Tag: vidyabalan

Director Sujoy Ghosh and actress Vidya Balan are back this winter with Kahaani 2, the sequel to their hit thriller Kahaani from 2012.  When Kahaani was released, it was a major surprise hit at the Indian box office and eventually...

It's a surprise that Srijit Mukherji's movies don't get as much notice outside West Bengal, and outside India, as it should. Bengali commercial cinema in India was in a state of creative decadence till Mukherji burst onto the scene with...

On paper, Ribhu Dasgupta's Te3n is a no brainer. A thriller set in Kolkata featuring three of India's most respected actors, produced by thriller specialist Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani), and based on Korean kidnap movie Montage, it feels like all of...

Only in its second year, the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is leaping from strength to strength. This year the festival will welcome special guest Amitabh Bachchan, to present the closing night screening of his 1975 blockbuster film Deewar, directed...

As India's film industries celebrate their 100th year, it is only fitting that the country has made its strongest showing on the international film circuit in ages. Following an extremely strong contingent at Cannes and a City to City spotlight...

Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani is a film that I really wanted to review when it released back in March. However, outside forces conspired to keep me out of the cinema for the duration of its run, so I've decided to review...

I have been informed by the powers that be at Mela, that this release has been postponed to April 20th. Apparently there are some QC issues to iron out. While it is a bit disappointing, I'm okay with waiting if...

The Dirty Picture was one of my favorite Hindi films of 2011, and starting tomorrow, it will be available via a legal stream exclusively from Mela. Mela is a VOD service that I've been using for about a month now,...

With the recent release of the huge hit film The Dirty Picture, actress Vidya Balan when from a solid supporting actress to one of the most powerful female stars in Bollywood.  She was the lead actor in the biggest Indian...

If there is any justice in this world, The Dirty Picture will do for Vidya Balan what Raging Bull did for Robert DeNiro. Balan owns this film so completely that it seems to collapse under it's own facade whenever she's...

I know that the idea of a Bollywood biopic sounds a bit out there for the regular ScreenAnarchy reader, but I have to admit this one looks pretty boss.The Dirty Picture was developed, shot, and initially advertised as an unauthorized...

[I should really know better than this by now.  Two days after I posted the fifteen second teaser, ALT Entertainment released the first full trailer for Vidya Balan's The Dirty Picture, and it looks awesome.  Check it out below.  Roll...

If R Balakrishnan's Paa were a Hollywood production I would suggest it was an incredibly clumsy attempt at Oscar bait.  But it's not a Hollywood picture and so it simply stands as a reminder of how incredibly strange Bollywood can...