“Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota”… A whacky tribute to potboilers from the VHS era!
It is a real deal when a filmmaker turns out a bigger pop culture enthusiast than all his audience members…
Tusshar Sasi
“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” is a bittersweet take on the curious case of ‘gender confusions’!
In one of the most powerful scenes in Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a supposedly ‘reformed gay man’ breaks down…
“Badhaai Ho” is a triumphant blend of middle-class values and progressive ideas!
When Malayalam filmmaker T. K. Rajeev Kumar explored the stigmatized subject of geriatric pregnancy in his 1994 film Pavithram, he…
“Namaste England” is monotonous and pointless, much like its characters!
It is intriguing to observe how mediocre writers create tertiary characters. Those with a singular trait to flaunt and sans…
“Helicopter Eela”… This inane film has no choice but to crash-land!
Helicopter Eela is a bizarre film. One with a weirdly articulated and insecure-sounding title, this Pradeep Sarkar directorial takes us…
“Kayamkulam Kochunni”… A staid bandit drama with striking visuals & a dash of Mohanlal swagger!
For the Indian state of Kerala, legend of the Good Samaritan thief Kayamkulam Kochunni is one that makes every heart…
“Andhadhun”… Of mystery, music and masterful filmmaking!
When a filmmaker of Sriram Raghavan’s caliber chooses to open his film with a random single-eyed rabbit astutely escaping a…
“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…
