True Review

Channel V: Changed Priority

In the mid-1990s, India’s youth saw the launch of an indigenous music channel – Channel [V]. The slew of programming was urban-centric, with irreverent humour, a n...

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True Review: Manjunath

Critic’s Rating: 2.stars. Cast: Sasho Sattyish Sarathy, Yashpal Sharma, Seema Biswas, Kishore Kadam, Anjori Alagh, Faisal Rashid, Rajesh Khattar, Producer: Viacom 18 M...

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Khera, Stand Up To Be Counted

Television serial makers resort to ploys to sustain viewer ship – a new track, a new character or someone getting lost, etc. This writer hadn’t been watching Uttar...

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True Review: Kya Dilli Kya Lahore

Critics Rating:  2.STARS. Cast: Vijay Raaz, Manu Rishi, Raj Zutshi, Vishwajeet Pradhan Producer:  Karan Arora. Story By: Aseem Arora. Direction: Vijay Raaz Genr...

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True Review: The Amazing Spider Man Part - 2

Critics Rating: 3.1/2 STARS. Cast : Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field, Chris Cooper,  Producer : Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach. ...

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A New Order

There are a few new shows on daily prime time and the weekend too. Star Plus’ Ek Thi Haseena boasts of a cast of three actors of substance – Simone Singh, Ayub Kha...

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True Review: Revolver Rani

Critics Rating: 2 Stars Cast: Kangna Ranuat, Vir Das, Piyush Mishra, Zakir Hussain Direction: Sai Kabir Shrivastav Genre: Drama Producer: Raju Chadha, Crouching Tiger Moti...

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True Review: Samrat & Co.

Critics Rating : 1.1/2.Stars Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gopal Datt, Madalasa Sharma, Girish Karnad Direction: Kaushik Ghatak Genre: Thriller Producer: Kavita K.Barjatya, Rajshri...

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Curtains For Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (BALH)

“We have an expression that when a show is running out of original stories, the producers will make a “jump the shark” episode, when something completely stu...

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True Review : 2 States

Critics Rating : 3.1/2 Star. Cast : Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amrita Singh, Revathi, Ronit Roy, Shiv Kumar Subramaniam , Ankit Chitral , Achint Kaur Direction : Abhishek Var...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: 55 YEARS ON, MERE APNE’S RELEVANCE

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with the indefatigable poet, lyricist, story-script-write...

January 20 2026

KALEIDOSCOPE: LUCKNOW BETWEEN PAST AND NOW

Cultures are never frozen in time, they keep moving, keep evolving.Filmmaker and writer ...

January 19 2026

HEALTH: WHEN CANCER GETS PERSONAL

As cancer treatment continues to rely on averages and probabilities, a breakthrough appr...

January 18 2026