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#PicksAndPiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReview #JohnsonThomas #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit #AjayDevgn #Tabu #AmalaPaul #VineetKumar #DeepakDobriyal #SanjayMishra #KiranKumar #GajrajRao #PanoramaStudios #ReliancePictures #AjayDevgnFFilms #UniversalCommunications Bollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas Gamey faux action spectacle Film: Bholaa Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Amala Paul, Vineet Kumar, Deepak Dobriyal, Sanjay Mishra, Kiran Kumar, Gajraj Rao Director: Ajay Devgn Rating: * * Runtime: 144 mins ‘Bholaa’ is basically Actor-Director Ajay Devgn’s attempt to go the John Wick way - i.e to build-up legendary offensive action by way of an indestructible hero who gains his never-say-die sustenance from the channeling of Bholenath/ Lord Shiva’s powers. We’ve seen Ajay attempt that in his not-so-successful second directorial effort ‘Shivaay’ earlier. In this film he goes one step further by showing himself arise from a near dead situation, manage to convert a stone Trishul into a shar...

Director Ram Kamal wraps his latest venture Binodini with Rukmini and Rahul Bose. Rahul Bose and "Sanak" girl Rukmini Maitra starrer biopic will go into post production now. "That's a wrap", has been used to signal the end of filming, but it was also the birth of a genius writer turned celluloid director Ram Kamal Mukherjee, as the principal photography of his magnum opus film BINODIINI-Ekti Natir Upakhyan, came to a close with this classic line. The wish fulfilment role of a lifetime of every top most Bollywood actress, based on life and the rise of the ultimate “Abhadramahila” or the ‘Fallen Woman’ who dreamt of becoming a theatre star! Produced by Dev Adhikari from Dev Entertainment Ventures and Prateek Chakraborty from Pramod Films in association with Assorted Motion Pictures, the film features an ensemble of talented actors from Bengal and Mumbai. After months of casting and filming, of pandemic trials & tribulations, the crew deserved ...

#PicksAndPiques #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #OTTSeriesReviews @everyone Title: #RocketBoys2 Episodes: 8 (45 mins each) Rating: * * * 1/2 #EmmayEntertainment #SiddharthRoyKapur #SudhirMishra #RoyKapurFilms #Sonyliv #AvianWE Cast: #IshwakSingh #JimSarbh #ReginaCassandra #DibyenduBhattacharya #KCShankar #ArjunRadhakrishnan #CharuShankar #DigvijaySavat #AnahitaUberoi #SabaAzad #NamitDas #RahulDevShetty #MuniJha #HarsshSingh #AshmitaMeghrajani #BenedictGarret #AshokKumarBeniwal #RajitKapur Story Concept: #AbhayKoranne Screenplay/Director: #AbhayPannu Dialogues: #KauserMunir #AbhayPannu Producers: #MadhuBhojwani #MonishaAdvani DOP: #HarshvirOberai Editor: #MaahirZaveri Spanning 3 decades of the crucial years of India’s advancement in science and space technology, this series is an invigorating thriller- with fantastic enthralling, and memorable theme music by Achint Thakker, evocative animation background during opening credits, App...

#PicksAndPiques #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews Film: #Leech #MaskTV Cast: #SanamZeeya #AbhikBenazir #VishalSingh #VedPrakash #SanjuDhirhe #HrithikLamba #AlkaAmin #AtulSrivastava #MirSarwar #ShrishtiGautam #AmitSrivastava #Radhika Writer: #AbhikBenazir DOP:#AshokPanda Producer: #AnjuBhatt #ChiranjeeviBhatt Music: #BapiBhattacharya Director/Editor: #AnilRamchandraSharma @everyone CoDirector: #PabitraDas Rating: * * Runtime: 130 mins #TAGProductions #ColossalFilms #BenazirProductions #IAmAnEyeFilms #SanjayBhushanPatialaPR A Psychological horror, this film focuses on mental, emotional, and psychological states to frighten, disturb and unsettle its audience. The mysterious disappearance of characters and mentally unstable leads with disturbed psychological states lend heft to the narrative but the English dialogues are badly written and the sleepy pace might just let you doze off - but when you awake it's bound to be from ...

