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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Title: #RanneetiBalakotAndBeyond Rating: * * 1/2 A fictional representation of the Pulwama attacks, consequent Balakot air strikes & beyond, this series goes ballistic aiming for hype, drama & Pop-patriotism bollywood style. Pakistan’s ISI is the bogey again so there’s nothing new here just the same old blame game, counters, propaganda, war mongering& trivial pursuits. Aerial shots (CGI/VFX) look flat, action is typically bland…yet the thrills are there for those enchanted by regular theatrics, tempo is alluring & strong earnest performances create impact but the over-reliance on a pyrrhic background score dampens the experience. Cast: #JimmyShergill #SatyajeetDubey #AshutoshRana #LaraDutta #AshishVidyarthi #PrasannaVenkateshan #ElnaazNourozi #AakankshaSingh #SanjayChopra #AniruddhGuha #SudeepNigam Runtime: 9 Eps(35-50 min/Eps) #PRPunditHavas #JioCinema #e...

82nd memorial day / Anniversary of Late Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan, Pune, a Registered Public Charitable Trust established and exclusively nurtured over the last thirty four (34) years by the Mangeshkar Family, will felicitate legends from the field of music, drama, art, Medical professionals and social work with the prestigious Deenanath award and other awards of the Trust on Wednesday, April,24,2024 at Deenanath Mangeshkar Natyagruha, Ville Parle (E), Mumbai, Every year this programme was organized on 24th April ie memorial day of Master Deenanathji. Since the year 2022, the Mangeshkar family and the Trust (all the Trustees are family members), have decided to institute an Award in the honour and memory of Hon’ble Bharat Ratna Lata Didi. This award will be known as the *”Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Puraskar”*. This will be awarded to a very special Individual every year on the 24th of April, which is the Memorial Day (Punyatithi) of...

AMIDST THE SIRENS, ANGEL FOR FASHION RETURNS TO KYIV ANGEL FOR FASHION E-COMMERCE MARKING TWO YEARS OF DEDICATION WITH A BRAVE JOURNEY BACK TO UKRAINE. DEFYING ADVERSITY, IGNITING HOPE Jen Sidary in Ukraine, Kyiv 2024 Angel for Fashion, the e-commerce, commemorates its second anniversary with a renewed commitment to supporting creative industries in regions where their vibrancy is paramount. Led by American entrepreneur Jen Sidary and Angel for Fashion’s Senior Brand Manager Marina Yatsenko make a journey to Kyiv which underscores their unwavering dedication amidst challenging circumstances. Founded as a beacon of hope in the face of adversity, Angel for Fashion emerged from the necessity to salvage creative industries in countries with a foundational creative mindset. The platform's mission has been to empower designers and artisans, particularly in regions like Ukraine, where their talents are abundant but often overlooked. As Angel for Fashion celebrates its se...

The Museum for the United Nations - UN Live announces launch of Sounds Right initiative with Indian music artist Anuv Jain featuring sounds of Indian rains The Museum for the United Nations - UN Live has launched “Sounds Right”, a new global music initiative that enables nature to generate conservation funding from her own sounds. Launched in the lead up to Earth Day, the initiative aims to spark a global conversation about the value of nature and support millions of music fans to take meaningful action to protect our planet. With timeless classics such as ocean waves, wind, rainstorms and birdsong, nature has a long history of contributing to music. Now, “NATURE” will be recognised as an official artist with her own profile on major streaming platforms. By simply listening to music that features sounds of the natural world, fans will help to fund nature conservation and restoration projects in our most precious and precarious ecosystems. A diverse mix of global artists hav...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #filmmoviedocumentaryOTTreviews Film: #LoveSexAurDhokha2 Rating: * * * Delving into complexities of hitech aided modern relationships with 3 interconnected stories segmented as Like, Share, Download, this film rouses insecurities and biases within the audience & could therefore cause a disconnect. Incisive and topical, the subject may not hold universal appeal though. Solid performances & apt camerawork lend mood but the narrative feels a little too erratic to hold you in thrall. Cast: #ParitoshTiwari #BonitaRajpurohit #AbhinavSantoshSingh #SwastikaMukherjee #MouniRoy #AnuMalik #SophieChoudry #TussharKapoor #NimritAhluwalia #UorfiJaved Director: #DibakarBanerjee #SpicePR #BalajiTeleFilms #EktaKapoor #everyone #ATLEntertainment

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews Film: #KaamChaluHai Rating: * 1/2 Based on a true story more suited to a documentary, this feature about Manoj Patil from Sangli filling up potholes in his area following his aspiring cricketer daughter’s accidental death due to a pothole, is rather disaffecting. The screenplay though sincere lacks dramatic intent, the treatment is sloppy and the performances fail to curry favor. Rajpal Yadav thinks he is in a comedy film and displays his usual ticks. The max this can be is a record of Manoj Patil’s single-handed proactive activism. Cast: #RajpalYadav #GiaaManik #KurangiVijayshriNagraj #ShreyashPandit #ParamDWalia Story/Screenplay/Direction: #PalaashMucchal #BaselineStudios #PalMusicAndFilms #ZEE5AVOD @everyone

