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Pranav Mohal’s Varshangalkku Shesham. (Photo Credit – IMDb)

“Varshangalkku Shesham,” crafted under the directorial prowess of Vineeth Sreenivasan, embarks on a narrative journey chronicling the profound odyssey of two intrepid individuals navigating through the tapestry of dreams against the backdrop of 1970s Kerala and Chennai. Within the film, the characters of Venu and Murali, embodied by Dhyan Sreenivasan and Pranav Mohanlal, respectively, serve as conduits through which the audience is immersed in the vicissitudes of their cinematic pursuits.

While one protagonist aspires for the coveted zenith of silver screen stardom, the other harbors divergent ambitions. Murali’s magnetic influence compels Venu to venture forth into the enigmatic realm of Chennai. Over the temporal expanse of five decades, the film intricately weaves the evolving fabric of their friendship, thereby affording spectators profound insights into the labyrinthine realm of cinema, mirrored through the prism of their lived experiences.

Cast & crew of “Varshangalkku Shesham...

Genius

Starring Utkarsh Sharma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ishitha Chauhan

Directed by Anil Sharma

Genius, with the sub-title Dil Ki Ladai Dimaag Se, meaning the battle between the heart and brain, has plenty of brawn thrown into the mind-heart mix. It is a very ambitious film which quotes everyone and everything , from the Bhagavata Gita to Aristole, pronounced Aris-total by Nawaz who plays an elusive slippery Isi title.

And when he leaves a message behind after a murder he reads it out as ‘Let’s Ketchup’. There is a subverted pun in Nawaz being described as “slippery” as he keeps talking about being thrashed with shoes and slippers. A hark-back to a youthful trauma that he recreates in a brilliantly acted hospital scene where he describes patricide with chilling casualness.

I guess Nawaz has a lot of catching up to do with the English language. This is an issue that’s flippantly...

Starring Naseerduddin Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Kay Kay Menon, Ravi Kissan

Directed by Hriday Shetty

Four fine actors, one wild unpredictable night of adventure. As a premise for a two-hour adventure-caper this sounds exactly like the recipe Sudhir Mishra ordered from his scriptwriters when he made Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahin 15 years ago.

Times have changed. So has morality. Nowadays guns are no longer what the villains hold in our films. They are often the tools to trigger off a torrent of titters in times of violence. In this day and age of dithering morality Chaalis Chauraasi (4084) has some finger-licking fun with the formula of farce.

4084 is a feast of the feisty. Indeed Hriday Shetty who earlier directed a tender but undercooked tale of midlife romance Pyar Mein Twist, is here on far surer grounds as he takes his quartet of quirky characters through a maze of mindboggling adventures. All highly nefarious,...

Famed model turned actor Rajniesh been showing his competitive streak in Pattaya. Rajniesh has been shooting for the film Be Careful along with co-stars Tanisha and Rajpal Yadav for almost a month in the midst of a curfew.

Since everyone is under house arrest post 6 pm there is a lot of free time with the crew due to which they are not allowed to get out, they hardly have any mode of entertainment other than the TV. But the crew surely seems to have found their new pass time which is playing table tennis in the hotel sports and recreation centre.

Says Rajniesh Duggall from curfew stricken Pattaya "Yes since we can’t really get out, the best way to kill time is by playing table tennis at the hotel. All of us including Rajpal Yadav, Tanisha Mukerjee, Shillpi Sharma, the Dop Najeeb Khan, Sanjay Mishra and Zaid play table tennis for hours.