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REVIEW 406: KASABA
Release date:July 7, 2016 (Kerala), July 15 (Delhi)Director:Nithin Renji PanickerCast:Language:Mammooty, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Sampath Raj, Jagadish, Neha Saxena, Siddique, Maqbool SalmaanMalayalam If...
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REVIEW 407: MADAARI
Release date:July 22, 2016 Director:Nishikant KamatCast:Language:Irrfan Khan, Vishesh Bansal, Jimmy Sheirgill, Tushar Dalvi, Kedar Bagaria, Rajeev Gupta, Ayesha Raza, Nitesh PandeyHindiPlaying a person...
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REVIEW 408: ANURAGA KARIKKIN VELLAM
Release date:July 7, 2016 (Kerala), July 22 (Delhi)Director:Khalid RahmanCast:Language:Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Asha Sarath, Rajisha Vijayan, Sreenath Bhasi, Soubin Shahir, Naaji, Chinnu Nair,Nandhini,...
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AUDIENCE RESPONSE TO MISOGYNY IN INDIAN FILMS / PUBLISHED IN THE HINDU...
All Hail The Violators of WomenWhat kind of men cheer with delight in theatres as women are insulted, irritated, hit, harassed, stalked and even raped, in films across Indian languages?By Anna MM...
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REVIEW 409: DISHOOM
Release date:July 29, 2016 Director:Rohit DhawanCast:Language:John Abraham, Varun Dhawan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Saqib Saleem, Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Dev HindiThere is an assumption in most films of the...
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REVIEW 410: WHITE
Release date:July 29, 2016 Director:Uday AnanthanCast:Language:Mammootty, Huma Qureshi, Shankar Ramakrishnan, Sona Nair, Siddique, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Sunil SukhadaMalayalam“What’s a sweetheart like you...
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REVIEW 410: OZHIVUDIVASATHE KALI (AN OFF-DAY GAME)
Release date:June 17, 2016 (Kerala), July 8, 2016 (Chennai), July 29 (Bengaluru)Director:Sanal Kumar SashidharanCast:Language:Nisthar Ahamed, Pradeep Kumar P.M., Girish Nair, Baiju Netto, Arun Nayar,...
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REVIEW 412: THE LEGEND OF MICHAEL MISHRA
Release date:August 5, 2016 Director:Manish JhaCast:Language:Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kayoze IraniHindiThe word “quirky” was perhaps floating about in director Manish Jha’s head...
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REVIEW 413: VISMAYAM
Release date:August 5, 2016 Director:Chandra Sekhar YeletiCast:Language:Mohanlal, Gautami, Raina Rao, Viswant Duddumpudi, Anisha Ambrose, UrvashiMalayalamA debt-ridden senior supermarket employee gets...
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REVIEW 414: KISMATH
Release date:July 29, 2016 (Kerala), August 5 (Delhi) Director:Shanavas K. BavakuttyCast:Language:Shane Nigam, Shruthy Menon, Vinay Forrt, Alencier Ley LopezMalayalamKismath has a self-deprecating air...
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REVIEW 415 : BUDHIA SINGH – BORN TO RUN
Release date:August 5, 2016 Director:Soumendra PadhiCast:Language:Manoj Bajpayee, Mayur Mahendra Patole, Tillotama Shome, Shruti Marathe, Gajraj Rao, Chhaya KadamHindiCAUTION: VERY LONG REVIEW AHEAD...
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REVIEW 416 : RUSTOM
Release date:August 12, 2016 Director:Tinu Suresh DesaiCast:Language:Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, Esha Gupta, Pavan Raj MalhotraHindiRemember those films from the Sohrab Modi era and...
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REVIEW 417: PRETHAM
Release date:August 12, 2016Director:Ranjith SankarCast:Language:Jayasurya, Govind Padmasoorya, Sharafudheen, Aju Varghese, Pearl MaaneyMalayalamIn a scene from Pretham, a mentalist called John Don...
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REVIEW 418: MOHENJO DARO
Release date:August 12, 2016 Director:Ashutosh GowarikerCast:Language:Hrithik Roshan, Kabir Bedi, Pooja Hegde, Arunoday Singh, Manish Choudhary, Umang Vyas, Narendra Jha, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish...
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INACCURACIES IN BOLLYWOOD HISTORICALS & FILMS BASED ON TRUE STORIES /...
(A shorter version of this article was published in The Hindu Businessline’s BLink on August 13, 2016. It was written before the release of Rustom and Mohenjo Daro.)BOLLYWOOD AND THE ART OF AVOIDING...
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REVIEW 419: HAPPY BHAG JAYEGI
Release date:August 19, 2016 Director:Mudassar AzizCast:Language:Diana Penty, Abhay Deol, Momal Sheikh, Jimmy Sheirgill, Ali Fazal, Piyush MishraHindiUrdu is like French and Bengali – the sort of...
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REVIEW 420: PINNEYUM
Release date:August 19, 2016Director:Adoor GopalakrishnanCast:Language:Kavya Madhavan, Dileep, Nedumudi Venu, Indrans, Akshara Kishor, Srinda Arhaan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha Malayalam (The film was...
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REVIEW 421: ANN MARIA KALIPPILAANU
Release date:August 19, 2016Director:Midhun Manuel ThomasCast:Language:Sara Arjun, Sunny Wayne, Aju Varghese, Siddique, John Kaippallil, Shine Tom Chacko, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Leona Lishoy, Saiju Kurup...
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REVIEW 422: A FLYING JATT
Release date:August 25, 2016 Director:Remo D’souzaCast:Language:Tiger Shroff, Amrita Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kay Kay Menon, Nathan JonesHindiIn a scene exemplifying the worst and best of the...
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REVIEW 423: IDI / INSPECTOR DAWOOD IBRAHIM
Release date:Kerala: August 12, 2016. Delhi: August 26 Director:Sajid YahiyaCast:Language:Jayasurya, Sshivada, Sunil Sukhada, Molly Kannamaly, Saiju Kurup, Joju George, Yog Japee MalayalamImagine a...
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