The theatrical premiere of five shorts at MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone by five next-gen filmmakers mentored by Vishal Bhardwaj, Vikramaditya Motwane, and Rohan Sippy, got an astounding response. Filmmakers Archana Atul Phadke, Prateek Vats, Faraz Ali, Saumyananda Sahi, and Saurav Rai create visually stunning and layered narratives using an iPhone. MAMI Mumbai Film Festival launched a special programme ‘MAMI Select: Filmed on iPhone,’ last year during the festival, wherein a talented group of emerging filmmakers from MAMI Alumni were given the platform to reimagine traditional cinematic conventions by creating high-quality short films, shot on iPhone 15 Pro Max and edited on a MacBook Pro. Six months hence, these five shorts had an exclusive theatrical premiere that was attended by top talent from the industry such as Vishal Bhardwaj, Vikramaditya Motwane, Rohan Sippy, Shakun Batra, Radhika Apte, Shabana Azmi, Aditi Rao Hydari and fiancee Siddharth, Gul Panag, Jim Sarbh, Kabir Kha...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #Ameena Rating: * * Parallel narratives, a theatrical one representing 32 yr old story of teenage Ameena being sold-off to an 80 year old Arab Sheikh and the other a current reality of Meena the actress playing Ameena being gang-raped by 3 rich politically connected individuals, this film fails to curry favor even though the stories though done to death, were rich with possibilities. Poorly constructed, the treatment lacks bite with the direction losing focus & actors failing to bring legitimacy to their characters. Cast: #RekhaRana #AnantMahadevan #UtkarshKohli #KumarRaj Director: #KumarRaj Runtime: 109 min #Dharm #AshwaniShukla #AltairMediaPR #Everyone

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryOTTReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #AmarSinghChamkila Rating: * * * A soulstirring musical biopic on the tragic life of the inspiring Punjabi singer whose unfiltered lyrics invited success & criticism, Imtiaz Ali’s latest hits the sweet spot quite convincingly. #DiljitDosanjh & #ParineetiChopra perform with gusto and verve. #IrshadKamil’s lyrics & #ARRahman’s music take us on a tragic sensory journey thru a retributive Punjab torn asunder by moral policing, religious politics, cancel culture, discrimination, bullying & prejudice. Cast: #ParineetiChopra #DiljitDosanjh #AnumBatra #NishaBano #TusharDutt #MohitChuhan #RahulMittra Director: #ImtiazAli Runtime: 145 min #WindowSeatFilms #Netflix #PRPunditHavas #MAMI

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #filmmoviedocumentaryOTTreviews Film: #Fallout (8 Eps/50-60 min each) Rating: * * * 1/2 A mind-blowing post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller, adaptation of #TimCain's popular video game series, Fallout is a complex, weird, silly yet fun irradiated hellscape, full of revolting violence & gore. A merge of contrasts, its tone is peppy in a landscape dominated by desolation & anarchy. Its retro-futuristic style brings alive video game life in colorful vivacity. Cast: #EllaPurnell #AaronMoten #WaltenGoggins #MoisésArias #KyleMacLachlan #SaritaChoudhury #MichaelEmerson #LeslieUggams #FrancesTurner #DaveRegister #ZachCherry Director: #JonathanNolan #LisaJoy #GenevaRobertsonDworet #GrahamWagner #AthenaWickham #ToddHoward #BethesdaSoftworks. #AmazonMGMStudios #AmazonPrime #MGM #KilterFilms #BethesdaGameStudios @everyone #MoesArt #InterplayEntertainment

Netflix hosted the premiere of Amar Singh Chamkila, in association with the prestigious MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on April 8th 2024, in Mumbai at PVR Dynamix, Juhu. The event was graced by the director Imtiaz Ali and Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh, Director of Original Films, Netflix India and the screening was followed by an interactive session between Sucharita Tyagi, film critic, and Imtiaz Ali. The premiere evening was attended by over 300 film enthusiasts including director of Amr Singh Chamkila, Imtiaz Ali along with Shabana Azmi, Mrunal Thakur, Sunny Kaushal, Daisy Shah, Mahima Makwana, Avneet Kaur, Pratik Sehejpal, Piyush Mishra, Sheeba Chaddha, Bhuvan Bam, Mrunal Thakur, Zanai Bhosle, Ajaz Khan,Moses Kaul, and Rohan Shah amongst others. Imtiaz Ali was overjoyed to share his film with such a large audience. Speaking about the same he said, ”It is an exhilarating experience to screen Amar Singh Chamkila for so many film enthusiasts at the screening today. We are overwhelmed by the lo...

#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit #filmmoviedocumentaryOTTreviews Film: #BadeMiyanChoteMiyan Rating: * * The overwhelming noise generated by this action thriller is sure to dull your senses. Loads of unbelievable action, cacophony & no story to tell make this film an excrutiating watch. Acting is superseded by action so there’s little hope of any enchantment. Biceps and Bazookas aplenty but it’s a no-brainer that trumpets ego over talent. Everyone is forgettable here. Cast: #PrithvirajSukumaran #AkshayKumar #PitobashTripathy #TigerShroff #ManushiChhillar #AlayaF #SonakshiSinha #RonitBoseRoy Director: #AliAbbasZafar Runtime: 164 min #AdityaBasu #VashuBhagnani #SurajGianani #VishalDadlani #Joshilay #VishalMishra @everyone #UniversalCommunications

EXPERT SUGGESTS DATING APPS CREATE FILTERS FOR THE OLYMPICS BASED ON FAVORITE SPORTS Credits: Instagram @tinder | Photo by Bryan Turner on Unsplash A digital entrepreneur has proposed an exciting and unique approach for dating apps during this year's highly anticipated Olympic Games. Based on users' sports preferences, the apps should adapt and create specific filters for each person's favorite sports, offering a thrilling new way to connect. For João Mendes Miranda, many people are excited and immersed in the sporting atmosphere with the Paris Olympic Games approaching. For those seeking a relationship or meaningful connection, compatibility of interests can be a crucial factor. In this regard, the specialist suggests that dating apps incorporate filters that allow users to find people based on their favorite Olympic sports. This innovative feature would enable users to seek out individuals who share their enthusiasm for a particular Olympic sport and foster ...