#PicksAndPiques #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews Film: #MrsChatterjeeVsNorway Cast: #RaniMukherjee #JimSarbh #AnirbanBhattacharya Director: #AshimaChibber @everyone #Enmayentertainment #NikhilAdvani Rating: * * * Runtime: 134 mins A conveniently scripted story (based on true incidents) of a mother fighting to regain custody of her two kids from the child welfare authorities of Norway, this film has Rani giving her heart and soul to the portrayal of the anguished mother but the melodramatic turn and character arc meant to make her seem holier than thou, is a little hard to stomach. Co-scripted by Ashima, #RahulHanda and #SameerSatija the narrative is hell-bent on presenting the offense as a cultural difference with corrupt child welfare authorities' chancy misrepresentation for financial gain rather than bad parenting issues. The mother’s fight is largely against the child welfare authorities. Given the piecemeal manner in which thi...

#PicksAndPiques #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews Film: #JhiniBiniChadariya (#TheBrittleThread) @everyone #SohoHouse #HardhyaanFilms #VedaFilmFactory Cast: #MuzaffarKhan, #SivanSpector, #MeghaMathur, #SyedIqbalAhmed, #RoopaChaurasiya, #UtkarshSrivastava, #NishantKumar #ShwetaNagar Writer/Director: #RiteshSharma Rating: * * * 1/ 2 Runtime: 97 mins Ritesh Sharma's debut feature ‘The Brittle Thread’ brilliantly captures the acute loneliness of a riot victim, a Muslim, living in Varanasi, the hotbed of Hindu-Muslim conflict following the Babri Masid Demolition. The ongoing years following that dastardly incident have only vitiated the atmosphere further. The festering wounds of distrust and cumulative hate have set the city prided for its spiritualism aflame. Innocents, both Hindu and Muslim have fallen victim to inhumanity being unleashed, masked as parochialism, toxic patriarchy, and fake sentiment-driven Islamophobia. Sharma’s narr...

On 19th Marth 2023, Ms. Hema Malini premiered the dance ballet ‘GANGA’, amidst a standing ovation by the audience, to celebrate the glory of our Motherland as 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' in the 75th year of Indian Independence, wherein the Maharashtra Government has embarked upon a massive plan to clean and revitalize all of the states 75 rivers. The dance musical which was presented at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, captured the river's descent from the heavens and prodded the viewer to join in her fascinating terrestrial journey in the various millennia. A glimpse of the various Yugas she has witnessed through the ages till the holy river is distressed at her neglected and ravaged state in the Kali Yuga. But Maa Ganga is a life-giver. As a true Mother she pleads with us to maintain her purity and sanctity ignoring all the injustices done to her by the present generation. River Ganga epitomizes all that is holy and sacred in Hinduism. The heavenly river was brought...

#PicksAndPiques #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #OTTSeriesReviews #DisneyHotstar #Thinkinkcommunications Title: #PopKaun (Series1/ 6 eps - 25 to 45 mins each) @everyone Cast: #KunalKhemu #RajpalYadav #SatishKaushik #JohnnyLever #RajpalYadav #ChunkyPanday #SaurabhShukla #NupurSanon Director: #FarhadSamji Rating: * “Ek baap ke bahut bette hote hain but yahaan par Ek bete ke bahot baap dikhenge” - with such a tagline what can one hope from this travesty of a wannabe comedy? A whole bunch of comediennes who have proven themselves over the years on the Big and Small screens is found wanting here. The timing is terrible, the acting is atrocious and the script doesn’t exist. Don’t know what they were thinking when #DisneyHotstar green-lighted this project? Or did they merely take it on a commission basis? Well, there’s really no creativity in the storytelling, what’s meant to be a send-up plays out in a ludicrous fashion. There are real...

