Author: Naquiyah Maimoon

I dwell in the in-betweens—never sure, never boisterous. Hesitant and obstinate, I see what I'm doing through to completion in ways that never map it out. As a writer, I embrace the grey and the neglected. Nature grounds me, words define me, and I've made peace with being slightly out of step.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 1: When a film dares to put “future” in its title, it had better have something more compelling to offer than neon lighting and CGI explosions. Fortunately—or depending on which side of the internet you’re on, unfortunately—Guest From the Future has managed to tick both boxes while still sparking debates across cinephile communities worldwide. This sci-fi adventure in English, out everywhere in late September 2025, didn’t sneak into theaters unobtrusively. It burst in with an interstellar hype of brain-bending time travel, sleek world-building, and a storyline that appears to be borrowed from the pulp sci-fi classics…

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 25: Bollywood never goes slow on biopics. From sports persons to politicians, freedom fighters to movie stars, the screen has been fertile soil for lives bigger than life. The newest addition to this genre is Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi, a filmic interpretation of the life of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Though the project’s ambition is to be applauded, the film itself appears to be struggling with the resultant heavy burden of expectation, political baggage, and the ever-exacting box office. And yes, as you were wondering, the numbers are out. With a…

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