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Movie Review - Trapped
The apartment in Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Trapped” is sparsely furnished. When the film’s protagonist, Shaurya (Rajkummar Rao), moves in on 12 hours’ notice, he brings his worldly belongings in a duffel bag, and finds just enough in the musty 35th floor Mumbai apartment for him to function.
Q&A;: Vikramaditya Motwane on why Bollywood needs to take risks to make better films
Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane won accolades with his debut coming-of-age drama “Udaan” in 2010, and followed it up with period romance “Lootera” in 2013, which also got positive reviews. A cold email with the script for a thriller led to the making of his third film, “Trapped” – about a man who is locked for days in his apartment without food, water or electricity. The film releases on March 17.
Q+A: India's food safety regulator on new rules, healthier products and the industry
India is planning to frame draft rules within a month requiring manufacturers to display the fat, sugar and salt content of products on packaging.
Bollywood's latest villain: black money
A new Indian film that releases this Friday has a burly hero on a mission to destroy a dark evil. But instead of the usual corrupt politician or mafia don often seen in Bollywood, the villain is an elusive entity which is also being pursued by Prime Minister Narendra Modi - black money.
Filmmaker Karan Johar becomes father to twins
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar said on Sunday that he has become a parent to twins via a surrogate.
Movie Review: Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya
The protagonist in Shashank Khaitan's "Badrinath ki Dulhaniya" is an unlikely hero and hard to like. Badrinath Bansal is a rich, spoilt brat who discovers he has a spine in the last five minutes of the film and stands up to his dictatorial father only under the influence of alcohol.
Interview: Taapsee Pannu on being an outsider in Bollywood
In the 2015 thriller "Baby", Taapsee Pannu's only action sequence showed her pinning down the bad guy without the help of the male hero. That one scene, she says, earned her the lead role in the upcoming film "Naam Shabana" (My name is Shabana), a prequel to "Baby".
Time up for Manipur's 'Mr. 10 percent' chief minister, BJP says
While the national media is focused on the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces his biggest electoral test since coming to power in 2014, the tiny state of Manipur in India’s northeast is gearing up for its most closely fought election in recent times.
Commentary: Kohli in the line of fire as golden run ends
Captain Virat Kohli had led his men admirably till last week's Pune test, where a 333-run rout by Australia ended India's 19-match unbeaten streak.
Cash crunch forces Indian town’s cinemas into a long intermission
Milan Talkies used to be a cinema hall. Now it’s locked behind iron gates, home to a family of stray dogs who growl when other dogs show up to urinate in its dark corners.
Indian drugmakers face squeeze in U.S. healthcare market
MUMBAI India's small and medium-sized generic drugmakers say the threat of tougher rules and higher barriers for outsiders in the U.S. healthcare market will force many to find a niche or focus their expansion efforts on other countries.