New Delhi, Actress <keyword id="6354713" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kajol" source="Orion">Kajol</keyword> plays an intense character in her debut web series on 'The Trial', and her character makes it a point to voice her opinion. Kajol is seen playing a fierce lawyer, <keyword id="151919" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="noyonika" source="Orion">Noyonika</keyword>, who is struggling between the repercussions of her husband's actions and restarting her career to fend for her family. Talking about how Noyonika, ensures her voice is heard and how everyone should voice their opinion, Kajol said: "I believe that wherever you are, as long as you have a voice, you will be heard. As long as you are voicing your opinion, you will be heard. It has nothing to do with hierarchy or how far up or down the ladder you are, if you want to be heard, you will be heard and social media has proved me right! "Talking about the most intense scene, she shot for the show, Kajol said: "I love the scene where Noyonika sits down and tells her daughter that it will all be ok. Its an unspoken scene, it's just a moment in the series that I love." "There is another moment -- when she goes to Vishal's character and she tells him -- 'you have never asked what I want, please don't take decisions about my life' and I think that's pretty much Noyonika's motivating factor - that she is done with people taking decisions for her life. She definitely wants to take charge of her life," said the 'DDLJ' actress. The gritty courtroom drama, 'The Trial - Pyaar, Kaanoon, Dhokha' showcases a gripping trial of life as Noyonika navigates through the curveballs life throws at her. The show also stars Sheeba Chaddha, Jisshu Sengupta, Alyy Khan, Kubbra Sait and Gaurav Pandey in key roles. Produced by Banijay Asia, it is directed by <keyword id="9347635" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="suparn-s-varma" source="Orion">Suparn S Varma</keyword> and will begin streaming on July 14, on Disney+ Hotstar.-- IANS sp/prw

If you want to be heard, you will be and social media proved me right: Kajol

<ul><li>The movie’s characters are nothing like they are in comic books.</li><li><keyword id="1438654" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="agastya-nanda" source="Orion">Agastya Nanda</keyword> is a serious college-plan maker, Reggie a crusader.</li><li><keyword id="543349" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="suhana-khan" source="Orion">Suhana Khan</keyword> and Khushi Kapoor should have exchanged places as Betty and Veronica. </li></ul>You can’t live your life for kicks, everything is politics. If not anything, Zoya Akthar’s musical <keyword id="12509997" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="the-archies" source="Orion">The Archies</keyword> has given a slogan for young people to come and vote in the upcoming general elections. Beyond that, there is little else in the movie that promises a lot with an unusual setting. The trailer had enthused Archie comic-loving GenX and older millennials. It also enthused GenZs with debuts of starkids like Suhana Khan, Agastya Nanda and Khushi Kapoor. While people were promised a breezy watch which goes with the Christmas mood, it’s actually bland. An already predictable story-line is extended and made slower by the many songs. Songs are way too brooding and don’t have the 60s twist dance format. The movie misses the delicious vintage moments of the time and the sequence is closer to High School Musical choreography. Neither is the story heartwarming nor are the characters anything like their comic-book characters, without their typical goofiness. Not the real Archies A serious young man planning for college is not the Archie we know who is an awkward, always-broke young man who jalopy constantly breaks down. Reggie in the movie looks uncannily like Ranveer Singh and acts like him too. He is not chasing Midge and Ronnie and getting into trouble with Moose. In fact, he writes socially relevant articles, comforts Dilton who ‘is in love’ with him and more. Where is the mirror-gazing vanity? Jughead is way too insightful about the workings of girls, and Hotdog is too small. Also, why make Mr Lodge a villain? He is the smart businessman – the kind who plans to invest in spectacle-making businesses after he sees people always looking into their phones. Here, he is a man who paves a paradise-like park to put up a parking lot, ahem… hotel. <div type="image" title="archies" msid="105831558" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Source: IANS&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Missing the fashion-point The girls — Betty and Ronnie – are also far from their true nature. For one, the leggy Kapoor should have been Veronica and Khan should have been Betty. The comics brought in the ‘great girl divide’ — girl next-door versus the unattainable hot girl. The frenemy love triangle is also brushed away. It’s time to point out that Karan Johar has gotten this better in his movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. The movie stars Khan’s father Shah Rukh Khan as the girl-chasing boy who falls for the hot, new girl Rani Mukherjee —ignoring his plain best-friend Kajol. The fashion game of Archies was also better captured by older film-makers when Archies was in vogue. It’s been said that Raj Kapoor had used Archie books to design Dimple Kapadia’s outfits in 70s classic, Bobby. He had gotten it better than Akhtar as neither Ronnie nor Betty wore anything that made them stand-out. The Anglo-Indian town The only thing palatable is the way the movie explains why an Indian town is named ‘Riverdale’ – and why everyone has Anglicized names. A Britisher fell in love with an Indian woman and married her and wanted a town for his people, the Anglo-Indians. The town was ‘bought’ by him from a prince, his friend. None of the younger generation look and feel like Anglo-Indians. They speak a lot more English making one wonder if it’s an English or a Hindi movie. It also artificially makes Fred Andrews use ‘hoyenga’ instead of ‘hoga’. All the youngsters speak Hindi with an accent, and sound like those who watched too much MTV and Channel V, which weren’t there in 1964 (that’s when radio ruled). Akktar had better precedents like the classic ‘Baton Baton Mein’ made by Basu Chatterjee. The Amol Palekar movie is a love story and introduces the concept of dating in the 70s which was a common practice in the Anglo-Indian community. The Archies has none of the charm of the many movies that have been stitched around the Archies and the Anglo-Indian theme. The movie could have been a good opportunity to introduce Archie comics back to GenZs who seem to love graphic novels. This movie will do nothing to take Archie and Jughead double digests off their half-off bins. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/family-man-manoj-bajpayee-bats-for-movie-heroes-who-like-the-common-man/articleshow/105577006.cms">Family Man Manoj Bajpayee bats for movie heroes who look like ‘the common man’</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/the-dark-truth-behind-rbis-crackdown-on-easy-personal-loans/articleshow/105287366.cms">The dark truth behind RBI’s crackdown on easy personal loans</a>

