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‘The Mind of an Actor’ – Priyanka Chopra’s Kaleidoscopic inner world Chairperson Jio MAMI, Priyanka Chopra Jonas talks to Dimensions Brand Ambassador Bhumi Pednekar about her journey, life lessons & what does it take to be an actor! Mumbai (India), 29 October 2023 Giving audiences the chance to come face to face with Priyanka Chopra Jonas & Bhumi Pednekar, Jio MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) Mumbai Film Festival 2023 hosted the Masterclass ‘The Mind of an Actor’. During their hour-long discussion, Priyanka spoke about the role of an actor as a craftsperson and a public personality and how she remains authentic in a spectacularly flashy world. Priyanka Chopra Jonas is also the Chairperson of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The actor also spoke about the new Jio MAMI vision and how it is committed to creating a safe space for cinephiles. The masterclasses at Jio MAMI are powered by Film AlUla. Film AlUla is the Royal Commission for AlUla’s film agency, establi...

Cinematic Revelations - The Luca Guadagnino Perspective Italian filmmaker & producer Luca Guadagnino conducted a masterclass on filmmaking at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 In conversation with Anupama Chopra, Festival Director, Jio MAMI, Luca Guadagnino spoke about his extraordinary oeuvre, perspective, relationships and inspirations Mumbai (India), 29 October 2023 Cinephiles packed the theater as Jio MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) Mumbai Film Festival 2023 hosted a masterclass with the deeply empathetic and technically brilliant Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino in conversation with Festival Director Anupama Chopra. Luca Guadagnino was also awarded the Jio MAMI Excellence in Cinema Award (International) for his outstanding contribution to the world of cinema during the opening ceremony at the festival. The masterclasses at Jio MAMI are powered by Film AlUla. Film AlUla is the Royal Commission for AlUla’s film agency, established to promote and support internat...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Film: #12thfail #SpicePR #SpiceBhasha Cast: #VikrantMassey #PalakLalwani #MedhaShankar #SukumarTudu #SanjayBishnoi #PriyanshuChatterjee Director: #VidhuVinodChopra Rating: * * * Runtime: 147 mins #everyone #everybody @everyone @everybody #VinodChopraFilms #ZeeStudios A ‘Tarrific’ #VikrantMassey takes #VidhuVinodChopra’s long-winding but sensitive directorial effort, based on #AnuragPathak’s novel, to emphatic new heights! His performance has nuance, myriad expressions and layers that keep you gripped throughout. Trust Vidhu Vinod Chopra to get back into auteur groove with this story that goes from the deepest depths of the Chambal to the venerated, glorious and rarefied heights of Indian Public Service!

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Film: #SajiniShindeKaViralVideo Cast: #NimratKaur #RadhikaMadan #Bhagyashree #SumeetVyas #SohamMajumdar #SubodhBhave #ShrutiVyas #RashmiAgdekar #LeenaSharma Director: #MikhilMusale Rating: * * Runtime: 114 mins #everyone #everybody @everyone @everybody #HYPEPR #MaddockFilms #DineshVijan ‘No one wants to die. They only want to kill the pain’ -Making a mystery out of travesty, this film hyper-ventilates in 307/309 zone as it tries to find the whereabouts of Sajini. The set-up and dialogues sound alien, the narrative feels misrepresented, the twists and turns appear contrived and forced, the zealous lady cop’s efforts seem out-of-place and the end-play comes across as rather tame and mystifying after all that brouhaha.Not quite the ‘Happy Teachers Day’ scenario we envisioned. It’s great to see #NimratKaur in a badass cop role on screen, though!

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Film: #Tejas #SpicePR #SpiceBhasha #RSVPFilms Cast: #KanganaRanaut #AnshulChauhan #VeenahNaair #VarunMitra #RohedKhan Director/Writer: #SarveshMewara Rating: * Runtime: 118 mins #Everyone #Everybody @everyone @everybody #RonnieScrewala This film tries to fly high on #KanganaRanaut’s persona of a brash, cavalier, fake pop-patriot given to daring, jingoistic, disconnected verbosity, tedious sermonising and faux valor aided by tacky VFX and immature helming and inevitably, it crashes and burns in a bonfire of all her vanities. Do we even dare to wonder why our nation is under threat???

