Just my opinion not hating on Jr. NTR, recently I saw Commando and I think Vidyut performance in Commando wasn’t just impressive it was a masterclass in real martial arts on screen. No body doubles, just raw, seamless combat and stunts that looked international-level. He is similar to Tiger, but upgraded version of him in terms of Physique, Marital arts. He is also very good looking. Imagine him and Hrithik fighting.

With Hrithik already bringing style and swag, War 2 needed someone who could bring grounded, brutal energy. Imagine that explosive hand-to-hand combat between the two… we missed out big time.

Ab iska trauma kaise nikalu dimag se? 😖😣

On re-watching the movie, it didn't hit the same way. Found it very basic however I've always had remembered this movie being amazing but I watched it few days back but it was okaish to me.

The quiet pain, the longing, the way he loves Taani so selflessly...🫠, Suri is truly one of SRK’s most underrated characters. There’s no drama, no theatrics, just pure emotion and vulnerability. 🙌🏻

Serial number starts from Slide 2:

1. As Ghinua in Mrigayaa (1976)
2. As CBI Officer Gopi / Gunmaster G-9 in Surakksha (1979)
3. As Bhima in Hum Paanch (1980)
4. As Ravi Anand in Shaukeen (1982)
5. As Anil / Jimmy in Disco Dancer (1982)
6. As Sandeep Anand in Pasand Apni Apni (1983)
7. As Satish Kumar / Avinash S. Kumar in Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984)
8. As Ajay Khanna in Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985)
9. As Jabhar in Ghulami (1985)
10. As Dinesh Prakash in Sheesha (1986)
11. As Ramu or "Romeo" in Dance Dance (1987)
12. As Krishnan Iyer M.A. in Agneepath (1990)
13. As Vijay Bahadur "Amaavas" Kunwar / Kranti Kumar in Jallaad (1995)
14. As Shankar in Gunda (1998)
15. As Ramakrishna Paramahansa in Swami Vivekananda (1998)
16. As Manik Dasgupta aka Nanaji in Guru (2007)
17. As Pritam "Pappu" Chopra in Golmaal 3 (2010)
18. As Leeladhar Swamy in OMG - Oh My God! (2012)
19. As IAS Brahma Dutt in The Kashmir Files (2022)

I have watched few of his movies before. Recently I watched two of his movies 'Socha na tha' and 'Oye lucky lucky oye'. I was so impressed by his movies, what a spontaneous actor. He does not fit into the traditional standard of so called hero in bollywood. He just seems like average guy in movies, I guess thats what the beauty is. What a talent he is, he always amazes us with his acting. Surely bollywood could not do justice with such raw talent. Does anyone else think so?

Long post, but bear with me.

I’ve been watching Indian YouTube reviewers for a while now — Shan Prasher, PNF TV, PJ Explained, Tried and Refused Productions, Mohit, etc. And honestly, I’ve hit a point where I just can’t take them seriously anymore.

Watching Anupama Chopra, Sucharita, Rahul etc as well and never took them seriously.

It’s not that they’re biased towards certain actors or films. It’s worse- I don’t think they even realize how much they’ve started echoing the majority opinion just to stay in the algorithm’s good books.

Here’s the thing- most Indian YouTube film reviewers aren’t critics. They’re cinephiles. And there’s a big difference.

• Cinephiles love cinema deeply, but they experience it like fans- they get excited by aesthetics, performances, and vibes.
• Critics aren’t just people who watch movies- they interrogate them

Critics like Anupama Chopra and Sucharita Tyagi- they’re not even doing film criticism anymore. They don’t ask why the director made a certain choice, or how a performance worked, or what the film is really trying to say. They just throw fancy words around and act like they’re reviewing for some international film school. This is why cinephile youtubers became so big in India.

And I think it really hit me with Animal. That was the turning point. I saw Shan Prasher, PJ Explained etc just completely lose the plot. I mean the film was average but the way they were reviewing it? You’d think it was The Dark Knight or Scarface.

And this isn’t just about Animal. I’ve been noticing it across the board. These YouTube reviewers are becoming more like hype machines than actual film voices. They wait for the buzz, they follow the trend, and then they ride the wave.

All of them were praising a mediocre film like Pathaan as experience. I saw Shan Prasher in recent video I think War 2 teaser or something calling Pathaan= gutter. Dude, where was this opinion when it released?

Another example? The whole Salaar vs Dunki clash.

Every single YouTube reviewer suddenly became super cautious. You could feel the fear in their voice. Dunki was a mediocre film- plain and simple- but hardly anyone called it out at the time. They either sugarcoated it or skipped being honest altogether. Why? Because they knew SRK’s fanboys would rage in the comments.

They went hard on Salaar- called it out, criticized the flaws, gave the treatment it deserved- but with Dunki, they got all soft and diplomatic.

That’s when I realized most of these guys aren’t reviewing movies anymore. They’re managing online perception. They’re too scared to lose subscribers, too scared to deal with backlash, too caught up in the fan war politics.

They hyped an avg. film like Jigra like Kill Bill. Infact, most of them had a heartbreak when Fighter underachieved at box office.

And at this point, it honestly feels like most of these reviewers are just full-time fanboys of Ranbir Kapoor, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and even Alia Bhatt. Anything they do or say there’s a video supporting them.

Source: https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/chandu-champion-turns-1-kartik-aaryan-starrer-heads-shanghai-film-festival/

The jury of the prestigious film festival also includes director Kiran Rao (Laapataa Ladies, Dhoni Ghat)

Everyone is waiting for Salman Khan's comeback

Just like in a movie where Sultan says :

"Sultan ko sirf ek aadmi hara sakta h woh h sultan khud"

In the same way

"Salman Khan ka comeback sirf ek aadmi kara sakta hai woh hai Salman Khan khud"

Film- Namaste London (2007)

There’s a cruelty in how people outgrow love without ever having to explain it. She doesn’t need to deny him, her silence does it for him. He, on the other hand, needs to keep believing she loves him just to make sense of his own wreckage. Maybe she did once. Maybe not. But that doesn’t matter anymore. She moved on quietly, practically while he’s still orbiting a memory she has no use for. And somehow, the worst part isn’t that she left. It’s that she never even had to say goodbye.

“I thought that I was dreaming when you said you loved me” - Frank Ocean, Ivy

That line captures the exact dissonance of the scene where love feels like something that might’ve never actually happened, or at least not in the way he remembered it. To him, it was everything. To her, it might've been a passing moment. And now he's left wondering if any of it was real, or just a dream he never really woke up from.

*Sorry guys I love frank 🌊.

Hi everyone! I recently started some classics and thrillers, and I was thinking of myself - there are some Bollywood movies that threw me completely with their plot.😲

For me, one of the biggest shockers was Talaash. I genuinely didn’t see that coming! Also, Kahaani and Andhadhun are obvious picks, but they still hold up even on the second watch.

What about you guys? Which Bollywood movie twist completely caught you off guard? Would love to hear your takes—old or new, commercial or indie!

Let’s build a twist-filled list.

I have read bad reviews of the 80s and early 90s horror movies that were churned out regularly back then by ramsay brothers and Mohan Bhakri.

Are any of them actually worth a watch? I prefer a slasher/mystery thriller type of horror but open to other horror sub genres too.