Tiger Zinda Hai : More Swag, Less Substance
Tiger is back. The sequel to Ek Tha Tiger reunites us with Salman The Spy, who still makes a killer ‘kaali’ daal, schmoozes with his beloved ‘biwi’ Zoya (yes, gasp, the very one from Pakistan) and saves the world, with...
Tumhari Sulu Review : Vidya Balan kar sakti hai – in true terms!
Director Suresh Triveni proofs that a simple story can be told with a big heart. Tumhari Sulu is perhaps one of the most entertaining films of 2017. With its refreshing narrative, Tumhari Sulu is simply relatable and endearing. And it...
Qarib Qarib Single : Endearing tale of life and relation
You have broken up but not quite moved on. Your life is a series of what-ifs and if-nots. You want to put yourself out there and look for the ‘other fish in the sea,’ but can’t quite bring yourself to...
Ittefaq Review : Guessing game keeps your engrossed
Vikram Sethi (Sidharth Malhotra) is a London-based mystery writer. His last book hasn’t done well, and he is under pressure to deliver a bestseller. He is in India to launch his next, but circumstances take a strange turn when his...
Secret Superstar : A Mothers and Daughters Delight
There are several things that Secret Superstar, a tale of a repressed teenager in a town in Gujarat, gets right. Firstly, the culture of fear that accompanies years of systemic domestic abuse and patriarchy is searingly brought out from a 15-year-old...
Chef Review : Saif dishes out yet another flavourless film
Chef is a nothing film. The 2014 film about a food truck selling cuban sandwiches is predictable to the point of having zero plot, but it does function as an interesting vehicle for allegory. Director Jon Favreau, who wrote and...
Judwaa 2 loses steam despite full on energy!
That ‘Judwaa 2’ is a reboot of the original ‘Judwaa’ is well known. That Varun Dhawan has loud comic chops is also well established. The question was always going to be: is the new version the gag-a-minute laugh-out-loud comedy that...
Newton Review : Rajkumar Rao presses the right button again!
Rajkumar Rao's fresh outing 'Newton' is brilliantly carved movie devised on voting system in India. Now as the movie has made its way into Oscars as India's official entry, a substance has been added to it. ‘Newton’ could be called A...
Simran Review : Kangana plays up her antics in flawed story
If anyone had any doubt that an Indian leading lady cannot carry a full film on her shoulders, banish that thought. Kangana Ranaut drives from the front seat, and everyone else follows. While that is an entirely wonderful thing, that also...
Arjun Rampal packs the punch with stellar performance in Daddy
Ask any actor of some worth. It is not easy to play a known living character. Audiences and the character that you are playing, plus their close associates, judge the performance with scrutinized harshness and normally find it wanting. Not...
Shubh Mangal Saavdhan definitely ‘lifts up your’…..mood?
Nagpur: In how many different ways can you talk about erectile dysfunction? Let Shubh Mangal Saavdhan show you. A Parle G biscuit limply falling into a cup of tea illustrates this “gents problem”. It’s the running metaphor for Delhi boy...
Movie Review: A Gentleman
A Gentleman Directors: Ran and DK Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Darshan Kumar, Suniel Shetty Three years after delivering the Saif Ali Khan-starrer dud, Happy Ending, directors Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru – now called just Raj and DK - are...
Toilet – Ek Prem Katha, lovingly told story of a husband’s enligtenment for his wife’s cause
As weird as the name of the movie sounds, it packs a real punch of a message. The 'medium' of the message for the average village in UP where the story unfolds, may be its non-existent loos, but by the end...
Movie Review: Jab Harry Met Sejal
Jab Harry Met Sejal Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma Director: Imtiaz Ali Jab Harry Met Sejal has the stars, the songs, the scenery and everything you'd imagine in a love story. But in the absence of soul, none of it really...
Movie Review: Indu Sarkar
Indu Sarkar Director: Madhur Bhandarkar Cast: Kriti Kulhari, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sheeba Chaddha, Ankur Vikal and Zakir Hussain With the kind of publicity and controversies it attracted, almost everyone knows the basic premise of Madhur Bhandarkar’s...
Jagga Jasoos: don’t really need a detective to tell you why the movie is boring!
Cast : Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Saswata Chatterjee, Saurabh Shukla,Sayani Gupta, Adah Sharma and Nawazzudin Sidiqqui Produced By - Sidhartha Roy Kapoor, Anurag Basu, Ranbir Kapoor Music - Pritam Length Of Movie - Two Hours + At one point in the movie, Katrina, playing...
Movie Review: Mom
Mom Cast: Sridevi, Nawazudin Siddiqui, Akshaye Khanna Director: Ravi Udyawar A black car speeds its way through a deserted Delhi road on a pitch dark night. An aerial shot shows it halting at a lonely crossroad. Two doors open, and the driver swaps...
Movie Review : Tubelight
Cast: Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Zhu Zhu, Matin Rey Tangu, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Om Puri Director: Kabir Khan Rating: 1 star (out of 5) First things first, it's great to see Om Puri one last time. Puri was one of the...
Movie Review : Meri Pyaari Bindu
Meri Pyaari Bindu Director: Akshay Roy Cast: Ayushmann Khuranna, Parineeti Chopra, Abish Mathew Remember the sacrificial, selfless love shown in the films from the Raj Kapoor era where the best friend of the heroine loved her but she only cherished his...
Movie Review : Hindi Medium
Hindi Medium Cast: Irrfan Khan, Saba Qamar, Deepak Dobriyal Director: Saket Chaudhary Raj Batra’s (Irrfan Khan) hilarious English prompts an uneasy laugh. You have known him for years. You have seen him struggling to fit into a class structure whose exclusivity...
Baahubali 2 Movie Review
Baahubali – The Beginning has taken the Indian Cinema to the world with the Magnum Opus. Why Kattappa killed Baahubali ? has taken the movie to another level. Baahubali 2 Directed by the genius Rajamouli, the magnum opus has released...