REEL TO REAL – RATNAM STYLE! Veteran director Mani Ratnam conducted the first masterclass of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2023 Two men sitting in chairs talking to each other Description automatically generated A conversation on his experiences, journey, and his work Mumbai, 28 October 2023: Living up to the hype around all one can learn at a festival as dynamic as this one, the Jio MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Images) Mumbai Film Festival 2023 hosted its first Masterclass with director Mani Ratnam in conversation with director Imtiaz Ali. During their two-hour discussion, Mani Ratnam spoke about cinema as a craft and the filmmakers’ experience when navigating the world of filmmaking. Mani Ratnam was also awarded the MAMI Excellence in Cinema Award (South Asia) for his outstanding contributions to the world of cinema, during the Opening ceremony of Jio MAMI. With a career spanning four decades, Mani Ratnam is one of South Asia’s most respected and well reno...

Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival begins with a spectacular opening ceremony The world’s biggest and most prestigious South Asian Film Festival is back with its on-ground edition An impressive confluence of International & South Asian Talent marked the opening of the festival including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mira Nair, Luca Guadagnino, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Marco Muller, Karan Johar, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Saif Ali Khan, Vishal Bhardwaj among others Mumbai, 27th October 2023 Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival opened with a grand ceremony at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai today. Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Chairperson, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival & Isha Ambani, Executive Director, Reliance Retail Ventures Limited, and Director, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited declared the festival open with the master ceremony. A meticulously curated line-up of the best in global and South Asian cinema will present...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Yaariyaan2 #CommuniquePR #DivyaKhoslaKumar #YashDaasgupta #PearlVPuri #AnaswaraRajan #MeezaanJafri #PriyaWarrier Director: #RadhikaRao #VinaySapru Rating: * * Runtime: 160 mins #everyone @everyone #everybody @everybody This friendship/bonding story between cousins fails to make it to entertaining. The actors lack presence and the direction is too wayward to curry favor. Even the music doesn’t have the same attachment as the first!

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #MaujaanHiMaujaan (#Punjabi with #English Subtitles) Cast: #GippyGrewal #BinnuDhillon #KaramjitAnmol #TanuGrewal #JimmySharma #HashneenChauhan #YograjSingh #NasirChinyoti #BNSharma Director: #SmeepKang Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 110 mins #1HMedia @everyone @everybody #everyone #everybody #OilPicturesLtd #RribadaFilms #SRRPictures #AmarinderGrewal A silly, rather stupid comedy that makes disabilities the butt of its jokes with loud, exaggerated fervor and overdone performances. This one’s funny enough. It’s also colorful, has a candy colored palette and a bearable runtime.

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Ghost (#Kannada film dubbed in Hindi) Cast: #ShivaRajkumar #AnupamKher #PrashantNarayanan #MGSrinivas #Jayaram #ArchanaJois Director: #MGSrinivas Rating: * 1/2 Runtime:110 mins #CommuniquePR @everyone @everybody #everyone #everybody A stiff #Jayaram, Shadowy #ShivaRajkumar, MIB aping #AnupamKher in a Scrambled narrative about a heist from jail, with loud, showy, unbelievable, sloppy action and confused dubbing make this production prime for a drubbing at the Box Office.

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Title: #SultanOfDelhi (9 eps/35-45 mins each) Cast: #TahirRajBhasin #MouniRoy #AnjummShharma #VinayPathak #NishantDahiya #AnupriyaGoenka #HarleenSethi #MehreenPirzada Directors: #MilanLuthria #SuparnSVerma Rating: * * #DisneyHotstar #HotstarSpecials #Dreamers&Doers #RelianceEntertainment #ThinkinkCommunications @everybody #everybody #Everyone @everyone This Gangster drama series set against the backdrop of the 60’s era, comes at a time when we are up to our ears in gangster dramas. It’s definitely not the worst but it tends to go through the same rigmarole we’ve seen before. Save for the cast, the rest is passe. Based on a book by #ArnabRay, there’s not much intensity, pace or gritty realism to be had here. Feels like a 70’s hindi film in sepia tones minus the entertainment value!