Zoya Akhtar’s ‘The Archies’ turns out to be a damp squib and nothing like the breezy comic series

Kolkata, May 18 () With YouTube replacing bigscreens during the ongoing lockdown, Bengali film directorNandita Roy's short film 'Kajol Mashi' is a tribute to housemaids and people like peons, drivers and others "who are ourconstant support system".The film, a part of lockdown short stories, streamedon YouTube from May 14, also addresses the issue of migrantlabourers who are faced with unprecedented crisis during thelockdown, she said.The plight of domestic helps with many people askingthem not to come during the coronavirus pandemic for the fearof getting infected has been portrayed by Roy in her film."Though many of us have banged the door on their facesduring the pandemic, their true worth remains unrealisedduring normal times," the director said.Another film 'Dure Thaka Kachher Manush', an Indo-Bangla collaboration, directed by Shahriar Palak oncoronavirus failing to separate two best friends stuck inseparate cities is being streamed from May 12.Bikram Chatterjee of Tollygunje film industry essaysthe role of an epidemiologist, Rafiath Rashid Mithila of Dhakaportrays the character of a journalist in the film.The director said, after developing the short story ofAbhra Chakraborty, "We shared the scripts with the two actorswho shot the sequences in their respective locations withtheir own mobile phones on separate dates under my onlinedirection. The final product came out after the actors sentthe footage and the editing was done."The film also highlighted that though the two citieshave a physical disconnect during the lockdown, a mentalconnect and common language binds them.The funds raised by making the short will be donatedto the cine workers in Dhaka and Kolkata, many of whom havebeen rendered jobless in the wake of the pandemic.In a new web series, actors Parambrata Chattopadhyayand Ankush Hazra have teamed up in 'Case Jaundice' havingepisodes such as Humans Vs. Corona (Manush Bonam CoronaVirus), Police Vs. Mask (Police Bonam Mukhosh Pora Jonogon),Work Vs Home (Office bonam Poribar) being streamed from May15."Case Jaundice is a satire of 10 episodes. Two lawyerspresent an argument in a courtroom, one of them representinghuman beings and the other coroma virus. Five episodes arebeing streamed from May 15 while the rest five will bestreamed from May 22," Director Subhankar Chattopadhay said.Parambrata Chattopadhyay said, "We had a lot of funshooting from home. It looked a bit unfamiliar at first but weenjoyed the experience." SUSMM MM

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