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Three women in a dark comedy that is bold and unapologetic

Three women in a dark comedy that is bold and unapologetic

‘Maa Behen,’ a rather derogatory slur used for generations as an abuse, now gets a comedic yet dark twist with Suresh Triveni‘s latest film. Madhuri Dixit plays Rekha, the mother, Triptii Dimri plays Jaya, the elder sister, while Dharna Durga plays Sushma, the younger one. The three take on the roles of maa and behens, respectively, to hide a death at their home. Rekha is the sultry neighbourhood lady, who has the entire colony’s men and boys drooling over her. After her husband dies early, she’s all by herself to take care of her daughter. Before you assume, no, she’s not the ‘abla naari’ one would expect. She’s instead a confident, knows her worth, and cares very less about what people think of her. Years later, she has a second illegitimate daughter with an unknown man, whom she genuinely loves.  Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following …

System review: Sonakshi Sinha-Jyotika’s film delivers sincerity and good performances, just not enough drama

System review: Sonakshi Sinha-Jyotika’s film delivers sincerity and good performances, just not enough drama

System Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Jyotika, Ashutosh Gowariker Rating: ★★★ A colleague recently remarked that courtroom dramas rarely miss the mark, and it got me thinking- they’re absolutely right. The genre has a stellar track record. There’s an undeniable thrill in watching justice get delivered against all odds. It’s that ultimate pursuit of truth that keeps viewers glued to the edge of their seats. Does System join that list? Let’s find out. System review: The courtroom drama stars Sonakshi Sinha and Jyotika. What is System about? The story revolves around Neha Rajvansh (Sonakshi Sinha), the daughter of celebrated advocate Ravi (Ashutosh Gowariker), who refuses to let her work alongside him until she proves herself by winning cases independently. Enter Sarika (Jyotika), a stenographer who single-handedly runs her household while caring for her wheelchair-bound husband. Impressed by Sarika’s knowledge, Neha offers to pay her for assisting with cases. The two soon form a formidable team, winning multiple cases together, until one case pits father and daughter against each other in the courtroom. What …

Apex movie review: Charlize Theron battles nature, Taron Egerton, but cannot outrun a predictable script | Movie-review News

Apex movie review: Charlize Theron battles nature, Taron Egerton, but cannot outrun a predictable script | Movie-review News

There’s a particular thrill in watching a star walk into terrain that seems bigger than them. Not just physically—though mountains tend to do that—but cinematically, where the scale of the setting promises a story that could swallow clichés whole and spit out something raw, unpredictable. Survival thrillers, at their best, do exactly that. They strip characters of artifice and leave them with instinct. At their worst, they become endurance tests of a different kind—of patience. Charlize Theron has, over the years, built a reputation for thriving in precisely these spaces. She belongs to that rare league of actresses – Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson, Uma Thurman, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldaña – who have not only embraced action but reshaped its texture. And yet, even within that group, Theron’s filmography feels unusually varied. From the relentless chaos of Mad Max: Fury Road to the bone-crunching intimacy of Atomic Blonde, from the mythic immortality of The Old Guard to the high-octane spectacle of the Fast & Furious franchise, she has fought warlords, spies, systems, and gravity itself. In …

Michael Jackson biopic is a glossy tribute that refuses to confront the man behind the myth

Michael Jackson biopic is a glossy tribute that refuses to confront the man behind the myth

Biographies of larger-than-life figures usually promise revelation—some fresh lens through which we can revisit a legend. With Michael, filmmaker Antoine Fuqua takes on the daunting task of revisiting the life of Michael Jackson, a man whose story has already played out on the world’s biggest stage. That raises a central dilemma: should a film like this reshape public memory, defend the man behind the myth, or confront the uncomfortable duality of genius and imperfection? Michael neither interrogates nor truly understands its subject, settling for a polished but hollow retelling The narrative charts Jackson’s journey from a precocious child performer in Gary, Indiana, to a global superstar redefining pop culture. It moves through the Jackson 5 years, his evolution as a solo artist, and his collaborations with Quincy Jones, while placing heavy emphasis on his fraught relationship with his father, Joe Jackson. Milestones like Off the Wall and Thriller are recreated, leading up to his peak years, before the film abruptly closes with a suggestion that the story will continue. The good What keeps the film …

Normal movie review: Bob Odenkirk’s thriller is undone by weak storytelling | Movie-review News

Normal movie review: Bob Odenkirk’s thriller is undone by weak storytelling | Movie-review News

3 min readApr 17, 2026 06:00 PM IST Minnesota. Snow. Sheriff. Quiet. And, then, a car rolls into town. It’s clear that Normal takes a lot of its cues from the film and TV series Fargo (Bob Odenkirk even starred in the first season). And, as long as it is about the five things above, and Bob Odenkirk, Normal holds a lot of promise. The atmospherics are just right, the people seem to be folks one can be around – with the exception of the too-slick Mayor (Winkler) – and the town of Normal seems to be just the kind of place a sheriff carrying a weight on his shoulders, as the grandiosely named Ulysses (Odenkirk) is, might find some peace. The giveaway are the guns and explosives all over the town, including the police armoury armed to the gills and its most popular diner. Heck, even the ubiquitous nosy old lady seems to have too much of an interest in police activities. Given that it is bleak America though, Ulysses perhaps expects the guns …

Extra Geography review: Two teenage best friends discover Shakespeare and love in an instant coming-of-age triumph

Extra Geography review: Two teenage best friends discover Shakespeare and love in an instant coming-of-age triumph

