Anuj Kumar

3 weeks ago | fcgreviews.com | Udita Jhunjhunwala |Keyur Seta |Ishita Sengupta |Anuj Kumar

Guild ReviewsA star-studded shipwreckFifteen years after the first Housefull movie hit screens in 2010, Housefull 5 arrives with the usual bluster and baloney—big stars, bigger sets, and a plot that makes no sense. In an unusual twist, the climax and the revelation of the killer aboard a luxury cruise liner differ depending on which version of director Tarun Mansukhani’s slapstick comedy you’re watching.

Jan 10, 2025 | thehindu.com | Anuj Kumar

Early in Fateh when a strapping Sonu Sood, dressed in a sharp black suit, enters a large room full of cocky goons, he is told that there is no space for him inside. The 120-minute bloodbath becomes a metaphor for the struggle of the sincere actor to carve a niche for himself as a solo hero. Sonu has a booming voice and a body to own the big screen.

Dec 9, 2024 | thehindu.com | Anuj Kumar

Destiny and development politics delicately come together in Goutam Ghose’s latest work of art depicting big-ticket projects’ impact in the Narmada basin on human life and the environment. At the outset, the Indo-Italian production appears like a venture to sell the serene Narmada valley to the Italians who historically love to travel and explore the cultural diversity of India.

Dec 6, 2024 | thehindu.com | Anuj Kumar

On a blockbuster Friday, Vidya Balan, perhaps the most popular non-Bengali actress in Kolkata, charmed the cineastes at the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival. Basking in the success of horror comedy Bhool Bhulaiyya 3, Vidya Balan told The Hindu, “As I age physically, I want to de-age mentally.”The actor who made a name for herself by essaying a series of deeply conflicted characters now wants to play some “fun” roles. “Female-led cinema has seen success in the last few years.

Dec 6, 2024 | thehindu.com | Anuj Kumar

In Indian tradition, fire alludes to love and conflict, devotion and anger, eternality and death. The ever-youthful element that demands sacrifice plays the central character in director Rahul Dholakia’s ode to the unstinting spirit of the firefighters.