Neerja. Translated in Indian languages as ‘lotus’, the name is beautiful. The last time I remember being enamoured by a leading lady’s name was in Rituparno Ghosh’s 2004 romance, ‘Raincoat’. Aishwarya Rai’s Neerja remains her best-performed role till date. Cut to 2016… here comes a role of a lifetime for […]
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‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ review – Transports us to the Basu Chatterjee era
First of all, a round of applause to director Sharat Katariya for not stereotyping Ayushmann Khurrana’s Prem Prakash Tiwary as a shallow schmuck. It could have been the easy way out with all sympathies driven to the leading lady with a couple of Satyamev Jayate-styled bhashans scripted by Aamir Khan. […]
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Airlift (2016) – When Akshay Kumar wakes up and smells the coffee!
I just thought to myself – When was the last time I wrote about an Akshay Kumar flick? Well… never! How many times in the past 10-15 years have I watched a film of his in theatre? Thrice. This pattern has nothing to do with my perception of his histrionic […]