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Renuka Vyavahare

The Times of India

Renuka Vyavahare is a film critic with one of India’s leading dailies, The Times of India and also a senior entertainment journalist with Bombay Times. She has been reviewing films for the Times Group for over a decade now.

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Image of scene from the film Do Patti
Director:Shashanka Chaturvedi
Cast:Kajol, Kriti Sanon, Shaheer Sheikh, Tanvi Azmi, Brijendra Kala, Prachee Shah, Vivek Mushran, Rohit Tiwari, Chittaranjan Tripathy, Shastra Prashant Gajbhare

Do Patti

Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Crime (Hindi)

The film touches upon substantial topics but lacks the sensibility or depth to make flawed seem fascinating.

Tue, October 29 2024

When an attempted murder case unfolds in a sleepy hill town, investigating officer Vidya Jyoti (Kajol) suspects there’s more to the story than meets the eye. Can she decode fact from fiction?

Twins Saumya and Shailee (Kriti Sanon in a double role, this is not a spoiler) are like chalk and cheese. One gets married to hot-headed Dhruv Sood, (television actor Shaheer Sheikh) the privileged man with a volatile temper and political connect who owns a paragliding business in the hills. All’s well on the surface until an unlikely crime makes police officer VJ (Kajol) question everything about this family.

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Image of scene from the film Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video
Director:Raaj Shaandilyaa
Cast:Rajkummar Rao, Triptii Dimri, Vijay Raaz, Mallika Sherawat, Tiku Talsania, Mukesh Tiwari, Archana Puran Singh, Rakesh Bedi, Ashwini Kalsekar, Mast Ali
Writer:Yusuf Ali Khan, Raaj Shaandilyaa

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video

Comedy (Hindi)

Tiring pursuit of a sex tape

Fri, October 11 2024

Newlyweds Vicky (Rajkummar Rao) and Vidya (Triptii Dimri), decide to record their honeymoon video for self pleasure and gratification. Chaos ensues when the CD gets stolen.

Set in the late 90’s, the pre-Instagram era, when ‘get ready with me’ reels were non-existent, privacy had a different meaning. Without having the platform to post their private life anywhere, couples voluntarily recording their intimate moments was still a rare phenomenon. So on paper, the film’s script sounds promising. What happens when this private video belonging to a middle-class couple from Rishikesh goes missing? What are the repercussions and can they retrieve it?

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