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1982 Gurnaaz Kaur As the year 2020 comes to a close, we look at the fresh faces who gave some powerful performances. Movies or series on OTT platforms, they left an impact. These artistes have sure carved a niche for themselves in the world of entertainment. Pratik Gandhi Turning point: Pratik Gandhi Many call him one of the undisputed stars of OTT. Primarily an actor in Gujarati theatre and cinema, Hansal Mehta’s biographical drama Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story has turned around Pratik’s career. He couldn’t agree more. “This year has been life-changing for me. My passion for act...

A suitable re-read: What I learned from Vikram Seth’s great novel, second time round Twenty-two years after A Suitable Boy came out, this masterly novel feels as relevant as ever to modern India December 29, 2020 Lata (Tanya Maniktala) meets a Muslim student Kabir (Danesh Razvi) in a library in a scene from the BBC adaptation of A Suitable Boy. Credit: BBC/Lookout Point It was a moment of shock that firmed up my wavering desire to re-read a novel of almost 1,400 pages. The BBC television adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy meant that the book was ba...

From Ishwak Singh In Paatak Lok To Isha Talwar In Mirzapur 2, Five Applaud-Worthy Performances From Sushmita Sen’s Aarya to Jaideep Ahlawat’s Paatal Lok, Indian web content is reaching new heights with quality web shows. While most of our focus remains at praising the lead actors in a show, there are many excellent actors who do a wonderful job and it’s difficult to imagine the show without them. In today’s article, we will be discussing 5 standout actors who have enhanced our viewing experience of a web show. Advertisement Best Web Show Performances: Namit Das In A Suitable Boy

I wish all my readers a happy Christmas season as far as Covid 19 restrictions allow. In the midst of so much controversy, fear and menace of the pandemic, I thought it best to divert readers’ attention with a huge success story of an excellent film produced from a superb book – Vikram Seth’s 1993, 1,349 paged ‘A Suitable Boy’ about post-Independence India in the 1950s, set in Calcutta and Lucknow, dealing with inter-religious issues and love between Muslims and Hindus. It is one of the longest English-language novels in print and worldwide reviews placed it as one of the best moder...

An unlikely year of honours for Indian Cinema Top prizes at major international film festivals capped the journey of a pandemic-hit Indian cinema in 2020. December 26, 2020 / 08:56 AM IST Tanya Maniktala, who plays the lead role in the TV series A Suitable Boy, was among the five winners of Rising Stars Award in Toronto this year Ashmita Guha Neogi created history in October this year when her diploma film,  CatDog, won the top prize for film schools at the Cannes festival. A Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) alumnus, Neogi beat stiff competition from 16 other films, all selec...