#picksandpiques #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalFilmFestivalCircuit #JohnsonThomas Bollywood Film Review Johnson Thomas A poignant ode to middle class struggles Film: Zwigato Cast: Kapil Sharma, Shahana Goswami Director: Nandita Das Rating: * * * Runtime: 105 mins Set in Bhubaneshwar, during the post pandemic period, Nandita Das’s film navigates through a middle class family’s resilient efforts to eke out a living at a time when most people were shunted out of their jobs. Manas( Kapil Sharma), who loses his job as a floor manager at a factory, and stayed unemployed for several months, takes up a gig as a delivery guy for a food delivery app ‘Zwigato.’ With an ailing mother, a wife and two kids to feed, there’s obviously not much savings left. The delivery job has an incentive based payment structure and everything is done through the app. Manas, being a fossil in terms of technology takes the help and advice of his kids to get cracking at a bonus based return but th...

The Oscar winning movie ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ streaming exclusively on Sony LIV in India After wooing the audiences across the world with its incredible story and performances since its release, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” had a big night at the 95th Academy Awards. The movie bagged a total of 7 Oscars, emerging as the clear winner of the night and one of the most awarded films. The film is streaming exclusively on Sony LIV in India. The multiverse madness comedy-drama led the nominations with 11 mentions, out of which it won some of the most coveted titles like Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan), Lead Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Original Screenplay (the Daniels), and Best Film Editing (Paul Rogers). The landmark film is a breakthrough for Hollywood diversity for its Asian-American themes and predominantly Asian cast. The movie follows Michelle Yeoh’...

Shark Tank India and Juggernaut Books to publish Shark Tank India: the first authorized book of the show Launched in 2021, Shark Tank, the world’s most popular business reality show, anchored its position deep in the Indian market. Produced by StudioNext, the show has had a great impact on Indian culture, helping promote an optimistic view of entrepreneurship and introduce an entirely new genre to reality entertainment audiences. Within no time, the show became one of the top shows on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV. Now to add to this momentum, Shark Tank India comes to audiences in a new format and will be publishing the official book of the show in association with Juggernaut Books. Targeted to fans of the show and aspiring entrepreneurs, the book features exclusive content and advice from the show’s Sharks and select participants. Packed with tips and straight--talking advice, the book outlines how the Sharks have handled successes and failures. ...

HEMA MALINI PREMIERES DANCE BALLET “GANGA” AT THE EVENT ORGANISED BY GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA – DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & DIRECTORATE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. On 19th Marth 2023, Ms Hema Malini premieres the dance ballet ‘Ganga’ to celebrate the glory of our Motherland as 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' in the 75th year of Indian Independence, wherein the Maharashtra Government has embarked upon a massive plan to clean and revitalise all of the states 75 rivers. The dance musical which will be presented at the Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA, will capture the river's descent from the heavens and prod the viewer to join in her fascinating terrestrial journey in the various millennia. A glimpse of the various Yugas she has witnessed through the ages till the holy river is distressed at her neglected and ravaged state in the Kali Yuga. But Maa Ganga is a life-giver. As a true Mother she pleads with us to maintain her purity and sanctity ignoring all the injustices done to her by t...

Sony BBC Earth Celebrates 6 years of Feeling Alive ~Celebrates with six iconic shows that define Sony BBC Earth's legacy~ On the occasion of its sixth anniversary, Sony BBC Earth, the leading factual entertainment channel has curated a special line-up to celebrate ‘6 Years of Feeling Alive’ with six iconic shows. The channel has been entertaining viewers with some of the most spectacular shows and world-class documentaries by offering a unique blend of science, nature, and technology content. Sony BBC Earth has become a household name among nature and science enthusiasts, delivering world-class programming that showcases the beauty and complexity of the natural world. The anniversary special line-up includes the six iconic shows have been chosen to represent the very best of Sony BBC Earth's programming over the past six years. Watch Planet Earth II, a show that takes viewers on a journey to iconic landscapes - the jungles, mountains, deserts, islands, grass...

