Giridhar Jha

The Show-Stealer

Ekta Kapoor with Outlook’s senior editor Giridhar Jha.

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Ekta Kapoor, Joint Managing Director and Creative Director of Balaji Films, in conversation with Outlook editor Giridhar Jha.

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From left, Outlook Sr. Editor Giridhar Jha, Singer KJ Yesudas and Musician AR Rahman during the 65th National Film Awards function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.

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I&B minister Smriti Irani confers Best Film Critic award to Giridhar Jha during the 65th National Film Awards function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.

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Movie Review: Shahid Kapoor's 'Kabir Singh' Is A Hypertensive Devdas Of Our Times

In 'Kabir Singh', Shahid Kapoor’s eponymous character is introduced as an angry young man for no apparent reason. Even before he loses the woman he passionately loves and sets out on a path of self-destruction, he is shown blowing a fuse at the slightest provocation.

Jun 21, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Movie Review: Emotion Over Action May Let Salman Khan Fans Down In Bharat

The film relies more on emotions than action which may prove to be a dampener for many of his fans who have grown up watching their macho idol bashing up dozens of goons, bare-bodied, on screen in film after film.

Jun 05, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Movie Review | Forget Politics, PM Biopic Tells How Dev Anand Influenced Modi To Take To Sanyas

Propaganda movie or not, PM Narendra Modi biopic definitely has more than what we already know about his life, especially about the years before he joined active politics.

May 24, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
NDA’s TsuNamo Leaves Mahagathbandhan In Ruins In UP, Bihar

In 2014 general elections, the NDA had won 104 of the total 120 seats (80 in UP and 40 in Bihar) and going by the leads, it looks like it will manage to retain a large majority of its seats in these two states.

May 23, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Exit Polls Predict Doom For Mahagathbandhan In Bihar

The Mahagathbandhan is headed for doom in Bihar if the exit polls of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections are anything to go by.

May 19, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Film Review: De De Pyaar De Is Not For You If You Are Looking For A Logic

Ajay Devgn’s latest release, De De Pyaar De is not devoid of regressive elements when it comes to objectifying women or peddling misogynistic stereotypes in the garb of a laugh riot in this film.

May 17, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Movie Review: Student Of The Year 2 Is Not A Patch On Its Prequel

Student of the Year 2 (SOTY2), the latest from KJo’s banner Dharma Productions, is another ode to Archie Comics. The same old story, the same old characters and the same old setting, what is, however, new are its fresh faces.

May 11, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
After Kalank Debacle, Karan Johar Has A Chance To Redeem Himself With SOTY2

Starring the much sought-after Tiger Shroff opposite two debutantes, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Pandey, SOTY2 is a sequel to the Dharma Productions’ 2012 hit, Student of the Year.

May 07, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Movie Review | Sunny Deol Is The Only One You Can Vote For In Blank

'Blank' primarily rests on the broad shoulders of Sunny Deol. Playing the ATS chief, Deol has delivered a nuanced performance after a long time.

May 04, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Movie Review: 'Kalank' Is A Wrong Movie At A Wrong Time From KJo's Gloss Factory

Even though 'Kalank' boasts of a formidable star cast, it fails to rise above its poor script.

Apr 18, 2019

| Giridhar Jha

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Bahari Not Bihari - Why BJP-JD(U) Jugalbandi Left RJD-Congress Out of Tune

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Analysis: The BJP-led NDA outclassed the RJD-Congress combination in Bihar and Jharkhand. Laloo Prasad Yadav's party drawing a blank strongly indicated caste politics was no more the sole gamechanger

May 24, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
The Great Conquest Of Amethi And BJP's Killer Blow On Congress In UP

With the Gandhis losing pocket-borough Amethi for the first time since 1977 and the SP-BSP-RLD belying the expectations they raised, the BJP had a bull run up North

May 24, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Elections And The Unseen Forces: This Little-Known Bhojpuri Filmmaker Can Change Bihar's Political Script!

In states like Bihar where the electorate is heavily divided by caste, strategic alliances with little-known parties can make or break the dreams of bigger political players aiming for a piece of the cherry cake at the Centre

May 16, 2019

| Giridhar Jha Preetha Nair
Shotgun Ajatshatru

In Bihar's Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, the BJP has fielded Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad against the Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha and wants to win the seat at any cost.

May 15, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Sing Vande Sing

Nitish Kumar may have restored ties with his old ally, but the saffron party should not expect him to shout out Vande Mataram at its bidding.

May 09, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
It's An Intolerant Gang That Says Don't Vote For A Party: Anupam Kher

More than 500 films old, actor Anupam Kher has been one of the staunchest supporters of PM Narendra Modi in recent times. He was among the first to take on a group of film and theatre artistes when they issued a joint appeal to voters to oust the NDA government in the polls.

May 02, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Is Bollywood Fida On PM Narendra Modi? It's Dangal Break In B-Town!

Is Bollywood really apolitical? After Akshay Kumar's recent interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi went viral, B-Town has broken all its borders in terms of political allegiance

May 02, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Absentee, But Still The Lord

Apr 24, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
The Son Of Laloopalooza

If RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav had chosen to anoint Tejashwi as his heir-apparent a few years ago, it was not without reason.

Apr 18, 2019

| Giridhar Jha
Luck By Chance

Apr 11, 2019

| Giridhar Jha

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