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Movie Review: Tum Bin 2
In “Tum Bin 2”, Neha Sharma plays Taran, a London-based woman whose world comes crashing down around her when her boyfriend Amar slips into a coma after a skiing accident in the Swiss Alps. Shekhar (Aditya Seal) enters her life, wins over Neha’s family with his charm and eventually finds a place in Neha’s grieving heart.
Movie Review: Force 2
In Abhinay Deo’s sequel to the 2011 film "Force”, John Abraham returns as angry, beefy cop Yash who is out to catch a mole working for the Chinese. Packed with action shorn of cliched romance and full of breathless chase sequences though the cobbled streets of Budapest in Hungary, “Force 2” could have passed the action film test with flying colours if not for that pesky thing called storyline.
Q&A: Shashi Tharoor on why the British owe India an apology
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s new book “An Era of Darkness” turns the spotlight on Britain’s 200-year rule in India, and argues that it destroyed the Indian economy and pushed the country back by several decades.
Trump and Modi will be 'best friends': adviser to U.S. president-elect
The U.S. president-elect will be "best friends" with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an adviser to Donald Trump told Reuters in a telephone interview.
Movie Review: Rock On 2
For a sequel, "Rock On 2" certainly took its time coming. More than eight years after Abhishek Kapoor made a fairly watchable film about four friends and their band, Shujaat Saudagar directs what seems like a watered down version of "Rock On".
Opinion: England must play Buttler in India tests
England, reeling from a historic test loss in Bangladesh, must ensure that they put out their best XI in their test series against India starting November 9, even if that means playing two wicketkeeper-batsmen in Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler.
POW: Indian adaptation of thriller ‘Hatufim’ hopes to break new ground
The atmosphere on the sets of Nikkhil Advani’s new show is festive. Actors are dressed in bright colours, the room is covered in garlands; and as the camera starts rolling, a large Indian family banters with boisterous Punjabi echoing in the dialogue.
Movie Review: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
In one of the most prescient lines in Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, a character tells another: “Only the insecure hide behind big words.” This might as well have been a comment on the film, with all the verbosity that is encompassed in 157 minutes of this romantic drama.
Bollywood hopes Diwali will light up box office
Bollywood is pinning its hopes on two of this year's biggest films opening on Friday to rev up a lacklustre box office for the festive Diwali season.
Q&A: Mumbai Film Festival Director Anupama Chopra
The Mumbai Film Festival, which was almost cancelled two years ago due to lack of funds, has been given a new leash of life by sponsors such as Reliance Jio and Star. The 18th edition of the event starting Thursday will showcase more than 180 films from 54 countries. Festival Director Anupama Chopra spoke to Reuters about the challenges of running a festival and whether too much of Bollywood can be a good thing for an event that once stayed far away from the Hindi film industry.
Rail crash toll hits 146, survivor search called off
PUKHRAYAN, India/NEW DELHI Rescuers on Monday called off a search of the mangled carriages of a derailed train after pulling more bodies from the wreckage, taking to at least 146 the number of passengers killed in the disaster.