“Badla”… A fairly engaging thriller that fails in character design!
Sujoy Ghosh’s latest film Badla reminds us that the talented filmmaker’s fascination for the thriller genre is not over yet….
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“Bhasmasur”… A slow-burn Indie that gets its atmospherics just right!
Director Nishil Sheth’s debut feature film is titled Bhasmasur. A demon from Hindu mythology, Bhasmasur is known to have asked…
“Luka Chuppi”… A generic social comedy which is lame and hypocritical!
Commercial Hindi cinema has its weird ways of functioning. All it needs is a trend to follow and a poster…
“Sonchiriya”… A glorious ‘Indian western’ with a gentle emotional core!
Indian cinema is devoid of equivalents to what they call westerns in Hollywood. Bandits are a thing of past and…
Oscar 2019 Winners: The Complete List
The biggest motion picture awards in the world have just been announced! Here goes the nominees and the winners of…
“Anandi Gopal”… A dignified portrait of an unusual family in the 1800s!
It is nineteenth-century British India and a moderate Hindu family from Kalyan, Maharashtra is discussing an alliance for their 9-year-old…
“Total Dhamaal” offers nothing, not even guilty pleasure…
It is with a wondrous glint in my eyes that I look at the prototypical small-town or rural film lover….
The matchless mystique of Khayyam’s music!
There is endless chatter about living legends from all fields of art. Then I wonder whether we talk enough about…
“Gully Boy”… A musical ode to Mumbai ghettos and reluctant dreamers!
They say Zoya Akhtar’s films are about the pertinent pains of the rich and high flying. What a lot of…
“Kumbalangi Nights”… A sharply observed film that marks a sublime directorial debut!
The opening sequence of first-time director Madhu C Narayanan’s Kumbalangi Nights is set in a boys’ hostel. You see a…