The third edition of Wench Film Festival, India's first horror film festival showcasing films inclusive of BIWOC, LGBTQ+ women, and Non-Binary filmmakers will be held physically for the first time in addition to virtual screenings ~Founded by celeb hairstylist turned filmmaker Sapna Bhavnani, the festival will open with the Award-winning Mexican film Huesera: The Bone Woman, directed by Michelle Garza Cerver and close with The Nightmare, directed by Alice Wadding~ ~The festival will screen 23 Indian and International films in competition including Aarti Kadav’s sci-fi feature, The Astronaut and His Parrot starring Ali Fazal and Megha Ramaswami’s acclaimed short Lalanna’s Song starring Parvathy Thiruvothu and Rima Kallingal, apart from a special screening of the award-winning cult horror film, Tumbbad, a bunch of exciting talks and panel discussions with Vishal Furia (Chhori, Lapachhapi), Vikram Bhatt (Ghost, 1920, Creature), Anvita Dutt (Qala, Bulbbul), Gauri Shinde, Kaizad G...

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit @everyone Film: #SecretsOfLove (#Hindi) #AltairMedia #AshwaniShukla #PramelKrantiFilms Platform: #MXPLAYER Cast: #RaviKishan, #VivekMishra, #JayeshKapoor, Rating: * * Runtime: 125 Min Producer: #VELJIGALA Director: #RiteshSKumar Story: #VishalCHHADBA Screenplay & dialogue & Lyrics: #RahulKumarShukla Music: #AshishDonald Cinematography: #BADALMANI Editor: #AnandARam An unauthorised( because the main character here is referred to as Ajneesh) biopic on the much maligned guru of love, Acharya Rajneesh, this film follows the high-points of his life from his birth to his death. Unfortunately, its not presented with any great understanding of his version of spirituality. The narrative is rather glib and unaccomplished and his important preaching(s) are overlooked in favor of trivial ones. The charismatic and gifted speaker who could put his point across to people from all cultures and w...

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit @everyone Film: #TuJhoothiMainMakkaar #SpicePR #LuvRanjanFilms #LuvRanjan #TSeries Cast: #RanbirKapoor #ShraddhaKapoor #AnubhavSinghBassi #DimpleKapadia #BoneyKapoor #HasleenKaur #InayatVerma #MonicaChaudhary #RajeshJais #AyeshaRazaMishra #KarthikAryan #NushrattBharuccha Director: #LuvRanjan Writer: #RahulMody Rating: * * Runtime: 143 mins Music (Songs): #Pritam Backgroundscore: #HiteshSonik #YashRajFilms Luv Ranjan’s latest, a romcom shot largely in Spain and Mauritius looks inviting but the core is confused and rather dysfunctional. The script tries to marry an independent career oriented girl who dislikes living in a joint family with that of a business oriented joint family loving guy but that’s not the only problem…The guy also happens to be in the side business of breaking up couples. Don’t know what sense that makes for a successful Mercedes dealership and real estate famil...

#picksandpiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit @everyone Film: #TheBrokenTable Cast: #NaseeruddinShah #RasikaDuggal #ManyuuDoshi #GauriNalawade #NylaMasood #IshaanKunte #AjitRanjan Director: #ChintanSarda Rating: * * * Runtime: 24 mins #RoyalStagBarrelSelectLargeShortFilms @everyone A profound short that shows us how preconceived perceptions color our judgments about ourselves and others, this film by Chintan Sarda is heartfelt and evocative. Simple story about a freshly minted caregiver Deepti (Rasika Duggal), a troubled soul grappling with PCOD issues, who comes to take care of an Alzheimer’s patient (Naseeruddin Shah) and leaves enlightened, aware and more confident about her own self-worth. Its an absorbing story about love, loss and remembrance with a ‘reveal’ that is ingenious!