Inclusiveness is something. It reminds me of how Judaism spread in India and, forming distinct groups as Bene Israel, Baghdadi and Cochini Jews. Based in Bombay and surrounding areas, Bene Israel found an identity close to native Indians and developed customs that were amalgams of both cultures. Meanwhile, their intent […]
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20 Single Fathers in Cinema You Would Want To Know
A man running a household is not conventional, even on this date. The father in a family is (traditionally) the breadwinner everyone looks up to and is the end-most decision maker. If he happens to be single, relentless sympathy is something that he commands by default. This, in a way, […]
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“G Kutta Se” will send a shiver down your spine!
Rahul Dahiya’s debut feature G Kutta Se makes for a distressing watch. As do all films on honour killing and similar vices. Interestingly, Dahiya’s orbit is not mainstream and investigative like Priyadarshan’s Aakrosh. Nor is it a good dose of syrupy mush followed by numbing violence as seen in Nagraj […]
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“Bank Chor”… A middling heist film that is borderline engaging!
Halfway through Bank Chor I wondered how they hired actors there. In the sense they cast the much-loved son of an ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister, in a film where head of the same state is shown to be massively corrupt and manipulative. Further, it is notable how this film plays around […]
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“Raabta” – Chemistry, visuals and headache-inducing banality!
Towards the interval of Raabta, on a rainy evening, Saira (Kriti Sanon) goes on a lavish date with Zac (Jim Sarbh). With a lusty version of ‘Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi’ forming background score, they have a helluva time by the end of which she declares, “I have never felt this […]
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‘Barrage’ review – a rhythmic, objective take on parenting and estrangement
Teenager Alba (Themis Pauwels) lies to her friend Agatha that her estranged mother is a singer in a band and wouldn’t disclose to the world about her being a parent. Although there exists a barrier between the mother and daughter, Alba is grown enough to assign the former this imaginary […]
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‘A Death in the Gunj’ review – when empathy is not on the family menu
“You are so pretty. You could be a girl.” “You left the child with that imbecile and forgot your responsibilities.” These epithets are not unfamiliar in Shutu’s (Vikrant Massey) everyday life. Shutu is meek, brooding. The latter in an unsexy way. Shutu’s cousin brother thinks he should toughen up and […]
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“Dear Maya” is the dollop of optimism you need in life…
There’s something about directorial debuts. Whatever be their backgrounds, it takes a lot of introspection to lock in a subject, find financiers, sell the story idea to the cast and crew among gazillion other hurdles. Going by these check points, Sunaina Bhatnagar‘s debut is gutsy as she chooses to base her […]