Santanu

i write on films & survive the night 🇮🇳| 🍅-approved | film critic : @htshowbiz

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[Santanu @santupecha100]

i love #heatedrivalry and now that it is out in india i got to write on it <3
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[℘ཞı 🌷💝🧘‍♀️ @priyank65601552]

As an ARR fan I couldn't hav asked for more 🛐

I almost teared up when Javed Akhtar says "That makes him AR Rahman" 🥹

[Prosenjit @mitrapredator]

December 1998 - Kolkata

[Josh Raby @JoshRaby]

Read:

[iz🪽 @hourofthestars]

downloading more epubs instead of reading my 100+ physical tbr

[Santanu @santupecha100]

'We do not work with film stars, we work with people.'

Spoke with @abhinavsnayak on his next film Mollywood Times, which releases tomorrow.

https://t.co/cORLa4SLOU

[HT Entertainment @htshowbiz]

Euphoria season 3 review: Zendaya cannot save a caricaturish drama that thrives on misogyny and empty provocations

by @santupecha100
https://t.co/SWHxuoF8KT

[recovering hudcon addict @homostorrie]

my soulmates of all time :(

[Rafa Gonzaga @filmesdorafa]

Tirando a emoção da equação, os fatos continuam os mesmos: se Euphoria acabasse exatamente aqui, seria lembrada como uma das maiores séries da história da televisão. A primeira temporada é um marco, mesmo não sendo o gênero que mais me atrai. #euphoria

[karen @killmyaffairs]

yo al primer segundo d junio

[shiv roy's bob @stellamilfburn]

putting party 4 u on the ava and deborah dance scene in the last episode of hacks

"i was hopin' you would come through"

nobody touch me

[lesbian father paul hill @hailhorror]

as she should 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Megha Prasad @MeghaSPrasad]

I had a deeply unpleasant experience today while interviewing the star cast of the film Maa-Behen, featuring Madhuri Dixit and Tripti Dimri. The media interactions were being managed by MSL India @MSLGROUP_India, the PR agency handling Netflix, the platform on which the film is releasing. Everything was going smoothly until I asked the actors about Ranveer Singh being banned by FWICE for walking out of Don 3. As the actors began responding and I followed up on their answers, a PR representative in the room suddenly screamed at the top of her voice, “I’m sorry, we will not be taking any more questions on this.” Her tone was so loud and aggressive that not only I, but the entire star cast was visibly taken aback. I objected, but she repeated herself. I reluctantly moved on. A short while later, when I asked @dharnaaaaa331
about the hurtful incident where paparazzi asked her to step aside during promotions while focusing only on Madhuri Dixit and Tripti Dimri, the same PR lady screamed again, even louder this time, and demanded that I immediately wrap up the interview. I requested five more minutes, but she forced me to stop shortly after. These film promotion interviews are recorded exclusively on the cameras of the production/PR team. News channels are not permitted to use their own setups. The clear purpose of this arrangement is to maintain tight control over the content. The PR team can delete any portion they find inconvenient and then selectively share the edited footage with broadcasters. I dare the PR agency and the production house to release the full, unedited footage so everyone can hear the rude and completely unacceptable manner in which the interview was shut down on legitimate, ongoing issues in Bollywood.
While news channels must also introspect on why we continue to accept such restrictive arrangements, the bigger concern is the increasing high-handedness of PR agencies. Since when did they assume the role of gatekeepers who can bully, scream at, and rudely silence journalists? This particular agency takes pride in its association with the French group @PublicisGroupe
One would expect far more refined and professional conduct from a company linked to such a global name.
What surprised me the most was how the entire star cast — including the iconic Madhuri Dixit — appeared completely controlled by this obnoxious PR machinery.

Dear @netflix @NetflixIndia
@NetflixFR - it is worth reflecting on the kind of people you entrust with promoting your films.
@MadhuriDixit
@tripti_dimri23
#Netflix #MaaBehen #MadhuriDixit #TriptiDimri

[MUBI @mubi]

Is there anything you still believe in?

"A perfectly cut jewel of a movie" — The New York Times

FATHERLAND. A #Cannes2026 prizewinner from IDA and COLD WAR director Paweł Pawlikowski, starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler.

[Santanu @santupecha100]

Shocked to hear Anik Dutta is no more. Bhooter Bhabishyat is one of the finest Bengali films to have come out in quite some time. Rewatched it last year and it hasn't lost any bite.
I felt he had so many more stories to tell. A big loss.

[Zach Klein @zachklein]

Richard Nadler's work is my personal catnip.

https://t.co/R49rZlK1vU

[Susan L. Leary @susanlleary]

Danez Smith ♥️

[mai @cinesighs]

l'avenir (2016)
dir. mia hansen-løve