Guthlee Ladoo #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Title : #GuthleeLadoo Cast: #SanjayMishra #DhanaySeth #SubratDutta #KalyaneeMulay #HeetSharma Director: #IshratRKhan Rating: * * 1/2#GuthleeLadoo Runtime: 104 mins #AltairMedia #AshwaniShukla #everyone @everyone #everybody @everybody It’s an antiquated story about caste oppression and denial of education to manual scavengers’ children and not without flaws, but the performances by kids #DhanaySeth, #HeetSharma, parents #SubratDutta, #KalyaneeMulay and sure-footed helming by #IshratRKhan makes this gritty empathetic outpouring against unfair discrimination worth a watch!

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Title: #LokiSeason2 (2 out of 6 episodes/35-40 mins each) Cast: #TomHiddleston #OwenWilson #SophiaDiMartino #WunmiMosaku #EugeneCordero #KeHuyQuan #RafaelCasal #GuguMbathaRaw #TaraStrong #JonathanMajors #KateDickie #LizCarr #NeilEllice Director: #DanDeleeuw Rating: * * 1/2 @everyone #everyone @everybody #everybody #DisneyHotstar #LokiS2onHotstar #ThinkinkCommunications #RuderFinnIndia Season 1 was intriguing but Season 2, the 2 episodes so far, have not really picked up the pace. There doesn’t seem to be much of a mystery going on either. Kang as the villain is so wishy-washy that there’s no drama to be had. Loki’s magic also appears to have lost its charm. I am sure there’s a lot more coming in the future episode releases but so far it's been a case of taking it forward rather plainly!

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Title: #HumTumheinChahteHain Cast: #JanmejayaSingh #RituparnaSengupta #GovindNamdev #AnupJalota #RajpalYadav #ZakirHussain #AnusmritiSarkar #ArunBakshi #SurendraPal #TinaaGhaai #AnilNagrath #KaushalShah #SangeetaSingh #HiteshSampal Music: #BappiLahiri, #RemaLahiri #BappaBLahiri, Directed: #RajannLyallppuri Rating: * Producers: #GovindBansal #RemaLahiri #SRGFilmsInternational #ParulChawla #PictureNKraft @everyone #everyone @everybody #everybody A biographical drama, old-fashioned love triangle tragedy this one lacks craft, has a storyline that is stale and unappealing and actors that just don’t register their presence on screen.An easily forgettable experience this !

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #IKilledBapu Cast: #SameerDeshpande #RajeshKhatri #AkshayVerma #NageshMishra #ZaffarKazmi #MukeshKapani Director #HyderKazmi Rating: * Producer #SarlaASaraogi & #RahulSharma Legal Advisor #AshokSaraogi Writer- #AdeshKArjun #VikasProduction #ParulChawla #PictureNKraft #SanjayBhushanPatiyala #HungamaMedia This film that claims to present convicted murderer #NathuramGodse’s point of view is an insult to our collective intelligence. Consisting of long-drawn courtroom monologues the film which openly sympathises with the felon’s point of view is a tedious bore. The writing lacks basic logic and the understanding of history and context is sorely missing.

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Dono Cast: #RajveerDeol #PalomaDhillon #KanikkaKapur Director: #AvnishBarjatya Rating: * * Runtime: 156 mins The #GenNowRajshriScion goes #oldschool in his attempt to keep the #weddingVideoCinemaFamilyTradition going. It’s tiresome and futile even with some fairly good music and performances - save for #RajveerDeol who gets his expressions right but fails in dialogue delivery badly. Don’t know why the Deols or the Barjatyas did not think it necessary to get him some voice training? #communiquePR #RajshriPictures #SoorajBarjatya #SunnyDeol #everyone @everyone #everybody @everybody

