Movie review: Rakkhosh
First POV movie in India # Netflix Synopsys: An asylum patient's troubled past threatens his grasp on reality as fellow hospital residents begin disappearing at the hands of an unknown entity. (Rakkhosh is a first-person POV of a...
Dhadak Movie Review
The film gets neither the love story nor the socio-political context of Sairat right.
Udaipur in Rajasthan functions as a battleground in Dhadak, the remake of Marathi hit Sairat (2016). Beneath its shining heritage hotels breathes a population that’s...
Movie Review: Nude
Movie: Nude Cast: Kalyani Mulay, Chhaya Kadam, Madan Deodhar, Om Bhutkar, Naseeruddin Shah Director: Ravi Jadhav Ravi Jadhav’s film Nude (Chitra), is one of the most important films this year, and not only for the boldness of its subject, or the controversy it...
Movie Review: Daas Dev
Now where did that come from? Has Sudhir Mishra just given us Indian Cinema's first Soap Opera Classic -- a Soap Opera for all our daytimes and all our nightly longings? In its essence, his latest, Daas Dev, is a reimagining of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 : 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...
Movie Review : Maatr
Maatr Cast: Raveena Tandon, Anurag Arora Director: Ashtar Sayed When a top politician refers to Raveena Tandon’s character and says, “Aurat hai... kya kar legi (She’s a woman... what can she do?),” we know he will soon have to eat his words. After...
Begum Jaan : Too laud to handle!
Begum Jaan opens on a strong note. In present day Delhi, some thugs are ruthlessly violating a woman. But in one altering moment they are shamed instead. Writer-director SrijitMukherji makes a point about how women have had to harness the...
Movie Review: Mirza Juuliet
Mirza Juuliet Cast: Darshan Kumaar, Pia Bajpai and Chandan Roy Sanyal Director: Rajesh Ram Singh More than midway into the turbulent take on the destiny of star-crossed lovers on the run, the Uttar Pradesh ki Juliet aka Julie, who has been...
Movie Review : Naam Shabana
Naam Shabana Director: Shivam Nair Cast: Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee With Naam Shabana, director Neeraj Pandey passes the baton to Shivam Nair for the spinoff of his earlier flick Baby. While Neeraj has written the story, he...
