. This is a rath...