“Pataakha”… Two warring sisters, a nutty premise and plenty of fireworks!
Remember those eccentric comedies about identical or separated conjoined twins with lives and emotions inexplicably connected? Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha stems…
“Sui Dhaaga – Made in India” tugs at all the right strings…
Dreams and the Indian middle-class share a bittersweet relationship. Before even the most basic of them could soar, their ambitions…
“Chekka Chivantha Vaanam” is a stylized medley of gangster drama clichés sans vital texture!
“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”, goes the popular saying. In a badass antithesis, the powerful gangster…
“Varathan”… A taut, moody film that eventually drowns in a simplistic finale!
Varathan took me back to Elizabeth Kenny’s famous words, “It’s better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all…
“Manto”… Recording the life and times of a liberal icon!
Saadat Hasan Manto. The illustrious Indo-Pakistani writer who lived in the first half of 20th century has to be one…
“Batti Gul Meter Chalu”… High on decibels, low on impact!
Director Shree Narayan Singh seems to have a thing for high volumes. If we take into account his previous venture…
“Love Sonia”… An evocative film that uncovers flesh trade and limitless human spirit!
It is a difficult deal for films that attempt to picture the loss of innocence – especially where there are…
“The Predator” is uninventive and just plain exasperating!
The Predator franchise is one, for some bizarre reason, swifts back-and-forth from singular to plural titles while also not deviating…
“Manmarziyaan”… A formulaic romance film driven by raw, autonomous leads!
There are only so many routes that a classic love triangle can take in cinema, theatre and literature. There are…
“Stree”… When women call the shots!
“Oh stree, kal aana”. Translated as, “Oh woman, come tomorrow”, this is the line written on the walls of every…