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #ThankYouForComing (#SpicePR) Cast: #BhumiPednekar #ShehnaazGill #ShibaniBedi #DollySingh #KushaKapila #DollyAhluwalia #SushantDigvikar #AnilKapoor #PradhumanSingh #NatashaRastogi Director: #KaranBoolani Rating: * * Runtime: 118 mins Raunchy, crass, extremely crude, smutty and punny sex comedy where Kandu Kanika goes bedding men in search of the big ‘O.’ It’s totally illogical, irreverent and distasteful - neither funny nor likeable! With Bhumi’s unflattering close-ups staring you in the face, you’ll find it difficult to think of this as an amiable exercise in female sexual liberation. Even the redux version of #SunitaRao’s iconic #PariHoonMain can’t save this film from a drubbing at the Box Office! #everyone @everyone #everybody @everybody #SpiceBhasha #EktaaKapoor #RheaKapoor #AnilKapoorFilms #BalajiTelefilmsLtd

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #MissionRaniganjTheGreatBharatRescue Cast: #AkshayKumar #RaviKishan #KumudMishra #ParineetiChopra #DibyenduBhattacharya #PawanMalhotra #RajeshSharma Director: #TinuSureshDesai Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 138 mins Despite over-stating the obvious, this filmed version of a dramatic true story of an evacuation from a collapsed underground mine, delivers some fair moments of entreaty. There’s no subtlety here - just gung-ho heroics and hyperventilating emotions on display. More Melodramatic than thrilling, this one might have found an audience if the producers had made a sincere effort in promoting the film! #SpicePR #SpiceBhasha #everyone @everyone #everybody @everybody

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #OTTFilmReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #MarkAntony (#ReliancePictures) Cast: #Vishal #SJSuryah #AbhinayaVedhavalli #RituVarma Director: #AdhikRavichandran Rating: * * Runtime: 120 mins #AyngaranInternational #everyone #everybody @everyone @everybody Antiquated quirkiness buffooning around as a 70’s south- styled masala potboiler, this film has elements that can be laughed at but it’s a little hard to appreciate something that is so tacky and unaccomplished in structure and design. Toonish performances add to the misery here.

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #OTTFilmReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #Fukrey3 #SpicePR #SpiceBhasha Cast: #PankajTripathi #PulkitSamrat #RichaChadha #VarunSharma #ManjotSingh Director: #MrighdeepSinghLamba Writer: #VipulVij Rating: * * Runtime:147 mins #FarhanAkhtar #RteshSidhwani #ExcelEntertainment @everyone @everybody #everyone #everybody Distasteful, tasteless, irksome antics gets passed off as slapstick comedy in this threequel that plays out like a humourless comic strip and eventually comes unhinged in its attempts to score laughs. #VarunSharma gets tiresome, #PulkitSamrat continues to ‘pout’ nonsense, #RichaChadha and #ManjotSingh are bearable while #PankajTripathi is the only one who shores up the narrative with some wily timing and wit.

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #OTTFilmReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #TheVaccineWar Cast: #NanaPatekar #PallaviJoshi #RaimaSen #GirijaOak #NiveditaBhattacharya #AnupamKher #MohanKapur Director: #VivekAgnihotri Rating: * Runtime: 160 mins @everyone @everybody #everyone #everybody #SpicePR #SpiceBhasha This film supposedly based on the book by Prof #BalramBharghava of #ICMR is more interested in tom-tomming highly questionable Govt efforts than in praising the Medical professionals and researchers involved in preparing the indigenous #CovidVaccine. What else can one expect from the chief propagandist of the current Govt? It’s a long-drawn saffron wash all the way through and there’s no hiding away from the straightforward anti-media, pro-govt bias depicted here.

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #OTTFilmReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #TumSeNaHoPayega (#DisneyHotstar) Cast: #IshwakSingh #MahimaMakwana #GauravPandey #AmalaAkkineni #GurpreetSaini #ParmeetSethi #MeghnaMalik Director: #AbhishekSinha Writer: #NiteshTiwari Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 120 mins #StarStudios #RSVP #RoyKapurFilms #EarthskyPicturesProduction @everyone @everybody #everyone #everybody #ThinkinkCommunications This feel-good light-hearted piffling comedy has a message for aspirational youth. With competent, likeable performances from its lead actors #IshwakSingh and #GauravPandey this film manages to make its conflict regarding challenges (career and love life ) youngsters face today, worthy, but the ‘Business’ end is a little flaky and simplistic. Worth watching for its amiable approach