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                                       Manny forever! Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjana Sanghi, Sahil Vaid Director: Mukesh Chhabra Rating: ****/5 The reel opens to a montage of Sushant Singh Rajput playing the guitar with his own lines: “Perhaps the difference between, what is miserable, and that, which is spectacular, lies in the leap of faith… #selfmusing”. In the montage, lies the hidden message that Sushant probably wanted to give to his fans. The movie is set in the steel city of Jamshedpur where Kizzie Basu (Sanjana Sanghi) is a young teenager who aspires to lead a normal life. But there is a small glitch: she is suffering from cancer. The opening scene is of a funeral where Kizzie stands in a graveyard wearing a tube connected to her nose from her oxygen tank. A sombre scene where she hugs the elderly gentleman who has just lost his wife. She stands listening to the eulogy and ...

Irrfan acted in parallel, mainstream, international cinema and struck a fine balance between the genres so that each of his work appeared fresh and never repetitive. “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts…” An actor par excellence, Irrfan Khan literally lived up to world-famous playwright Shakespeare’s famous lines. The choice of his roles-negative shades to comical–reflected the unique traits and versatility of his personality. He did it all and made sure each of his characters stood apart from each other. Right from his debut in  Salaam Bombay  in 1988 till his last movie  Angrezi Medium , he has been known and recognized for his passion and dedication towards his craft. Whether it was the role of a letter writer in  Salaam Bombay , a goon Ranvijay Singh in  Haasil , Maqbool in  Maqbool , Inspector Uday Rathore in  Ro...

Punjab da pind and Punjab da munda Harry (Shahid Kapoor)...zoom in to the simple village life and his constant wait for a train to arrive with the ' chiththi ' from the IAF. Shahid's sister's marriage is the backdrop for the first one hour. Enter Ayat (Sonam Kapoor), a Kashmiri muslim who has just escaped the trauma of Kashmiri insurgency to live with her father's sister, in the same village. Its love at first sight. After the initial song and dance routine, the secret stares and letters written in mehndi being exchanged the whole night, when the time to propose comes, Sonam disappears with her family in the morning and Shahid goes on to join the IAF. Seven years go by and suddenly its Scotland. Shahid has become an Air Force officer and has been sent by IAF to Scotland. Lo and behold, there is Sonam dressed in a Scottish outfit selling tickets for a Mozart concert and simultaneously handing over food to her friends while selling tickets. Shahid looking royal...

  The Chak De! India babe who headed the Indian hockey team and attained victory for it, both on-screen as well as off-screen, is back on the silver screen, with her next venture Striker, releasing this Friday. Here's an exclusive tête-à-tête with the lady. Read more at   https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/post-chak-de-striker-is-a-movie-to-watch-out-for/story-eEelENCBZUEkZMyKKRarvO.html The Chak De! India babe Vidya Malvade who headed the Indian hockey team and attained victory for it, both on-screen as well as off-screen, is back on the silver screen, with her next venture Striker, releasing this Friday. Vidya Malvade sums up her feelings at the moment: "Every Friday is as jittery for actors like me and this time, it's nothing different as this is after Chak De! I have my fingers crossed." Vidya will be sharing screen space with co-actor Siddharth Narayanan, Nicolette and Padmapriya Janakiraman in her next film Striker. Priya Rajendran catches up with the ...