For Hindi cinema, 2016 was unexpectedly mediocre. The big ones mostly came out cropper and the rest remained in the average zone. Stars attempted a variety of roles wherein their respective films disappointed considerably. Several small-budget Indie films of good quality found no audience. Celebrated directors tried to change templates and […]
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Top 10 Performances (Male) | 2016 Roundup
2016 is going to be remembered as a year when the reigning Khans delivered big time. For once, their appearance in year-end lists aren’t forced by any measures. Besides featuring the usual suspects viz. Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Manoj Bajpayee, the year has been decent enough for male actors. The latter, […]
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Top 10 Performances (Female) | 2016 Roundup
Post 2010, women in Bollywood saw considerable luck compared to their male counterparts. Author-backed roles and producers ready to bankroll them, their days seem to have arrived finally. The year 2016 was no less exciting with ladies from all age groups and expertise levels getting to prove their mettle. Here […]
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Top 10 Bollywood Soundtracks | 2016 Roundup
2016 was a indeed a mediocre year for music in Bollywood. Filmmakers and musicians seemed to be manufacturing template-based soundtracks, which isn’t a good trend of an industry that is known for its legacy of music. Probably it is the changed dynamics, contemporary Hindi film soundtracks do not enjoy longevity […]
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Top 10 Performances in a Supporting Role (Male) | 2016 Roundup
Guess what! 2016 turns out a lucky for Bollywood actors in supporting roles. On one hand we have one of the nation’s biggest superstars, Shah Rukh Khan appearing in a cameo letting the leading lady take the limelight. On the other, we have veterans like Anupam Kher and Rajat Kapoor […]
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Top 10 Performances in a Supporting Role (Female) | 2016 Roundup
2016 was a decent year for women in Bollywood. While the leading ladies shone bright in their respective films, we have had a handful of brilliant supporting acts as well. Guess what! Few of them came from leading female superstars who’ve ruled the roost for decades. Here goes the list […]
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2016 is over! Here’s the Top 25 songs you were looking for…
As 2016 comes to an end, the time is now for the mandatory year-end lists. A year that clearly wasn’t amongst the best for Bollywood music, there had been a bunch of songs that struck a chord with us. While opinions will possibly differ, here is Filmy Sasi’s compilation of […]
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‘Dangal’ review – earthy, emotional, and suitably mainstream
Father-daughter tales are surefire sell-outs. Feminism is not, at least in the context of Indian commercial cinema. Sports dramas often find takers, if sprinkled with a decent dose of patriotism. Abundant with all the ingredients above, Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal is the real life story of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his […]
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“Manchester by the Sea”… Tearjerker of the year!
Death. It is often as hard for the witnesses. The sudden void, the unforeseen change in plans that it thrusts upon. Dealing with a series of deaths and their associated agony, there is something awfully unnerving about the way writer-director Kenneth Lonergan crafts his third feature Manchester by The Sea. Akin to top Oscar […]
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‘La La Land’ review – a love letter to vintage Hollywood musicals
We know the jazz musician in Damien Chazelle. Staging the lead man in his latest La La Land as one, the filmmaker’s passion for the genre stands unparalleled – even as we draw comparisons to the zealous leads themselves. In Chazelle’s writing, we see determination to bring back Hollywood’s golden era, […]