Extra Geography movie review Cast: Marni Duggan, Galaxie Clear, Alice Englert, Aoife Riddell Director: Molly Manners Star rating: ★★★★★ All of us have lived it, and yet there is nothing as definitive about the experience of growing up in a school: making friends, thinking they would last forever, and hoping desperately that we would become adults soon. It is a singular experience, yet we have all been there, craving for the attention of that one teacher we have a crush on. Extra Geography features flat-out sensational debut performances from Galaxie Clear and Marni Duggan. Molly Manners’ delightful and gently moving coming-of-age dramedy Extra Geography grapples with the pressures and anxieties at an English girls’ boarding school, where two best friends stick to one another and do all sorts of things they think would lead them to finding love. Turns out, Shakespeare did not have much of a clue either, so how can these girls know better? The premise Here we are with Minna and Flic (played by first-time actors Galaxie Clear and Marni Duggan), who …

Mercy movie review: The storytelling is flat in this Chris Pratt-starrer; so is everyone on screen | Movie-review News

Mercy movie review: The storytelling is flat in this Chris Pratt-starrer; so is everyone on screen | Movie-review News

Mercy movie review: It’s 2029, Los Angeles. A detective finds himself in the hot seat, accused of murdering his wife. He has only 90 minutes to prove his innocence: the catch is, that it is an AI-powered justice system which is judge, jury, executioner, and if he can’t lay out sufficient evidence to clear himself, he will be executed. Blinking himself out of a stupor, Chris Raven (Chris Pratt) finds himself strapped to a chair, facing the beautiful Judge Maddox (Rebecca Fergusson). From all accounts in front of the judge, the detective was alone with his wife (Annabelle Wallis) for a length of time, during which she was stabbed with a sharp knife. Their daughter (Kylie Rogers) finds her mother lying in a pool of blood, and calls it in, and from then on, starts Chris’s ordeal. He claims he is innocent, but then so does every criminal. It doesn’t look good for him: a secret he’s been hiding comes out, painting him even more guilty than he looks. Could it be jealousy over an …

Dhurandhar actor Rakesh Bedi REVEALS how Sara Arjun reacted when she met him during…: ‘Tum pehle khud…’ Exclusive

Dhurandhar actor Rakesh Bedi REVEALS how Sara Arjun reacted when she met him during…: ‘Tum pehle khud…’ Exclusive

Dhurandhar actor Rakesh Bedi REVEALS how Sara Arjun reacted when she met him during…: ‘Tum pehle khud…’ Exclusive Home News and Gossip Dhurandhar actor Rakesh Bedi REVEALS how Sara Arjun reacted when she met him during…: ‘Tum pehle k… Ranveer Singh’s film Dhurandhar is currently making headlines. Recently, a controversy erupted regarding actors Rakesh Bedi and Sara Arjun. Meanwhile, Rakesh Bedi has given his review of Sara Arjun’s performance. By: Gurnoor Sahni  |  Published: December 22, 2025 12:53 PM IST Ranveer Singh’s movie Dhurandhar is currently getting a lot of fame and success at the box office. From the plot of the film to the performances of the actors, appreciation has been consistently flowing in. Nonetheless, in the midst of this achievement, a controversy came up, placing seasoned actor Rakesh Bedi in the limelight. A clip from a promotional event for the movie has become viral on social media, resulting in backlash. At the same time, Rakesh Bedi …

Oh What Fun movie review: Modern spin on Home Alone with Michelle Pfeiffer does not do much better

Oh What Fun movie review: Modern spin on Home Alone with Michelle Pfeiffer does not do much better

Who doesn’t love a comfortable and harmless Christmas comedy film? The holiday season is here, and more often than not, movies like Home Alone, Bridget Jones’ Diary, or Planes, Trains, and Automobiles make up for a good idea for a rewatch. Prime Video’s latest offering, Oh. What. Fun. offers a spin on that genre, emphasising how these movies sideline the mothers and the female characters who work so hard to make the holidays special and, in return, get relegated to supporting roles of extremely less significance. Oh What Fun movie review: Michelle Pfeiffer in a still from the film, which is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. The premise “Scrooge is famously grumpy around the holidays, and I’m not entitled to one little outburst?” asks Michelle Pfeiffer‘s Claire in the beginning. Fair point. Claire is a mother and now a grandmother who is busy making sure everything is okay before Christmas Eve with the whole clan. However, the film, directed by Michael Showalter, makes the mistake of referencing those classic films at the beginning, …

Train Dreams movie review: Joel Edgerton film a sombre ode to the people we lose, the worlds that vanish | Movie-review News

Train Dreams movie review: Joel Edgerton film a sombre ode to the people we lose, the worlds that vanish | Movie-review News

If you stand close enough to a passing train, the wind can knock the breath out of you. The old-timers said it could steal your memory too, that a fast-moving locomotive drags a piece of time behind it, sweeping away whatever isn’t bolted down in your heart. Watching Train Dreams feels a bit like that old superstition: as if the film slips past you with such force and sorrow and beauty that you look up at the end unsure how much of your own life it has carried off. Clint Bentley’s adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella is not an attempt to resurrect the frontier romance we’ve seen a hundred times. Instead, it examines the lives of the men who laid the tracks, felled the forests, and unknowingly built the country that would one day grow too loud for people like them. Bentley approaches history through the smallest aperture, a single man, a logger named Robert Grainier, and somehow the world feels bigger for it. The epic of an unremarkable man Joel Edgerton plays Robert Grainier, …