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Netflix India’s new original film in Hindi is all about having a goal and the perseverance to achieve it. Vijay 69 is not just about elderly citizens trying to find a purpose; it is also about them finding friends at a later stage in your life and having them around to support your plans. The lead character has set a plan for himself, and he is surrounded by all kinds of people, including his family and friends, who are honest with him and eventually support his goal to become the oldest person to complete a triathlon.

Vijay Mathew

Veteran actor Anupam Kher portrays the role of Vijay Mathew in Vijay 69, an elderly citizen who is about to become a septuagenarian and realizes he has not achieved anything in life. A swimmer by profession, Vijay Mathew was a national champion in his younger days, and now he feels the need to...

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Cast: Anupam Kher, Chunky Panday, Mihir Ahuja and others

Director: Akshaya Roy

Streaming On: Netflix

Language: Hindi

Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes

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If the actors in this industry struggle with something, it is age-specific and age-relevant roles. Everyone is waiting for that age-appropriate role, from Hema Malini to Jaya Bachchan and Dharmendra to Govinda. However, the tragedy is that once in a while, when this opportunity arrives for an actor who is a delight for a director, it gets compromised due to a badly written script.

If there is one man in the industry who has been nailing aged roles since his Jawani, it is Anupam Kher undoubtedly. Now, at an old age, he is finally playing an old man again, but the irony is this time,...

Back in the day, I don’t think sports movies were as popular in Bollywood as they are today. So, despite something as momentous as India’s win at the 1983 Cricket World Cup, we didn’t get a slew of films around that topic. In fact, it wasn’t until 2001’s Lagaan that we got a film wholly centered around cricket. The subgenre of drama films expanded in the 2000s with Iqbal, Chak De India, and Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. In the 2010s we got Patiala House, Brothers, Saala Khadoos, and straight-up masterpieces like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Dangal, and Mukkabaaz. The 2020s have given us Panga, Rashmi Rocket, Liger (it is what it is), and Ghoomer. And to add to this illustrious list, while also making it a bit diverse, is Vijay 69.

Akshay Roy’s Vijay 69 tells the story of the former swimming champion, Vijay Mathew, who is presumed...

Veteran actress Guddi Maruti, who plays a pivotal character in the show ‘Pashminna: Dhaage Mohabbat Ke’, has shared insights into her character Dolly, and said that it brings an element of fun and levity to the storyline. The senior actress is known for her comedy roles in the television and Bollywood. As the romantic drama has taken a one-year leap and introduced fresh characters, Guddi Maruti portrays the lively grandmom.

After the leap, Pashminna is getting engaged to Rishi (Leenesh Mattoo) and Guddi Maruti is seen playing his vibrant dadi, Dolly.

In a candid conversation, she opened up about her character, shooting in Kashmir, and her connection with her on-screen grandson, Leenesh.

The ‘Chamatkar’ fame actress said: “I’m playing the role of Dadi who adores her grandson and loves to have fun with him. She’s the type of grandma who likes to tease him playfully and give him...

Kaamyaab

Starring Sanjay Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal,Sareeka Singh

Written & Directed by Hardik Mehta

Kaamyaab is a very rare and precious film. It takes us into the lives of those unsung senior artistes who are not ‘junior artistes’—that derogatory term given to the blur of people who stands in crowds – but aren’t stars neither.

We could call them the Nowhere People, na idhar ke na udhar ke…Think about Om Prakash, Kanhaiyalal, Manmohan Krishna, Nasir Hussain, Iftiker,…They are all gone remembered for the way they blended into the fabric of the films that they kept appearing in with stubborn persistence. Kaamyaab has quaint cameo space for all the fringe players. In fact the film is dedicated to one of them Viju Khote who passed away in October 2019.

But the film belongs to Sanjay Mishra who plays Sudheer a bit player like the potato in a vegetable dish which...

Actress Smita Bansal, who marks her debut as a scriptwriter in theatre with "Hello Zindagi", is confident it will leave the audience with a smile.

Produced by Felicity Theatre, the play will premiere on Saturday at Tata Theatre, Ncpa. Directed by Raman Kumar, the play revolves around five women of different backgrounds and characteristics who are staying together in a posh flat in Mumbai.

The cast includes Minissha Lamba, Kishwar Merchant, Delnaaz Irani, Guddi Maruti, and Chitrashi Rawat.

Smita, who has featured in popular TV shows like "Amanat" and "Balika Vadhu", said in a statement: "This play revolves around women who have given up the best years of their life to take care of their family and now they want to do something meaningful.

"I wrote the script almost two years ago but since I am not a professional writer, I kept getting new ideas and incorporated them in the story,...